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Revelation of John 2

Ebandleni Lase-Efesu

1 “Ingilosi yebandla lase-Efesu ilobele uthi: La ngamazwi akhe lowo ophethe izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni sakhe sokunene ehamba phakathi kwezinti zezibane zegolide eziyisikhombisa:

2 Ngiyazazi izenzo zakho, lokusebenza kwakho nzima kanye lokubekezela kwakho. Ngiyakwazi ukuthi awungeke ubabekezelele abantu abaxhwalileyo, lokuthi ubahlolile labo abathi bangabaphostoli kodwa bengayisibo, njalo wabafumana bengabalamanga.

3 Ubekezele waqinisela ebunzimeni ngenxa yebizo lami, kawaze wadinwa.

4 Kodwa ngilale insolo ngawe: Usuludelile uthando lwakho lwakuqala.

5 Khumbula isiqongo owe kuso! Phenduka wenze izinto owawuzenza kuqala. Uma ungaphenduki, ngizakuza kuwe, ngisuse uluthi lwakho lwesibane endaweni yalo.

6 Kodwa ulalokhu okuhle ngawe: Uyayizonda imikhuba yamaNikholayitha, lami engiyizondayo.

7 Lowo olendlebe, kezwe okutshiwo nguMoya emabandleni. Lowo onqobayo ngizamnika ilungelo lokudla esihlahleni sokuphila esisepharadisi kaNkulunkulu.

Ebandleni LaseSimina

8 “Ingilosi yebandla laseSimina ilobele uthi: La ngamazwi akhe yena ongo-wokuQala lokuCina, owafayo wabuya wavuka. 9 Ngiyazazi izinhlupheko zakho kanye lobuyanga bakho – kanti-ke unothile! Ngiyakwazi ukuhlambaza kwalabo abathi bangamaJuda bengayisiwo, kodwa beyisinagogi sikaSathane. 10 Ungazesabi izinhlupheko esezizakwehlela. Ngiyakutshela ukuthi uSathane uzabeka abanye benu entolongweni ukuba alilinge, njalo lizahlukuluzwa okweminyaka elitshumi. Thembeka, lanxa kuselungeni lokufa, mina ngizakupha umqhele wokuphila.

11 Lowo olendlebe, kezwe okutshiwo nguMoya emabandleni. Lowo onqobayo kasoze alinyazwe lakancane yikufa kwesibili.

Ebandleni LasePhegamumi

12 “Ingilosi yebandleni lasePhegamumi ilobele uthi: La ngamazwi akhe lowo olenkemba ebukhali, enhlendlambili. 13 Ngiyakwazi lapho ohlala khona. Ikanti wena uqhubeke uqotho ebizweni lami. Kawukuphikanga ukukholwa kwakho kimi, lasezinsukwini zika-Antiphasi, ufakazi wami othembekileyo, owabulawayo edolobheni lakini – lapho uSathane ahlala khona.

14 Kodwa-ke kulezinto ezilutshwana engilensolo kuwe ngazo: Ulabantu khonapho ababambelele emfundisweni kaBhalami, owafundisa uBhalaki owahugela abako-Israyeli ekwenzeni isono ngokudla ukudla okwanikelwa ezithombeni kanye langokuxhwala kobufebe. 15 Njalo ulabanye ababambelele emfundisweni yamaNikholayitha.

16 Ngakho-ke phenduka! Hlezi ngize kuwe ngilwe labo ngenkemba yomlomo wami.

17 Lowo olendlebe, kezwe okutshiwo nguMoya emabandleni. Lowo onqobayo, ngizamupha enye yemana efihliweyo. Ngizamupha lelitshe elimhlophe okulotshwe kulo ibizo elitsha, elaziwa ngulowo kuphela olamukelayo.

Ebandleni LaseThiyathira

18 Ingilosi yebandla laseThiyathira ilobele uthi: “La ngamazwi eNdodana kaNkulunkulu, emehlo ayo anjengomlilo ovuthayo lezinyawo zayo zinjengethusi elikhazimulayo.

19 Ngiyazazi izenzo zakho, lothando lwakho, kanye lokuthi khathesi ususenza okunengi kulakuqala.

20 Kodwa-ke ngilale insolo ngawe: Uyambekezelela owesifazana lowana uJezebeli, ozibiza ngokuthi ngumphrofethikazi. Ngemfundiso yakhe udukisela izinceku zami ekuxhwaleni kobufebe lekudleni ukudla okunikelwe ezithombeni.

21 Ngimnike isikhathi ukuba aphenduke ekuxhwaleni kwakhe, kodwa kafuni.

22 Ngakho ngizamphosela phezu kombheda wokuhlupheka, njalo labo afeba labo ngizabenza bahlupheke kakhulu, ngaphandle kokuba baphenduke ezindleleni zakhe. 23 Abantwana bakhe ngizabatshaya bafe. Ngakho amabandla wonke azakwazi ukuthi mina nginguye ohlola izinhliziyo lezingqondo, njalo ngizavuza omunye lomunye wenu mayelana lemisebenzi yenu. 24 Manje-ke ngithi kwabanye benu eThiyathira, kini elingabambelelanga emfundisweni yakhe njalo lingafundanga okuthiwa yizimfihlo ezizikileyo zikaSathane (kangiyikulethesa omunye umthwalo): 25 Lina bambelelani kuphela kulokho elilakho ngize ngifike.

26 Lowo onqobayo esenza intando yami kuze kube sekucineni, ngizamnika amandla phezu kwezizwe –

27 ‘Uzazibusa ngentonga yensimbi, aziphahlaze zibe yizicucu njengokwenziwa ngebumba’ – njengoba ngithole amandla avela kuBaba.

28 Ngizamupha lendonsakusa. 29 Lowo olendlebe, kezwe okutshiwo nguMoya emabandleni.