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Fo Da Church Peopo Efesus Side

Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo dat come togedda fo church Efesus side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da One dat hold da seven stars inside his right hand, an walk aroun wea get da seven gold stands fo put lamps on top, dis wat he tell:

“I know wat you guys stay doing, dat you guys work hard an stay hanging in dea. I know dat you guys no take odda guys dat doing da bad kine stuff. You guys wen check out da odda guys dat say I wen send um, but I neva. An you guys wen find out dat dey bulai. You guys wen hang in dea, an no matta you guys suffa plenny cuz you my guys, still yet, you guys no give up.

“But I get dis agains you guys, dat you guys no mo love an aloha like wen you guys wen trus me first time. So, wat? Tink bout how you guys was befo, an now how plenny you guys wen mess up. You guys gotta come sorry an pau make lidat, but make like befo, first time. If you guys no like come sorry an pau make lidat, I no goin let you guys talk fo me no moa. Dass jalike I goin come an take away yoa lamp an da stand from da place wea dey stay. But you guys stay doing one ting right: You guys hate da bad kine stuff da Nicolaitan guys stay doing, an me, I hate dat kine stuff too.

“If you guys can hear dis, you guys betta listen, an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo!”

Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, I goin give um da right fo eat from da tree dat make peopo come alive fo real, dat stay inside Godʼs Beautiful Place.’ ”

Fo Da Church Peopo Smyrna Side

Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo dat come togedda fo church Smyrna side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da One dass first an last, da One dat wen mahke an den come back alive, dis wat he say:

“I know you guys suffa plenny, an you guys stay poor, but still yet you guys stay rich! I know dat get guys dat say dey Godʼs peopo, but dey not. Dey talk stink bout you guys. Dey say dey come togedda fo pray to God, but dey work fo da Devil. 10 No scared da stuff you guys goin suffa. You know, da Devil goin set up some a you guys fo go jail, fo try make you guys give up, an you guys goin suffa dea ten days. Hang in dea an trus God, even if dey kill you guys. Cuz I goin give you guys da winnaʼs prize -- da kine life dass fo real!

11 “If you guys can hear dis, you guys betta listen, an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo!

Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, no way dey goin get hurt wen da odda peopo mahke da second time an get cut off from God foeva.” ’ ”

Fo Da Church Peopo Pergamum Side

12 Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo who come togedda fo church Pergamum side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da guy dat get da sword dat get two side sharp -- dis wat he tell:

13 “I know da place wea you guys live, cuz jalike da Devil stay king ova dea. But still yet you guys stay tight wit me, an neva pau trus me. Even da time wen da guys inside yoa town, wea da Devil stay, dey wen kill Antipas cuz he everytime tell da trut bout me, still yet you guys wen trus me.

14 “But eh! I get dis agains you guys: You guys get peopo ova dea dat make jalike da guy Balaam wen do long time ago. Dat guy wen teach King Balak how fo make da Israel peopo do bad kine stuff. He wen make um eat food da odda peopo awready wen give fo sacrifice to da idol kine gods, an go fool aroun wit peopo dey not married to. 15 Same ting wit you guys, yeah? You guys get peopo ova dea dat still yet do da bad kine stuff da Nicolaitan guys teach. 16 So den, you guys gotta come sorry, an no do all da bad kine tings you doing no moa. Cuz if you guys do dat, den I goin come by you guys pretty soon, an wat I say goin show dat dey stay wrong. Dass jalike I use one sword fo fight an win ova da guys dat stay agains me!

17 “If you guys can hear dis, you betta listen, an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo!”

Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, I goin give um some a da manna kine bread fo eat dat God wen hide fo dem befo time. An I goin give um one white stone wit one new name dat God wen write on top um. Da guy dat get dat name, he da ony one goin know um.’ ”

Fo Da Church Peopo Tyatira Side

18 Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo who come togedda fo church Tyatira side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Dis wat Godʼs Boy say, da One dat get eyes dat shine jalike one big hot fire, an feets dat look jalike brass metal dat shine:

19 “Eh, I know everyting wat you guys stay doing, dat you guys get love an aloha fo each odda an fo me. I know you guys trus me, work fo me, an stay by me. You guys stay doing mo fo help me den da first time wen you guys wen start fo trus.

20 “But eh! I get dis agains you guys. You guys take da Jezebel kine wahine. She say she talk fo God, but she bulai da peopo dat work fo me wit wat she teach. So dey go fool aroun da peopo dey not married to, an eat da food from da sacrifices dat odda guys wen give to da idol kine gods. 21 I wen give her plenny chance awready fo come sorry an no do da bad kine stuff she doing, but she no like. 22 So, I goin make her come real sick, an her an da guys dat wen fool aroun behind Godʼs back wit her goin suffa plenny, if dey no come sorry an pau do da bad kine stuff dey doing. 23 Fo shua, I goin kill everybody dat make like her. Den all da church peopo goin know dat I da One dat look inside da heart an head an know wat everybody stay like, an wat dey tink, an I goin pay everybody fo wat dey wen do, good o bad.

24 “Now, I like tell dis to all you odda peopo inside Tyatira, you guys dat no listen to da Jezebel wahine an no like learn wat dey call ‘da deep secrets from da Devil’: I no goin make tings mo hard fo you guys. 25 Jus hang in dea an trus God real good, till I come back.

26 “Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, an do wat I like um fo do till da end, I goin give um da right fo be in charge a da diffren peopos all ova da world.

27 “Da Bible say dis bout me, Jesus:

“He goin be dea leada.
    He goin carry one stick wit iron on top
Fo show he stay in charge.
    He goin broke dem guys in pieces, jalike one clay pot.” ’

An dass da kine power my Fadda wen give me. 28 “Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, dey goin be awesome, jalike da early morning star. 29 You can hear dis, you betta listen an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo!”

To the Church in Ephesus

“To the angel[a] of the church in Ephesus(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand(B) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.(C) I know your deeds,(D) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested(E) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.(F) You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(G) and have not grown weary.

Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.(H) Consider how far you have fallen! Repent(I) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand(J) from its place. But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(K) which I also hate.

Whoever has ears, let them hear(L) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(M) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(N) which is in the paradise(O) of God.

To the Church in Smyrna

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna(P) write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last,(Q) who died and came to life again.(R) I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!(S) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,(T) but are a synagogue of Satan.(U) 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,(V) and you will suffer persecution for ten days.(W) Be faithful,(X) even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.(Y)

11 Whoever has ears, let them hear(Z) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.(AA)

To the Church in Pergamum

12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum(AB) write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.(AC) 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(AD) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(AE) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(AF)

14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(AG) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(AH) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(AI) and committed sexual immorality.(AJ) 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.(AK) 16 Repent(AL) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.(AM)

17 Whoever has ears, let them hear(AN) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(AO) I will give some of the hidden manna.(AP) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name(AQ) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.(AR)

To the Church in Thyatira

18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira(AS) write:

These are the words of the Son of God,(AT) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.(AU) 19 I know your deeds,(AV) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,(AW) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.(AX) 21 I have given her time(AY) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(AZ) 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery(BA) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(BB) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(BC)

24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,(BD) 25 except to hold on to what you have(BE) until I come.’(BF)

26 To the one who is victorious(BG) and does my will to the end,(BH) I will give authority over the nations(BI) 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter(BJ) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[b](BK)—just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give that one the morning star.(BL) 29 Whoever has ears, let them hear(BM) what the Spirit says to the churches.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:1 Or messenger; also in verses 8, 12 and 18
  2. Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:9