ISAMBULO 2

₁Kuyo ingelosi yebandla lase-Efesu loba ukuthi:

Nakhu akushoyo ophethe izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni sakhe sokunene, ohamba phakathi kwezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide, uthi:

₂Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nemizamo yakho, nokubekezela kwakho, nokuthi kawunakubamela ababi; wabavivinya abazisho ukuthi bangabaphostoli bengesibo, wabafumana beqamba amanga;

₃unokubekezela, wakhuthazela ngenxa yegama lami, kawukhathalanga.

₄Kepha nginalokhu ngawe ukuthi uluyekile uthando lwakho lwakuqala;

₅ngakho khumbula lapho uwé khona, uphenduke, wenze imisebenzi yakuqala; uma kungenjalo, ngiyeza kuwe, ngilususe uthi lwesibani sakho endaweni yalo, uma ungaphenduki.

₆Kepha unalokhu ukuthi uyayizonda imisebenzi yamaNikolawu engiyizonda nami.

₇Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni. Onqobayo ngiyakumnika ukuba adle kuwo umuthi wokuphila oseParadisi* likaNkulunkulu.

₈Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseSmirna loba ukuthi:

Nakhu akushoyo owokuqala nowokugcina, owayefile kepha osephila, uthi:

₉Ngiyakwazi ukuhlupheka kwakho nobumpofu bakho — kanti ucebile — nenhlamba yabathi bangabaJuda bengesibo, kodwa beyisinagoge* likaSathane.

₁₀Ungesabi lokho ozakuhlupheka ngakho. Bheka, uSathane uzakuphonsa abanye kini etilongweni ukuba nilingwe, futhi niyakuhlupheka izinsuku eziyishumi. Thembeka kuze kube-sekufeni, ngokunika umqhele wokuphila.

₁₁Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni. Onqobayo akasoze oniwa ngukufa kwesibili.

₁₂Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla lasePhergamu loba ukuthi:

Nakhu akushoyo onenkemba ebukhali esika-nhlangothi zombili, uthi:

₁₃Ngiyazi lapho wakhé khona: lapho kukhona isihlalo sobukhosi sikaSathane; nokho ulibambisisile igama lami, kawuphikanga inkolo yami nasemihleni ka-Antipase, ufakazi wami, othembekayo wami, owabulawa phakathi kwenu lapho uSathane wakhé khona.

₁₄Nokho kukhona okuyingcosana enginakho ngawe, ngokuba unabo lapho ababambisisa isifundiso sikaBalami owafundisa uBalaki ukuphonsa isikhubekiso phambi kwabantwana bakwaIsrayeli sokuba badle okuhlatshelwe izithombe nokuba bafebe.

₁₅Futhi-ke nawe unabo ababambisisa isifundiso samaNikolawu ngokunjalo.

₁₆Ngakho-ke phenduka; uma kungenjalo, ngiyeza kuwe masinyane, ngiyakulwa nabo ngenkemba yomlomo wami.

₁₇Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni. Onqobayo ngiyakumnika okwemana* elifihliweyo, ngimuphe itshe elimhlophe, nasetsheni kulotshiwe igama elisha elingaziwa-muntu, ngolamukelayo kuphela.

₁₈Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseThiyathira loba ukuthi:

Nakhu ekushoyo iNdodana kaNkulunkulu enamehlo anjengamalangabi omlilo, nezinyawo zayo zifana nethusi elikhazimulayo, ithi:

₁₉Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nothando, nokukholwa, nokukhonza, nokubekezela kwakho, nokuthi imisebenzi yakho yokugcina miningi kuneyokuqala.

₂₀Kepha nginalokhu ngawe ukuthi uvumela owesifazane uJezabeli ozisho ukuthi ungumprofethikazi, afundise, adukise izinceku zami ukuba zifebe, zidle okuhlatshelwe izithombe;

₂₁ngamnika isikhathi sokuba aphenduke, kepha kavumi ukuphenduka ekufebeni kwakhe.

₂₂Bheka, ngiyamphonsa embhedeni, nabaphinga naye ngibaphonsa ekuhluphekeni okukhulu, uma bengaphenduki emisebenzini yakhe;

₂₃ngiyakubulala abantwana bakhe ngokufa; amabandla onke ayakwazi ukuthi nginguye ophenya izinso nezinhliziyo, futhi ngiyakumnika yilowo nalowo wenu ngokwemisebenzi yakhe.

₂₄Kodwa ngithi kinina eniseleyo eThiyathira, nonke eningenaso lesisifundiso, eningakwaziyo okujulileyo kukaSathane njengabakushoyo: Kangiphonsi phezu kwenu omunye umthwalo;

₂₅kepha lokho eninakho, kubambiseni ngize ngifike.

₂₆Onqobayo nogcina imisebenzi yami kuze kube-sekupheleni lowo ngiyakumnika amandla phezu kwezizwe;

₂₇uyakuzibusa ngentonga yensimbi, ziphahlazwe njengezitsha ezibunjiweyo, njengalokhu nami ngamukelisiwe nguBaba;

₂₈futhi ngiyakumnika inkanyezi yokusa.

₂₉Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni.