القراءة بلغتين

إِلى مَلاكِ الكَنيسَةِ الَّتي بِأَفَسُس، ٱكتُبْ: إِلَيكَ ما يَقولُ الَّذي يُمسِكُ بِيَمينِه الكَواكِبَ السَّبعَة، الَّذي يَمْشي بَينَ مَناوِرِ الذَّهَبِ السَّبْع

إِنِّي عَليمٌ بِأَعْمالِكَ وجَهدِكَ وثَباتِكَ، وأَعلَمُ أَنَّكَ لا تَستَطيعُ تَحَمُّلَ الأَشْرار. وقدِ ٱمتَحَنتَ الَّذينَ يَقولونَ إِنَّهم رُسُلٌ ولَيسوا بِرُسُل، فَوَجَدتَهم كاذِبين

إِنَّكَ تَتَحَلَّى بِالثَّبات، فتَحَمَّلتَ المَشَقَّاتِ في سَبيلِ ٱسْمي مِن غَيرِ أَن تَسأَم

ولٰكِنَّ مَأخَذي علَيكَ هو أَنَّ حُبَّكَ الأَوَّلَ قد تَرَكتَه

فٱذكُرْ مِن أَينَ سَقَطتَ وتُبْ وٱعمَلْ أَعْمالَك السَّالِفة، وإِلَّا جِئتُكَ وحَوَّلتُ مَنارَتَكَ عن مَوضِعِها، إِن لم تَتُبْ

ولٰكِن يَشفَعُ فيكَ أَنَّكَ تَمقُتُ أَعْمالَ النِّقولاوِيِّين، وأَنا أَيضًا أَمقُتُها

مَن كانَ لَه أُذُنان، فلْيَسْمَعْ ما يَقولُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِس: الغالِبُ سأُطعِمُه مِن شَجَرَةِ الحَياةِ الَّتي في فِردَوسِ الله

وإِلى مَلاكِ الكَنيسَةِ الَّتي بِإِزمير، ٱكتُبْ: إِلَيكَ ما يَقولُ الأَوَّلُ والآخِر، ذاكَ الَّذي كانَ مَيتًا فعادَ إِلى الحَياة

أَنا عالِمٌ بِما أَنتَ علَيه مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ والفَقْر، مع أَنَّكَ غَنِيّ. وأَعلَمُ ٱفتِراءَ الَّذينَ يَقولونَ إِنَّهم يَهودٌ ولَيسوا بِيَهود، بل هم مَجمَعٌ لِلشَّياطين

لا تَخَفْ ما ستُعاني مِنَ الآلام. ها إِنَّ إِبْليسَ يُلْقي مِنكُم في السِّجنِ لِيَمتَحِنَكم، فتَلقَونَ الشِّدَّةَ عَشرَةَ أَيَّام. كُنْ أَمينًا حَتَّى المَوت، فسأُعْطيكَ إِكْليلَ الحَياة

مَن كانَ لَه أُذُنان، فلْيَسمَعْ ما يَقولُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائس: إِنَّ الغالِبَ لن يُقاسِيَ مِنَ المَوتِ الثَّاني

وإِلى مَلاكِ الكَنيسَةِ الَّتي في بَرْغامُس، ٱكتُبْ: إِلَيكَ ما يَقولُ صاحِبُ السَّيفِ المُرهَفِ الحَدَّين

أَنا عالِمٌ أَينَ تَسكُن، تَسكُنُ حَيثُ عَرشُ الشَّيطان. ومع ذٰلِكَ تَتَمَسَّكُ بِٱسْمي وما أَنكَرتَ إِيماني حَتَّى في أَيَّامِ أَنْطيباسَ شاهِدي الأَمينِ الَّذي قُتِلَ عِندَكم، حَيثُ يَسكُنُ الشَّيطان

ولٰكِن لي عَليكَ مَأخَذٌ طَفيف، وهو أَنَّ عِندَكَ هُناكَ قَومًا يَتَمَسَّكونَ بِتَعْليمِ بِلْعامَ الَّذي عَلَّمَ بالاقَ أَن يُلقِيَ حَجَرَ عَثْرَةٍ أَمامَ بَني إِسْرائيلَ لِيَأكُلوا ذَبائِحَ الأَوثانِ ويَزْنوا

وعِندَكَ أَنتَ أَيضًا قَومٌ يَتَمَسَّكونَ كذٰلك بِتَعْليمِ النِّيقولاوِيِّين

تُبْ إِذًا وإِلَّا جِئتُكَ على عَجَلٍ وحارَبتُهم بِالسَّيفِ الَّذي في فَمي

مَن كانَ لَه أُذُنان، فلْيَسمَعْ ما يَقولُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِس: الغالِبُ سأُعْطيه مَنًّا خَفِيًّا، وسأُعْطيه حَصاةً بَيضاء، حَصاةً مَنْقوشًا فيها ٱسمٌ جَديدٌ لا يَعرِفُه إِلَّا الَّذي يَنالُه

وإِلى مَلاكِ الكَنيسَةِ الَّتي بِتِياطيرة، ٱكْتُبْ: إِلَيكَ ما يَقولُ ٱبنُ اللهِ الَّذي عَيناه كلَهَبِ النَّارِ ورِجْلاه أَشبَهُ بِالنُّحاسِ الخالِص

إِنِّي عالِمٌ بِأَعْمالِكَ ومَحَبَّتِكَ وإِيمانِكَ وخِدمَتِكَ وثَباتِكَ، وبِأَعْمالِكَ الأَخيرة وهي أَكثَرُ عَدَدًا مِن أَعْمالِكَ السَّالِفَة

ولٰكِنَّ مَأخَذي علَيكَ هو أَنَّكَ تَدَعُ المَرأَةَ إِيزابَلَ وشَأنَها، وهي تَقولُ إِنَّها نَبِيَّة، فتُعَلِّمُ وتُضَلِّلُ عَبيدي لِيَزْنوا فيَأكُلوا مِن ذَبائِحِ الأَوثان

وقد أَمهَلتُها مُدَّةً لِتَتوب، فلا تُريدُ أَن تَتوبَ مِن بَغائِها

ها إِنِّي أُلْقيها على فِراشِ شِدَّةٍ كَبيرة، وأُلْقي الَّذينَ يَزْنونَ معها، إِن لم يَتوبوا مِن فِعالِها

وأَولادُها سأُميتُهم مَوتًا، فتَعلَمُ جَميعُ الكَنائِسِ أَنِّي أَنا الفاحِصُ عن الكُلى والقُلوب، وسأَجْزي كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنكم على قَدرِ أَعْمالِه

ولٰكِن لَكم أَقول، يا سائِرَ أَهلِ تِياطيرة، الَّذينَ لَيسوا مِن هٰذه العَقيدة، الَّذين لَم يَعرِفوا أَعْماقَ الشَّيطان، كما يَقولون: لا أُلْقي علَيكم عِبْئًا آخَر

ولٰكِن بِما عِندَكم تَمَسَّكوا إِلى أَن آتي

والغالِبُ، ذٰلك الَّذي يُحافِظُ إِلى النِّهايَةِ على أَعْمالي، سأُوليه سُلْطانًا على الأُمَمِ

فيَرْعاها بِعَصًا مِن حَديد كما تُحَطَّمُ آنِيَةٌ مِن خَزَف

كما أَنا أَيضًا تَلَقَّيتُ السُّلْطانَ مِن أَبي، وسأُوليه كَوكَبَ الصُّبح

مَن كانَ لَه أُذُنان، فلْيَسْمَعْ ما يَقولُ الرُّوحُ لِلكَنائِس

“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:

“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.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

Remember 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.

But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

He 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.

“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:

“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.

Don’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.

He 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.

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

“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.

But 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.

So also you likewise have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

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

He 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.

“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:

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

But 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.

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

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

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.

But 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.

Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.

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

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

and I will give him the morning star.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.