Revelation 2
Modern English Version
The Message to Ephesus
2 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write:
“He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, says these things: 2 I know your works, your labor and your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles, but are not, and have found them to be liars. 3 You have endured, and have been patient, and for My name’s sake have labored and have not grown weary.
4 “But I have something against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your candlestick from its place, unless you repent. 6 But this you have: 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 churches. To him who overcomes I will give permission to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.
The Message to Smyrna
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
“The First and the Last, who was dead and came to life, says these things: 9 I know your works and tribulation and poverty (but you are rich). And I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful unto 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 churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.
The Message to Pergamum
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
“He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things: 13 I know your works and where you live, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
14 “But I have a few things against you: You have there those who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So you also have those who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will war against them with the sword of My mouth.
17 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows except he who receives it.
The Message to Thyatira
18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
“The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like fine brass, says these things: 19 I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience, and that your last works are more than the first.
20 “But I have a few things against you: You permit that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, but she did not repent. 22 Look! I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will put her children to death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the hearts and minds. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
24 “Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, who have not known what some call the ‘depths of Satan,’ I will put on you no other burden. 25 But hold firmly what you have until I come.
26 “To him who overcomes and keeps My works to the end, I will give authority over the nations—
27 He ‘shall rule them with a rod of iron;
like the vessels of a potter they shall be broken in pieces’[a]—
even as I myself have received authority from 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 churches.
Footnotes
Hisgalus 2
Orthodox Jewish Bible
2 To the malach (angel) of the Kehillah (Congregation) in Ephesus, write: These things says the One holding shivat hakokhavim (seven stars) in the yad yamin (right hand) of him, the One walking in the midst of the sheva menorot hazahav (seven golden menorahs):
2 I have da’as of your ma’asim (deeds) and your amal (toil) and the savlanut (patient endurance) of you [pl.] and that you cannot bear anshei resha (evil men), and have tested the ones making the claim that they are "Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach’s shlichim" and are not, and found them kozvim (liars).
3 And you have savlanut (patient endurance), and you have persevered because of ha-Shem of me and have not become weary.
4 But I have this against you, that you abandoned your Ahavah HaRishonah. [YIRMEYAH 2:2]
5 Therefore, let there be zikaron (remembrance) of from where you have fallen and make teshuva (repentance, turning from sin to G-d) and do the Ma’asim HaRishonim; but, if not, I am coming to you [pl.] and I will remove your menorah from its place, unless you make teshuva.
6 But this you have, that you loathe the ma’asim ra’im (evil deeds) of the Nicolaitans, which also I loathe. [TEHILLIM 139:21]
7 The one having an ear let him hear what the Ruach Hakodesh says to the Kehillot; To the one who wins the nitzachon (victory) I will give to him to eat of the Etz HaChayyim (Tree of Life), which is in the Gan-Eden of Hashem, [BERESHIS 2:9; 3:22,24; also BERESHIS 2:8; YECHEZKEL 28:1; 31:8,9 TARGUM HA-SHIVIM)]
8 And to the malach (angel) of the Kehillah in Smyrna, write: These things says HaRishon and HaAcharon, who became niftar (deceased) and had his histalkus (passing), and came back to Chayyim (Life): [YESHAYAH 44:6; 48:12]
9 I have da’as of your tzarah (Mt 24:15) and oni poverty)‖but you are oisher (rich)‖and the loshon hora of the ones making the claim and declaring themselves to be Bnei Brit, and are not [of the Brit Chadasha], but are a Shul [deluded by] Hasatan.
10 Have no pachad (terror) at all of the things you are about to suffer. Hinei, Hasatan is about to cast some of you into beit hasohar that you may be tested and you will have tzarah aseret yamim (ten days). Be ne’eman ad haMavet (faithful unto death), and I will give you the ateret HaChayyim (the diadem of Life). [DANIEL 1:12,14]
11 The one having [spiritual] ears, let him hear what the Ruach Hakodesh says to the Kehillot. The one who wins the nitzachon (victory) never will be hurt by the Mavet HaSheyni (the Second Death).
12 And to the malach (angel) of the Kehillah at Pergamum, write: These things says the one having the sharp two-edged cherev: [YESHAYAH 49:2]
13 I have da’as of where you make your ma’on (residence), where the kes (throne) of Hasatan is, and you hold fast to ha-Shem of me and did not make hakhchashah (denial) of my (Moshiach’s) emunah (faith), even in the days of Antipas my ed hane’eman (my faithful witness) who died alkiddush ha-Shem, killed among you as a martyr where Hasatan makes his ma’on (residence).
14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there ones holding to "the torah of Bil’am," who was teaching Balak to put a michshol (stumbling block) before Bnei Yisroel. [BAMIDBAR 31:16; 25:1-2]
15 So also you have ones eating okhel (food) sacrificed to elilim (idols) and who commit zenut (fornication). You also have ones holding the "torah of the Nicolaitans."
16 Likewise, therefore, make teshuva (repentance, turning from sin to G-d)! But if not, I am coming to you quickly and will war against them by the cherev of my mouth. [YESHAYAH 49:2]
17 The one having an ear let him hear what the Ruach Hakodesh says to the Kehillot. To the one who wins the nitzachon (victory), I will give him some of the Manna having been nistar (hidden), and I will give him an even levanah (a white stone) and upon it a Shem Chadash (New Name), of which no one has da’as, except the one receiving it. [TEHILLIM 78:24; YESHAYAH 62:2; 65:15; 56:5]
18 And to the malach of the Kehillah in Thyatira, write: These things says the Ben HaElohim, the One having his eynayim (eyes) like a flame of eish (fire), [DANIEL 7:9] and the feet of him like burnished bronze: [DANIEL 10:6]
19 I have da’as of your ma’asim (deeds) and the ahavah and the emunah and the tzedek [DANIEL 9:25] and the savlanut (patient endurance) of you, and that your ma’asim ha’acharonim are more than harishonim of you.
20 But I have this against you, that you are being permissive toward that isha Izevel (Jezebel), the one calling herself a nevi’ah (prophetess) who teaches and deceives my avadim to commit zenut and to eat okhel (food) sacrificed to elilim (idols). [MELACHIM ALEF 16:31; 21:25; MELACHIM BAIS 9:7-22; BAMIDBAR 25:1-2]
21 And I gave her time that she might make teshuva and she does not wish to make teshuva of her zenut. [MELACHIM ALEF 16:31; MELACHIM BAIS 9:22; BAMIDBAR 25:1-2]
22 Hinei, I am throwing her into a bed of suffering, and the ones committing ni’uf (adultery) with her into Tzarah Gedolah (Great Tribulation, Mt. 24:21), unless they make teshuva of her ma’asim (deeds).
23 And her yeladim (children, those who become like her in her doctrine) I will kill with Mavet, and all the kehillot will have da’as that I am the One searching their musar klayot valev (pangs of conscience and heart), and I will give to you, each one, according to what you have done. [TEHILLIM 7:9; 62:12; 139:1; 2:23; MISHLE 21:2; 24:12; YIRMEYAH 11:20; 17:10; SHMUEL ALEF 16:7; MELACHIM ALEF 8:39]
24 But I say to you, the rest, to the ones in Thyatira, as many as have not this "torah" (teaching), who did not have da’as of, as they say, "the tiefe (deep, profound) things of Hasatan.” I am putting on you no other burden.
25 Al kol panim (nevertheless), what you have, hold fast until I come.
26 And the one who wins the nitzachon and the one until HaKets keeping shomer over ma’asei mitzvot of Me, him will I give samchut (authority) over the Goyim,
27 To rule them with a SHEVET BARZEL (scepter of iron, TEHILLIM 2:9) KIKH’LI YOTZER TENAPTZEM ("as the vessel of pottery are broken") [TEHILLIM 2:8,9; YESHAYAH 30:14; YIRMEYAH 19:11]
28 Even as I also have received from HaAv of me and I will give him the Kokhav (Star BAMIDAR 24:17) haNogah (of Brightness, Venus, the Morning Star. 2K 1:19).
29 The one having an ear let him hear what the Ruach Hakodesh says to the Kehillot.
啟 示 錄 2
Chinese Union Version (Simplified)
2 你 要 写 信 给 以 弗 所 教 会 的 使 者 ， 说 ： 那 右 手 拿 着 七 星 、 在 七 个 金 灯 ? 中 间 行 走 的 ， 说 ：
2 我 知 道 你 的 行 为 、 劳 碌 、 忍 耐 ， 也 知 道 你 不 能 容 忍 恶 人 。 你 也 曾 试 验 那 自 称 为 使 徒 却 不 是 使 徒 的 ， 看 出 他 们 是 假 的 来 。
3 你 也 能 忍 耐 ， 曾 为 我 的 名 劳 苦 ， 并 不 乏 倦 。
4 然 而 有 一 件 事 我 要 责 备 你 ， 就 是 你 把 起 初 的 爱 心 离 弃 了 。
5 所 以 ， 应 当 回 想 你 是 从 那 里 坠 落 的 ， 并 要 悔 改 ， 行 起 初 所 行 的 事 。 你 若 不 悔 改 ， 我 就 临 到 你 那 里 ， 把 你 的 灯 ? 从 原 处 挪 去 。
6 然 而 你 还 有 一 件 可 取 的 事 ， 就 是 你 恨 恶 尼 哥 拉 一 党 人 的 行 为 ， 这 也 是 我 所 恨 恶 的 。
7 圣 灵 向 众 教 会 所 说 的 话 ， 凡 有 耳 的 ， 就 应 当 听 ！ 得 胜 的 ， 我 必 将 神 乐 园 中 生 命 树 的 果 子 赐 给 他 吃 。
8 你 要 写 信 给 士 每 拿 教 会 的 使 者 ， 说 ： 那 首 先 的 、 末 後 的 、 死 过 又 活 的 ， 说 ：
9 我 知 道 你 的 患 难 ， 你 的 贫 穷 （ 你 却 是 富 足 的 ） ， 也 知 道 那 自 称 是 犹 太 人 所 说 的 毁 谤 话 ， 其 实 他 们 不 是 犹 太 人 ， 乃 是 撒 但 一 会 的 人 。
10 你 将 要 受 的 苦 你 不 用 怕 。 魔 鬼 要 把 你 们 中 间 几 个 人 下 在 监 里 ， 叫 你 们 被 试 炼 ， 你 们 必 受 患 难 十 日 。 你 务 要 至 死 忠 心 ， 我 就 赐 给 你 那 生 命 的 冠 冕 。
11 圣 灵 向 众 教 会 所 说 的 话 ， 凡 有 耳 的 ， 就 应 当 听 ！ 得 胜 的 ， 必 不 受 第 二 次 死 的 害 。
12 你 要 写 信 给 别 迦 摩 教 会 的 使 者 ， 说 ： 那 有 两 刃 利 剑 的 ， 说 ：
13 我 知 道 你 的 居 所 ， 就 是 有 撒 但 座 位 之 处 ； 当 我 忠 心 的 见 证 人 安 提 帕 在 你 们 中 间 、 撒 但 所 住 的 地 方 被 杀 之 时 ， 你 还 坚 守 我 的 名 ， 没 有 弃 绝 我 的 道 。
14 然 而 ， 有 几 件 事 我 要 责 备 你 ： 因 为 在 你 那 里 有 人 服 从 了 巴 兰 的 教 训 ； 这 巴 兰 曾 教 导 巴 勒 将 绊 脚 石 放 在 以 色 列 人 面 前 ， 叫 他 们 吃 祭 偶 像 之 物 ， 行 奸 淫 的 事 。
15 你 那 里 也 有 人 照 样 服 从 了 尼 哥 拉 一 党 人 的 教 训 。
16 所 以 ， 你 当 悔 改 ； 若 不 悔 改 ， 我 就 快 临 到 你 那 里 ， 用 我 口 中 的 剑 攻 击 他 们 。
17 圣 灵 向 众 教 会 所 说 的 话 ， 凡 有 耳 的 ， 就 应 当 听 ！ 得 胜 的 ， 我 必 将 那 隐 藏 的 吗 哪 赐 给 他 ， 并 赐 他 一 块 白 石 ， 石 上 写 着 新 名 ； 除 了 那 领 受 的 以 外 ， 没 有 人 能 认 识 。
18 你 要 写 信 给 推 雅 推 喇 教 会 的 使 者 ， 说 ： 那 眼 目 如 火 焰 、 脚 像 光 明 铜 的 神 之 子 说 ：
19 我 知 道 你 的 行 为 、 爱 心 、 信 心 、 勤 劳 、 忍 耐 ， 又 知 道 你 末 後 所 行 的 善 事 ， 比 起 初 所 行 的 更 多 。
20 然 而 ， 有 一 件 事 我 要 责 备 你 ， 就 是 你 容 让 那 自 称 是 先 知 的 妇 人 耶 洗 别 教 导 我 的 仆 人 ， 引 诱 他 们 行 奸 淫 ， 吃 祭 偶 像 之 物 。
21 我 曾 给 他 悔 改 的 机 会 ， 他 却 不 肯 悔 改 他 的 淫 行 。
22 看 哪 ， 我 要 叫 他 病 卧 在 床 。 那 些 与 他 行 淫 的 人 ， 若 不 悔 改 所 行 的 ， 我 也 要 叫 他 们 同 受 大 患 难 。
23 我 又 要 杀 死 他 的 党 类 （ 原 文 是 儿 女 ） ， 叫 众 教 会 知 道 ， 我 是 那 察 看 人 肺 腑 心 肠 的 ， 并 要 照 你 们 的 行 为 报 应 你 们 各 人 。
24 至 於 你 们 推 雅 推 喇 其 馀 的 人 ， 就 是 一 切 不 从 那 教 训 、 不 晓 得 他 们 素 常 所 说 撒 但 深 奥 之 理 的 人 ， 我 告 诉 你 们 ， 我 不 将 别 的 担 子 放 在 你 们 身 上 。
25 但 你 们 已 经 有 的 ， 总 要 持 守 ， 直 等 到 我 来 。
26 那 得 胜 又 遵 守 我 命 令 到 底 的 ， 我 要 赐 给 他 权 柄 制 伏 列 国 ；
27 他 必 用 铁 杖 辖 管 （ 辖 管 ： 原 文 是 牧 ） 他 们 ， 将 他 们 如 同 窑 户 的 瓦 器 打 得 粉 碎 ， 像 我 从 我 父 领 受 的 权 柄 一 样 。
28 我 又 要 把 晨 星 赐 给 他 。
29 圣 灵 向 众 教 会 所 说 的 话 ， 凡 有 耳 的 ， 就 应 当 听 ！
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