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:

«اكتُبْ إلَى مَلاكِ كَنِيسَةِ أفَسُسَ: «هَكَذا يَقُول المُمْسِكُ النُّجُومَ السَّبعَةَ فِي يُمناهُ، الماشي وَسَطَ المَنائِرِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ السَّبعِ:

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.

«أنا أعرِفُ أعمالَكَ وَعَمَلَكَ الجادَّ وَصَبرَكَ. كَما أعلَمُ أنَّكَ لا تَتَسامَحُ مَعَ الأشرارِ، وَأنَّكَ قَدِ امتَحَنتَ مَنْ قالُوا إنَّهُمْ رُسُلٌ وَاكتَشَفتَ أنَّهُمْ كاذِبُونَ.

3 Y ou have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

أعلَمُ أنَّكَ صَبَرتَ وَتَحَمَّلتَ الصِّعابَ فِي سَبِيلِي بِلا كَلَلٍ.

4 B ut I have this against you, that you left your first love.

لَكِنْ لِي عَلَيكَ شَيءٌ واحِدٌ، هُوَ أنَّكَ تَرَكتَ المَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي كانَتْ لَكَ فِي البِدايَةِ.

5 R emember 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.

فَتَذَكَّرْ أينَ كُنْتَ قَبلَ سُقوطِكَ وَتُبْ. عُدْ فاعمَلِ الأعمالَ الَّتِي كُنتَ تَعمَلها فِي البِدايَةِ، وَإلّا فَإنِّي قادِمٌ إلَيكَ، فَأُزِيلُ مَنارَتَكَ مِنْ مَكانِها إنْ لَمْ تَتُبْ.

6 B ut this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

«لَكِنَ يُحسَبُ لَكَ أنَّكَ تَكْرَهُ أفعالَ النُّقُولاوِيِّينَ الَّتِي أكرَهُها أنا أيضاً.»

7 H e 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.

«مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنٌ، فَليَسمَعْ ما يَقُولُهُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِسِ. مَنْ يَنتَصِرُ، أعطِيهِ الحَقَّ فِي أنْ يَأكُلَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ شَجَرَةِ الحَياةِ الَّتِي فِي فِردَوسِ اللهِ.» رِسالَةُ يَسُوعَ إلَى كَنِيسَةِ سِمِيْرْنا

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:

«اكتُبْ إلَى مَلاكِ كَنِيسَةِ سِمِيْرنا: «هَكَذا يَقُولُ الأوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ، مَنْ ماتَ وَقامَ مِنَ المَوتِ:

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.

«أعلَمُ بِمُعاناتِكَ وَفَقرِكَ، مَعَ أنَّكَ فِي الحَقِيقَةِ غَنِيٌّ. كَما أعلَمْ ما افتَرَى بِهِ عَلَيكَ أولَئِكَ الَّذينَ يَدَّعونَ أنَّهُمْ يَهُودٌ، وَهُمْ لَيسُوا كَذَلِكَ، بَلْ هُمْ مَجمَعُ الشَّيطانِ.

10 D on’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.

لا تَخَفْ مِمّا أنتَ مُقبِلٌ عَلَيهِ مِنْ مَصاعِبَ، فَإبلِيسُ سَيَسْجِنُ بَعضَكُمْ كَي يَختَبِرَكُمْ. وَسَتُعانُونَ مُدَّةَ عَشْرَةِ أيّامٍ. لَكِنْ كُنْ أميناً حَتَّى وَلَو وَاجَهتَ المَوتَ، لِأنِّي سَأُكَلِّلُكَ بِإكلِيلِ الحَياةِ الأبَدِيَّةِ.»

11 H e 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.

«مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنٌ، فَلْيَسمَعْ ما يَقُولُهُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِسِ. مَنْ يَنتَصِرُ، لَنْ يُؤذيهِ المَوتُ الثّاني.» رِسالَةُ يَسُوعَ إلَى كَنِيسَةِ بَرْغامُس

12 “ To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

«اكتُبْ إلَى مَلاكِ كَنِيسَةِ بَرْغامُسَ: «هَكَذا يَقُولُ صاحِبُ السَّيفِ الماضِي ذِي الحَدَّينِ:

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.

«أنا أعلَمُ أينَ تَسكُنُ. أنتَ تَسكُنُ حَيثُ كُرسِيُّ الشَّيطانِ! لَكِنَّكَ مازِلتَ مُتَمَسِّكاً باسمِي، وَلَمْ تَتَخَلَّ عَنْ إيمانِكَ بِي، حَتَّى فِي الفَترَةِ الَّتِي قُتِلَ فِيها شاهِدِي الأمينُ أنْتِيباسُ فِي مَدِينَتِكُمْ حَيثُ يَسكُنُ الشَّيطانُ.

14 B ut 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.

مَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإنَّ لِي عَلَيكَ بَعضَ المَآخِذِ. فَما زالَ بَعضُ النّاسِ بَينَكُمْ يَتَّبِعُونَ تَعالِيمَ بَلْعامَ الَّذِي دَفَعَ بالاقَ لاسْتِدراجِ بَني إسرائِيلَ إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ، حَيثُ أكَلُوا مِنْ ذَبائِحِ الأصنامِ وَمارَسُوا الزِّنا.

15 S o you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise.

وَمازالَ بَعضُكُمْ يَتَّبِعُ تَعالِيمَ النِّيقُولاوِيِّينَ.

16 R epent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

لِذا تُبْ! وَإلّا فَإنِّي سَآتِي إلَيكَ وَأُحارِبُ هَؤلاءِ النّاسَ بِسَيفِ فَمِي.»

17 H e 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.

«مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنٌ، فَليَسمَعْ ما يَقُولُهُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِسِ. مَنْ يَنتَصِرُ، أُعطيهِ مِنَ المَنِّ المَخفِيِّ، وَأُعطِيهِ حَصاةً بَيضاءَ مَكتُوبٌ عَلَيها اسْمٌ جَدِيدٌ لا يَعرِفُهُ إلّا مَنْ يَأخذُ الحَصاةَ.» رِسالَةُ يَسُوعَ إلَى كَنِيسَةِ ثِياتِيْرا

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:

«اكتُبْ إلَى مَلاكِ كَنِيسَةِ ثِياتِيرا: «هَكَذا يَقُولُ ابنُ اللهِ الَّذِي عَيناهُ كَوَهجِ النّارِ وَقَدَماهُ كَالنُّحاسِ الصّافِي:

19 “ I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.

«أنا أعرِفُ مَحَبَّتَكَ وَإيمانَكَ وَخِدمَتَكَ وَصَبرَكَ. وَأعلَمُ أنَّكَ تَعمَلُ الآنَ أكثَرَ مِمّا عَمِلْتَ فِي السّابِقِ،

20 B ut 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.

لَكِنْ لِي عَلَيكَ أنَّكَ تَتَسامَحُ مَعَ المَرأةِ إيزابِيلَ الَّتِي تَدَّعِي أنَّها نَبِيَّةٌ، وَتُضَلِّلُ عِباديَ بِتَعالِيمِها، وَتُغرِيهُمْ بِأنْ يَزنُوا وَيَأكُلُوا مِنْ ذَبائِحِ الأوثانِ.

21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

لَقَدْ أمهَلتُها أنْ تَتُوبَ عَنِ زِناها، لَكِنَّها لَمْ تَتُبْ.

22 B ehold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.

لِذا سَأضَعُها عَلَى فِراشِ الألَمِ، وَسَأُجيزُ الَّذِينَ زَنُوا مَعَها في مِحَنٍ عَظِيمَةٍ إنْ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا عَنْ أفعالِهِمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ.

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.

وَسَأقتُلُ أطفالَها بِالوَبأ. عِندَها سَتَعلَمُ كُلُّ الكَنائِسِ بِأنِّي عالِمٌ بِأفكارِ النّاسِ وَمَشاعِرِهِمْ، وَإنِّي أُجازِي كُلَّ واحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ أعمالِهِ.»

24 B ut 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.

«أمّا البَقيَّةُ الَّذِينَ لا يَتَّبِعُونَ هَذِهِ التَّعالِيمَ فِي ثِياتِيْرا، وَلَمْ يَعرِفُوا ما يُدعَى بِأسرارِ الشَّيطانِ العَمِيقَةِ فَأقولُ لَهُمْ: لَنْ أُحَمِّلَكُمْ أعباءً أُخْرَى،

25 N evertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.

تَمَسَّكُوا فَقَطْ بِما لَدَيكُمْ لِحِينِ مَجِيئِي.»

26 H e who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

«مَنْ يَنتَصِرُ وَيُطِيعُ وَصايايَ حَتَّى النِّهايَةِ، أُعطِيهِ سُلطاناً عَلَى كُلِّ الأُمَمِ،

27 H e will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:

‹فَيَحكُمُهُمْ بِقَضِيبٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَيُحَطِّمُهُمْ كَما تُحَطَّمُ جِرارُ الفَخّارِ.› «وَبِما أنِّي أخَذتُ هَذا السُّلطانَ مِنْ أبِي،

28 a nd I will give him the morning star.

فَإنِّي أمنَحُ مَنْ يَنتَصِرُ كَوكَبَ الصُّبحِ أيضاً.

29 H e who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

مَنْ لَهُ أُذُنٌ، فَلْيَسمَعْ ما يَقُولُهُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِسِ.»