1 "To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write:

"He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:

2 "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false. 3 You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent. 6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

8 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write:

"The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:

9 "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

12 "To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write:

"He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

13 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So also you likewise have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows but he who receives it.

18 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write:

"The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:

19 "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her and those who commit adultery with her into a bed of great oppression, unless they repent of her works. 23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24 But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira—as many as don’t have this teaching, who don’t know what some call ‘the deep things of Satan’—to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you. 25 Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come. 26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. 27 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots, as I also have received of my Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

1 Efesose koguduse Inglile kirjuta: nõnda ütleb see, Kes neid seitset tähte peab Oma paremas käes, Kes kõnnib seitsme kuldküünlajala vahel:

2 Ma tean su tegusid ja sinu tööd ja su kannatlikkust ja et sa ei või sallida kurje ja oled läbi katsunud need, kes endid ütlevad Apostlid olevat, aga ei ole, ning oled leidnud nad olevat valelikud;

3 ja sinul on kannatlikkust ja sa oled kandnud raskusi Minu nime pärast ega ole raugenud.

4 Aga Mul on sinu vastu, et sa oled maha jätnud oma esimese armastuse.

5 Siis mõtle nüüd, kust sa oled langenud, ja paranda meelt ja tee esimesi tegusid; aga kui mitte, siis Ma tulen su juurde ja lükkan su küünlajala tema asemelt ära, kui sa meelt ei paranda.

6 Aga see sul on, et sa vihkad nikolaiitide tegusid, mida vihkan Minagi.

7 Kellel kõrv on, see kuulgu, mis Vaim kogudustele ütleb: kes võidab, sellele ma annan süüa elupuust, mis on Jumala paradiisis.

8 Ja Smürna koguduse Inglile kirjuta: nõnda ütleb Esimene ja Viimne, Kes oli surnud ja on saanud elavaks:

9 Ma tean su viletsust ning vaesust — kuid sa oled siiski rikas — ja pilkamist nende poolt, kes ütlevad endid juudid olevat, aga ei ole, vaid on saatana kogudus!

10 Ära karda seda, mida sul tuleb kannatada! Vaata, kurat tahab visata mõned teie seast vangitorni, et teid kiusataks; ja teil on viletsust kümme päeva. Ole ustav surmani, siis Ma annan sulle elukrooni!

11 Kellel kõrv on, see kuulgu, mis Vaim kogudustele ütleb: kes võidab, sellele ei tee teine surm mingit kahju!

12 Ja Pergamoni koguduse Inglile kirjuta: nõnda ütleb See, Kelle käes on terav kaheterane mõõk:

13 Ma tean, kus sa elad: seal, kus on saatana aujärg! Ja sa pead kinni Mu nimest ega ole Minu usku salanud ka neil päevil, mil Antipas, Mu tunnistaja, mu ustav, tapeti teie juures, kus saatan elab.

14 Aga Mul on pisut sinu vastu, et sul on seal neid, kes peavad kinni Bileami õpetusest, kes Baalakit õpetas võrgutama Iisraeli sööma ebajumalate ohvreid ja hoorama.

15 Samuti on sul ka neid, kes samasuguselt kinni peavad nikolaiitide õpetusest.

16 Paranda siis meelt; aga kui mitte, siis Ma tulen su juurde nobedasti ja sõdin nende vastu oma suu mõõgaga!

17 Kellel kõrv on, see kuulgu, mis Vaim kogudustele ütleb: kes võidab, sellele Ma annan süüa varjule pandud mannat ja annan temale valge kivikese ja kivikese peale kirjutatud uue nime, mida ükski muu ei tunne kui aga see, kes selle saab.

18 Ja Tüatiira koguduse Inglile kirjuta: nõnda ütleb Jumala Poeg, Kellel on silmad nagu tuleleek ja jalad hiilgavad otsekui vasemaak:

19 Ma tean sinu tegusid ja armastust ja usku ja teenimist ja kannatlikkust, ja et sinu viimseid tegusid on rohkem kui esimesi.

20 Aga Mul on sinu vastu, et sa sallid naist Iisebeli, kes ennast nimetab prohvetiks ja õpetab ning ahvatleb Minu sulaseid hoorama ja sööma ebajumalate ohvreid.

21 Ma olen temale andnud aega meeleparanduseks, aga ta ei taha pöörduda oma porduelust.

22 Vaata, Ma viskan ta haigevoodisse ja need, kes temaga abielu rikuvad, suurde viletsusse, kui nad ei pöördu tema tegudest!

23 Ja tema lapsed Ma lõpetan surmaga, ja kõik kogudused tunnevad ära, et Mina olen See, Kes katsub läbi neerud ja südamed, ja Ma annan teile igaühele teie tegude järgi.

24 Aga teile Ma ütlen ja muile Tüatiiras olevaile, kellel ei ole seda õpetust ja kes ei ole, nagu nad ütlevad, ära tundnud saatana sügavusi: Ma ei pane teile peale muud koormat,

25 pidage vaid kinni, mis teil on, kuni Ma tulen!

26 Ja kes võidab ja otsani peab Minu tegusid, sellele Ma annan meelevalla paganate üle

27 ja ta peab neid karjatama raudkepiga, nõnda nagu saviastjad pihuks lüüakse, otsekui Minagi olen saanud meelevalla Oma Isalt;

28 ja Mina annan temale koidutähe.

29 Kellel kõrv on, see kuulgu, mis Vaim kogudustele ütleb!