Revelation 2

2 ¹"To di angel of di church for Ephesus write: Di One wey hold di seven stars for im right hand, wey dey waka among di seven gold lampstand, talk say:

²"I know your work, your labour, and how you dey endure, and say you no fit gree with bad people; you test dem wey dey call demsef apostle but dem no be, and you find out say na liar dem be. ³You don endure and carry burden because of my name, and you never tire. ⁴But I get dis one against you: you don comot from di love wey you get for first. ⁵So remember di place wey you fall from; repent and do di work wey you dey do for first. If not, I dey come meet you to comot your lampstand from im place—except you repent. ⁶But you get dis one: you hate di work of di Nicolaitans, wey I sef hate. ⁷Whoever get ear, make e hear wetin di Holy Spirit dey tell di churches. Di one wey win, I go give am to chop from di tree of life wey dey inside di paradise of our Papa.

Di First and di Last

⁸"To di angel of di church for Smyrna write: Di first and di last, wey die and come live again, talk say:

⁹"I know di suffer wey you dey suffer and your poverty—but you rich—and di bad talk from dem wey dey claim say dem be Jew but dem no be, dem be synagogue of Satan. ¹⁰No fear wetin you dey about to suffer. Di devil go throw some of una for prison to test una; una go suffer for ten days. Be faithful reach death, and I go give you di crown of life. ¹¹Whoever get ear, make e hear wetin di Holy Spirit dey tell di churches. Di one wey win, di second death no go hurt am.

Di Sharp Sword Wey Get Two Mouth

¹²"To di angel of di church for Pergamum write: Na dis be di words of di One wey get di sharp sword wey get two mouth:

¹³"I know di place wey you dey live—where di throne of Satan dey. But you still hold my name and you never deny your faith for me, even when dem kill Antipas, my faithful witness, for una midst, where Satan dey live. ¹⁴But I get small tins against you: some people dere hold di teaching of Balaam. Na im teach Balak to put stumbling block for Israel front, make dem chop food wey dem sacrifice give idol and commit sexual sin. ¹⁵Na so you sef get some wey hold di teaching of di Nicolaitans. ¹⁶So, repent. If not, I go come meet you sharp-sharp and fight dem wey hold am with di sword of my mouth. ¹⁷Anybody wey get ear make e hear wetin di Holy Spirit dey tell di churches. To di one wey win I go give am hidden manna and one white stone wey dem write new name for inside wey na only di person wey collect am sabi.

Eye Wey Be Like Fire

¹⁸"To di angel of di church for Thyatira write: Di Pikin of our Papa, wey im eye be like flame of fire and im leg be like bronze wey dem shine, talk say:

¹⁹"I know your work—your love, faith, service, and how you dey endure—and say your last work pass di first one. ²⁰But I get dis one against you: you dey allow di woman Jezebel, wey dey call herself prophet, dey teach and dey lead my servants astray into sexual sin and to chop food wey dem sacrifice give idol. ²¹I give am time to repent, but e no gree repent from im sexual sin. ²²I go throw am for sickbed, and dem wey dey commit adultery with am I go throw into great suffering, except dem turn from wetin dem dey do. ²³And I go strike im pikin dem kill. Then all di churches go know say na me be di One wey dey search mind and heart, and I go pay each one of una according to your work. ²⁴But to di rest of una for Thyatira wey no hold dis teaching, wey no learn di so-called deep things of Satan: I no go put any other load for una head. ²⁵Just hold tight wetin you get until I come. ²⁶Whoever win and keep my work reach di end, I go give am authority over di nations, ²⁷and e go rule dem with iron rod, dey break dem like clay pot—just as I sef collect authority from my Papa. ²⁸And I go give am di morning star. ²⁹Whoever get ear, make e hear wetin di Holy Spirit dey tell di churches."