Apocalipse 2

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 *2:3 TR adds "have labored and" 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.*2:15 TR reads "which I hate" instead of "likewise" 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, *2:17 Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for "What is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9. 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*2:20 TR, NU read "that" instead of "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,✝2:27 Psalms 2:9 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.

Te Kupu ki Epeha

1 "Tuhituhi atu ki te anahera o te hāhi i Epeha:

"Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te kaipupuri i ngā whetū e whitu i tōna matau, e hāereere ana i waenganui o ngā tūranga rama kōura e whitu. 2 Ka mātau ahau ki āu mahi, ki tōu uaua, ki tōu manawanui, e kore hoki koe e āta hanga ki te hunga kino. Kua whakamātautauria hoki e koe te hunga e mea nei he āpōtoro rātou, ā, ehara, kua mau i a koe he hunga teka rātou. 3 I whakamanawanui koe, i mahi tonu, ahakoa pēhia, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa, kāhore hoki i hōhā.

4 "Otirā, he mea anō tāku ki a koe, kua whakarērea e koe tōu aroha tuatahi. 5 Nā, kia mahara ki te wāhi i taka iho ai koe, rīpenetā, mahia hoki ngā mahi ō mua; ki te kāhore, ka hohoro tāku haere atu ki a koe, ka nekehia atu e ahau tōu tūranga rama i tōna wāhi ki te kore koe e rīpenetā. 6 Ko tēnei ia tāu nā, e kino ana koe ki ngā hanga a ngā Nīkoraiti, e kinongia nei hoki e ahau.

7 "Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ka hoatu e ahau māna e kai tō te rākau o te ora, e tū ana i waenganui o te Pararaiha o te Atua."

Te Kupu ki Hamurana

8 "Tuhituhi atu hoki ki te anahera o te hāhi i Hamurana:

"Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te Tuatahi, a te Whakamutunga, i mate nei, ā, kua ora anō. 9 Ka mātau ahau ki tōu tūkinotanga ki tōu rawakoretanga; engari he whai rawa tonu koe. E mātau ana anō ahau ki ngā hahani a te hunga e mea nei he Hūrai rātou, ā, ehara, engari ko te whakamenenga rātou a Hātana. 10 Kaua e wehi ki ngā mamae meāke nei pā ki a koe. Nā, tērā e makā ētahi o koutou e te rēwera ki te whare herehere, kia whakamātautauria ai koutou; ā, ka whakamamaetia koutou kotahi tekau ngā rā. Kia pono koe ā mate noa, ā, māku e hoatu ki a koe te karauna o te ora.

11 "Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, e kore ia e hē i te matenga tuarua."

Te Kupu ki Perekamu

12 "Tuhituhi atu hoki ki te anahera o te hāhi i Perekamu:

"Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te kaimau i te hoari koi, i te mea matarua. 13 Ka mātau ahau ki te wāhi e noho nā koe, ko te wāhi ia i te torōna o Hātana. E mau ana hoki koe ki tōku ingoa, kāhore hoki koe i whakakāhore ki tōku whakapono, i ngā rā iara i tāku kaiwhakaatu pono, i a Anatipa, i whakamatea nei i roto i a koutou i te wāhi e noho nā a Hātana.

14 "Tēnei ia ētahi mea āku ki a koe, nō te mea kei a koe te hunga e mau ana ki te ako a Paraama, nāna nei i whakaako a Paraka ki te maka tūtukitanga waewae ki te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira, i kai ai rātou i ngā mea i patua mā te whakapakoko, i moepuku ai hoki. 15 Kei a koe anō hoki te hunga e mau ana ki te ako a ngā Nīkoraiti, pērā anō. 16 Nō reira, rīpenetā; nā, ki te kāhore, ka hohoro tāku haere atu ki a koe, ā, ka whawhaitia rātou e ahau ki te hoari a tōku māngai.

17 "Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi. Ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ka hoatu e ahau te mana huna, ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a ia he kōhatu mā, me te ingoa hou, he mea tuhituhi ki te kōhatu, e kore nei e mātauria e tētahi, ko te tangata anake e whiwhi ana."

Te Kupu ki Taiataira

18 "Tuhituhi atu hoki ki te anahera te hāhi o Taiataira:

"Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te Tama a te Atua, ko ōna kanohi nei me te mea he mura ahi, ōna waewae rite tonu ki te parāhi pīata. 19 E mātau ana ahau ki āu mahi, ki tōu aroha, ki tāu mahi minita, ki tōu whakapono, ki tōu manawanui, ā, nui atu āu mahi ō muri nei i ngā mea ō mua.

20 "Tēnei anō ia ētahi mea āku ki a koe, nō te mea e tukua ana e koe taua wahine a Ietēpere, e mea nei he poropiti ia; kei te whakaako, kei te kukume i āku pononga kia moepuku, kia kai anō hoki i ngā mea e patua ana mā ngā whakapakoko. 21 Ā, i hoatu e ahau ki a ia he tāima e rīpenetā ai ia; otirā, kāhore ia e pai kia rīpenetā i tāna moepuku. 22 Nā, ka makā ia e ahau ki tētahi moenga, me te hunga e pūremu ana ki a ia, ki roto ki te whiu taimaha, mehemea kāhore rātou e rīpenetā ki ā rātou mahi. 23 Ka whakamatea hoki e ahau āna tamariki kia mate rawa; ā, ka mātau ngā hāhi katoa ko ahau te kairapu i tā ngā whatumanawa, i tā ngā ngākau. Ka rite hoki ki ā koutou mahi tāku e hoatu ai ki tēnei, ki tēnei o koutou. 24 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei ki a koutou, ki ērā atu hoki i Taiataira, ki te hunga kāhore nei i a rātou tēnei ako, kāhore anō kia mātau ki ngā mea hōhonu a Hātana, ki tā rātou e kōrero nei; e kore e whakawahā e ahau tētahi atu mea taimaha ki a koutou. 25 Ko te mea ia i a koutou, puritia kia mau kia tae atu rā anō ahau.

26 "Nā, ko te tangata i a ia te wikitōria, ko te tangata hoki e puritia e ia āku mahi taea noatia te mutunga, māku e hoatu ki a ia he mana rangatira ki ngā tauiwi. 27 He rino hoki te tokotoko e whakahaere tikanga ai ia mō rātou, ka pērā i ngā oko a te kaipokepoke paru, ka pakaru rikiriki; ka rite ki tā tōku Matua i hōmai ai ki ahau. 28 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a ia te whetū o te ata. 29 Ko te tangata he taringa tōna, kia rongo ia ki tā te Wairua e mea nei ki ngā hāhi."