启示录 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
给以弗所教会的信
2 “你要写信告诉以弗所教会的天使，那位右手拿着七颗星、往来于七个金灯台中间的主说，
2 ‘我知道你的行为、劳碌和坚忍，也知道你疾恶如仇，曾查验出那些假冒的使徒，揭穿他们的虚假。 3 你曾坚定不移地为我的名受苦，没有气馁。 4 但有一件事我要责备你，就是你把起初的爱心丢弃了。 5 因此，要回想你在哪里跌倒了，并且悔改，照起初所行的去行。否则，我就要到你那里，将你的灯台从原处拿走。 6 然而你还有一点可取之处，就是你跟我一样痛恨尼哥拉党人的行径。
7 ‘圣灵对各教会所说的话，凡有耳朵的都应当听。我必将上帝乐园中生命树上的果子赐给得胜者吃。’
给士每拿教会的信
8 “你要写信告诉士每拿教会的天使，那位首先的、末后的、死而复活的主说，
9 ‘我知道你遭受的苦难和贫穷，其实你是富足的。我也知道那些人对你的毁谤，他们自称为犹太人，其实不是，而是撒旦的同伙[a]。 10 你不要害怕将要遭受的苦难。魔鬼要将你们当中的一些人下在监里，试炼你们，你们必遭受十天的迫害。但你要至死忠心，我必赐给你生命的冠冕。
11 ‘圣灵对各教会所说的话，凡有耳朵的都应当听。得胜者必不被第二次死亡所害。’
给别迦摩教会的信
12 “你要写信告诉别迦摩教会的天使，那位有两刃利剑的主说，
13 ‘我知道你住在撒旦称王的地方。当我忠心的见证人安提帕在你们这撒旦盘踞之处殉道的时候，你仍然坚守我的名，仍然信靠我。 14 不过有几件事我要责备你，你那里有人随从巴兰的教导。这巴兰从前教巴勒在以色列人面前布下网罗，使他们吃祭过偶像的食物、犯淫乱的罪。 15 同样，你们当中也有人附从尼哥拉党的教导。 16 所以你要悔改，否则我必迅速到你那里，用我口中的剑攻击他们。
17 ‘圣灵对各教会所说的话，凡有耳朵的都应当听。我必将隐藏的吗哪赐给得胜者。我也要赐给他一块白石，石上刻着一个新名字，除了那领受的人以外，没有人认识。’
给推雅推喇教会的信
18 “你要写信告诉推雅推喇教会的天使，那位双目如火焰、双脚像闪亮精铜的上帝的儿子说，
19 ‘我知道你的行为、爱心、信心、事奉、坚忍，也知道你末后所做的善事比起初更多。 20 可是有一件事我要责备你，就是你容许那自称是先知的妇人耶洗别教导我的众奴仆，引诱他们淫乱、吃祭过偶像的食物。 21 我曾给她悔改的机会，她却不肯悔改、离弃自己的淫乱行为， 22 所以我必叫她卧病在床。那些与她有染的人若不悔改，也必遭受极大的苦难。 23 我要击杀她的爪牙[b]，使众教会都知道我洞察人的心思意念，我要照你们各人的行为对待你们。
24 ‘至于你们其余在推雅推喇的人，就是不听那邪说，没有学习所谓的撒旦玄学的人，我告诉你们，我不会将别的重担放在你们身上。 25 但你们要好好持守自己已经得到的，一直到我来。 26 至于那得胜又遵守我命令到底的人，我必赐给他统治列国的权柄， 27 正如我从我父得到的权柄。他必用铁杖管辖列国，将他们如同陶器一般打得粉碎。 28 我也要把晨星赐给他。
29 ‘圣灵对各教会所说的话，凡有耳朵的都应当听。’
启示录 2
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
给七个教会的信
给以弗所教会的信
2 “你要给那在以弗所教会的使者[a]写信说：
“那位右手握着七颗星、在七座金灯台中间行走的，这样说： 2 我知道你的行为，包括你的劳苦和忍耐，也知道你不能容忍恶人[b]。你曾考验那些自称是使徒，其实不是使徒的，而且看出他们是假的。 3 你也有忍耐，曾为我的名劳苦，并不疲乏。 4 然而，我有事要责备你，就是你放弃了你起初的爱； 5 所以你应当记住你是从哪里跌落的，应当悔改，应当行你起初所做的事！否则我[c]就要来到你那里；如果你不悔改，我就要把你的灯台从原处挪去。 6 不过，你有这一点可取之处[d]，就是你恨恶尼古拉派的行为，那些行为也是我所恨恶的。
7 “凡是有耳的，就应当听圣灵向各教会所说的话！那得胜的，我将要准许他吃神乐园中生命树的果子[e]。
给士每拿教会的信
8 “你要给士每拿教会的使者[f]写信说：
“那位首先的、末后的，那位曾经死去又活过来的，这样说： 9 我知道你的[g]患难和贫穷；其实你是富有的。我也知道从那些自称是犹太人而来的毁谤，其实他们不是犹太人，而是属于撒旦会堂的。 10 你不要怕将要受的苦。看哪，魔鬼要把你们当中一些人投进监狱，使你们受考验；你们将受十天的患难。你应当至死忠心，我就把生命的冠冕赐给你。
11 “凡是有耳的，就应当听圣灵向各教会所说的话！那得胜的，绝不会被第二次的死亡所伤害。
给佩尔伽马教会的信
12 “你要给那在佩尔伽马教会的使者[h]写信说：
“那位有双刃利剑的，这样说： 13 我知道[i]你居住的地方，就是撒旦宝座所在的地方。不过即使在我忠心的见证人安提帕的那些日子里，你还持守我的名，也没有否认对我的信仰；这安提帕是在你们那里，也就是在撒旦居住的地方被杀害的。 14 然而，我有几件事要责备你，就是在你那里有些人持守巴兰的教导。这巴兰曾教唆巴勒把绊脚石放在以色列子民面前，就是使他们吃祭过偶像的食物，并且行淫乱。 15 同样，你那里也有些人持守与尼古拉派一样的教导。[j] 16 所以，你应当悔改，否则我就会立即来到你那里，用我口中的剑与他们交战。
17 “凡是有耳的，就应当听圣灵向各教会所说的话！那得胜的，我将要赐给他那隐藏的吗哪。我还要赐给他[k]一块白石头，石头上有一个写好的新名字，除了那领受的人以外，没有人认识这名字。
给锡亚蒂拉教会的信
18 “你要给那在锡亚蒂拉教会的使者[l]写信说：
“神的儿子，就是那位眼睛如火焰、两脚仿佛精铜的，这样说： 19 我知道你的行为，包括你的爱心、信仰、服事和忍耐，也知道你最近所做的比先前的更多。 20 然而，我有事[m]要责备你，就是你容忍那自称是女先知的妇人耶洗别，教唆并迷惑我的奴仆们行淫乱、吃祭过偶像的食物。 21 我曾给她时间，好让她悔改，她却不肯[n]悔改离开自己的淫乱。 22 看哪，我要把她扔在痛苦的[o]床上。那些与她通奸的人，如果不悔改离开她[p]的行为，我也要把他们扔在大患难中。 23 我要用瘟疫[q]击杀她的儿女[r]，这样各教会就将知道我就是洞察情感和心思的那一位；我也要照着你们的行为回报你们每个人。 24 至于你们其余在锡亚蒂拉的人，就是那些不接受这教训的、那些不知道所谓“撒旦深奥之事”的，我告诉你们：我不会把另一个重担放在你们身上。 25 不过你们应当持守你们所拥有的，直到我来。 26 那得胜的，那把我的工作持守到底的，我将要赐给他权柄统管列国——
29 “凡是有耳的，就应当听圣灵向各教会所说的话！
Footnotes
- 启示录 2:1 使者——或译作“天使”。
- 启示录 2:2 恶人——或译作“恶事”。
- 启示录 2:5 有古抄本附“很快”。
- 启示录 2:6 可取之处——辅助词语。
- 启示录 2:7 果子——辅助词语。
- 启示录 2:8 使者——或译作“天使”。
- 启示录 2:9 有古抄本附“行为、”。
- 启示录 2:12 使者——或译作“天使”。
- 启示录 2:13 有古抄本附“你的行为和”。
- 启示录 2:15 有古抄本附“这是我所恨恶的。”
- 启示录 2:17 赐给他——有古抄本作“赐给他吃”。
- 启示录 2:18 使者——或译作“天使”。
- 启示录 2:20 有事——有古抄本作“有几件事”。
- 启示录 2:21 有古抄本没有“肯”。
- 启示录 2:22 痛苦的——辅助词语。
- 启示录 2:22 她——有古抄本作“他们”。
- 启示录 2:23 瘟疫——或译作“死症”。
- 启示录 2:23 她的儿女——指“那些跟随她的人”。
- 启示录 2:27 治理——原文直译“牧养”。
- 启示录 2:27 《诗篇》2:9。
Revelation 2
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus' message to the believers at Ephesus
2 ‘Now write this to the angel of the church at Ephesus:[a]
“This is the message to you from the one who holds the seven stars. He holds them carefully in his right hand. He walks among the seven gold lampstands.
2 I know everything that you do. You have worked much for me. You have continued to work patiently. I know that you do not accept bad people as your friends. Some of these bad people say that they are apostles of Jesus. You have thought carefully about what they teach people. And you have discovered that it is not true. 3 You have been patient and strong in times of trouble. You have continued to serve me because you believe in me. You have not stopped when you become tired.
4 But I have something to say against you. You loved me very much when you first believed in me. You do not love me as much now. 5 Think carefully about this! You do not now live in the way you did at the beginning. So you must change the way you live. Do again the good things that you did at the beginning. If you do not change the way you live, I will come to punish you. I will take away your lampstand from its place. 6 But this is something that you do well: you hate the bad things that the Nicolaitans are doing. I also hate what they do.[b]
7 God's Spirit is now speaking to people in the churches. You should recognize that the Spirit is speaking. Everyone who knows that should listen to what he says. I will let everyone who wins against Satan eat my fruit. This fruit is from the tree that makes us alive. And this tree grows in God's garden.” ’[c]
Jesus' message to the believers at Smyrna
8 ‘Write this to the angel of the church at Smyrna:
“This is the message to you from the one who is the first and the last. He was dead, but he became alive again.
9 I know that bad people are making you suffer. I also know that you are poor. But really, you are rich. Some people say that they are Jews, but they tell lies about you. So they cannot be my true people. Instead, they belong to a group of Satan's people. 10 I know that trouble will soon come to you. But do not be afraid. Listen! The Devil will cause some of you to go to prison. He wants to see whether you will continue to believe in me. As a result, you will suffer for ten days.[d] But continue to trust me, even if you die. Then you will win against the Devil. I will give you a gift, as they give a crown to the winner of a race.[e] You will have life with me for ever.
11 God's Spirit is speaking to you in the churches. You should understand what the Spirit is saying to you. You have ears, so listen carefully! The second death will not hurt anyone who wins against Satan.” ’[f]
Jesus' message to the believers at Pergamum
12 ‘Write this to the angel of the church at Pergamum:
“This is the message to you from the one who has the sharp sword with two edges.
13 I know where you live. It is the place where Satan sits as king.[g] But you still continue to trust me. You remember Antipas who spoke a clear message about me. Because of that, some people in your city killed him. You saw what happened to him, but you continued to believe in me. You still serve me, even there where Satan lives.[h]
14 But I have a few things to say against you. Some people among you agree with what Balaam taught long ago. He taught Balak to do a bad thing against God's people.[i] Balak caused the Israelite people to do wrong things. As a result, they ate food that people had given to idols. They also had sex with people who were not their husbands or wives. 15 Also, some people among you do the bad things that the Nicolaitans teach. 16 So you must stop doing these bad things. If you do not change how you live, I will quickly come to punish you. I will fight against those bad people with my sharp sword that comes out of my mouth.
17 God's Spirit is speaking to you in the churches. You should understand what the Spirit is saying to you. You have ears, so listen carefully! To everyone who wins against Satan I will give some of my special food called manna. I will also give each of them a white stone.[j] I will write a new name on that stone. Nobody will know that name except the person who receives it.” ’
Jesus' message to the believers at Thyatira
18 ‘Write this to the angel of the church at Thyatira:
“This is the message to you from the Son of God. He has eyes that burn brightly like flames of fire. His feet shine like bright metal.
19 I know everything that you do. I know that you have great love. I know that you believe in me. I know that you continue to serve me well. You are patient and strong. You do these good things now more than you did at the beginning.
20 But I have something to say against you. You let that woman Jezebel teach you. She says that she is a prophet from God. But she leads my servants into bad ways. She teaches them to have sex with many people.[k] And she teaches them to eat food that people have given to idols. 21 I have given her time to stop doing these bad things. But she refuses to change how she lives. She does not stop having sex with other men. 22 Listen to this! I will cause her to suffer on her bed, so that she cannot get up. Those who join her in her sins will also suffer very much, unless they change the way they live. 23 I will send a terrible illness to kill those who obey her. Then all the people in the churches will know that I look deep inside them. I know what you really want. I know what you really think. I will give each of you what is right for you, as a result of what you have done.
24 But I say this to you other people in Thyatira. You have not agreed with what Jezebel taught. You have not learned what they call ‘Satan's deep secrets’. So I say this to you: I will not tell you to obey any other difficult rules. 25 But continue to obey my message that you have already received. Believe in me until I come.
26 Continue to obey me until the end and win the fight against Satan. If anyone does that, I will give him authority to rule over the nations of the world. 27 That person will rule the nations with strong authority. He will destroy them, like someone who breaks clay pots into many pieces.[l] 28 He will have the same authority that I received from my Father. I will also give him the morning star.[m] 29 God's Spirit is speaking to you in the churches. You should understand what the Spirit is saying to you. You have ears, so listen carefully!” ’
Footnotes
- 2:1 Many people think that the ‘angel’ here means a human messenger that God has sent. The ‘angel’ could have been the person who read this letter aloud to the church. So ‘angel’ could also mean this in Revelation 2:8,12,18; 3:1,7,14. Everywhere else in Revelation, ‘angel’ means a being from heaven.
- 2:6 The Nicolaitans were teaching the Christians to do wrong things. They were not teaching the same message as Jesus had taught. We do not know much about the wrong things that they taught.
- 2:7 If we turn against Satan, Jesus promises to give us new life. The fruit that he gives us is a picture of everything that we need to live that new life.
- 2:10 ‘ten days’ may mean a short time of trouble, rather than a long time.
- 2:10 At the time John was on earth, a winner of a race received a crown. The crown was the shape of a circle. Somebody had tied leaves together to make it.
- 2:11 The second death is the opposite of when someone lives always with Jesus. It means that a person must go to a place without Jesus. Nobody is happy in that place. The name of that place is hell, or the lake of fire. See Revelation 20:14.
- 2:13 Pergamum was a city where Satan was powerful.
- 2:13 There was a special building in Pergamum for people to worship the king of Rome. This king was against Christians because they would not worship him. Also, there was a very big stone table on a hill. People offered gifts to the false god Zeus on this big table. Also, many people worshipped a snake god. The Devil appears as a snake in the Bible. See Genesis 3.
- 2:14 Balak was the king of Moab. See Numbers 22:1—25:3.
- 2:17 The colour white in the Bible usually means completely good and clean. So the white stone may show that God will make us like that. He will make our spirits completely clean if we continue to believe him.
- 2:20 God's Law says that someone should have sex only with their wife or their husband.
- 2:27 The person who rules the countries will be strong. He will rule with great power and he will punish people who do wrong things.
- 2:28 The morning star appears in the sky just before the sunrise. It is very bright. It shows us that the day is coming. In Revelation 22:16, Jesus says that he is the morning star. He brings light when it has been dark.
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