Revelation 2
1 Kuyo ingelosi yebandla lase-Efesu loba ukuthi: “Nakhu akushoyo ophethe izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni sakhe sokunene, ohamba phakathi kwezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide;
2 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nomshikashika wakho, nokubekezela kwakho, nokuthi ungebekezelele ababi;
3 wabekezela, wabekezela, ngenxa yebizo lami wakhandleka, kawuphela amandla.
4 Kepha nginento ngawe, ngokuba uluyekile uthando lwakho lokuqala.
5 Ngakho khumbula lapho uwe khona, uphenduke, wenze imisebenzi yakuqala; uma kungenjalo, ngizakuza kuwe masinyane, ngilususe uthi lwesibane sakho endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke.
6 Kodwa unakho lokhu, ukuthi uyazizonda izenzo zamaNikolawu, engizizondayo lami.
7 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni; Onqobayo ngiyakumnika ukuba adle kuwo umuthi wokuphila, ophakathi kwepharadesi likaNkulunkulu.
8 Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseSmirna loba ukuthi: Nakhu akushoyo owokuqala nowokugcina, owayefile, futhi wabuye waphila;
9 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nosizi, nobumpofu, (kodwa ucebile) futhi ngiyakwazi nenhlamba yalabo abathi bangamaJuda, kanti bengesiwo, kodwa isinagoge likaSathane.
10 Ungesabi lezinto ozahlupheka ngazo; khangela, uSathane uzaphosela abanye benu entolongweni, ukuze nilingwe; futhi niyakuba nosizi izinsuku eziyishumi: thembeka kuze kube sekufeni, futhi ngizokunika umqhele wokuphila.
11 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni; Onqobayo kayikulinyazwa ngukufa kwesibili.
12 Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla lasePhergamu loba ukuthi: “Nakhu akushoyo onenkemba ebukhali esika nhlangothi zombili;
13 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, lalapho ohlala khona, lalapho isihlalo sikaSathane sikhona; njalo ulibambile ibizo lami, kawuphikanga ukholo lwami, langalezonsuku uAntipasi engumfakazi wami othembekileyo, owabulawa phakathi kwenu, lapho uSathane ehlala khona.
14 Kepha nginezinto eziyingcosana ngawe, ngokuba unabo lapho ababambe isifundiso sikaBileyamu owafundisa uBalaki ukuphonsa isikhubekiso phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ukuba badle okuhlatshelwe izithombe, benze ubufebe.
15 Kanjalo nawe unababambisisa isifundiso samaNikolawu, into engiyizondayo.
16 Phendukani; uma kungenjalo, ngizakuza kuwe masinyane, ngilwe nabo ngenkemba yomlomo wami.
17 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni; Onqobayo ngiyakumnika ukuba adle imana elifihliweyo, ngimnike itshe elimhlophe, nasetsheni igama elisha elilotshiwe, elingaziwa muntu, kuphela owemukelayo.
18 Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseThiyathira loba ukuthi: “Nakhu ikushoyo iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, enamehlo anjengelangabi lomlilo, nezinyawo zayo zifana nethusi elikhazimulayo;
19 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nothando, nokukhonza, nokukholwa, nokubekezela kwakho, nemisebenzi yakho; futhi abokugcina babe baningi kunezokuqala.
20 Kodwa ngilezinto ezinlutshwana ngawe, ukuthi uvumela owesifazana uJezebeli, ozibiza ngokuthi ungumprofethikazi, ukufundisa lokuduhisa inceku zami ukuthi ziphinge lokuthi zidle okuhlatshelwe izithombe.
21 Ngamnika isikhathi sokuthi aphenduke ebufebeni bakhe; futhi kaphendukanga.
22 Bheka, ngiyakumphonsa embhedeni, abaphinga naye ngibaphonse osizini olukhulu, uma bengaphenduki emisebenzini yabo.
23 Njalo ngizabulala abantwana bakhe ngokufa; namabandla onke ayakwazi ukuthi mina nginguye ohlola izinso nezinhliziyo;
24 Kepha ngithi kinina nakwabanye abaseThiyathira, nonke eningenasifundiso, eningakwaziyo ukujula kukaSathane, njengokusho kwabo; angiyikubeka phezu kwenu omunye umthwalo.
25 Kepha lokho eninakho kubambisiseni ngize ngifike.
26 Onqobayo nogcina imisebenzi yami kuze kube sekupheleni, ngiyakumnika amandla phezu kwezizwe;
27 Uyakuzibusa ngentonga yensimbi; njengezitsha zombumbi ziyakuphahlazwa, njengalokho nami ngamukele kuBaba.
28 Ngizamnika ikhwezi lokusa.
29 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni.