Revelation · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Revelation 2 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Προς τον άγγελον της εκκλησίας της Εφέσου γράψον. Ταύτα λέγει ο κρατών τους επτά αστέρας εν τη δεξιά αυτού, ο περιπατών εν μέσω των επτά λυχνιών των χρυσών·
1 “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:
2 Εξεύρω τα έργα σου και τον κόπον σου και την υπομονήν σου, και ότι δεν δύνασαι να υποφέρης τους κακούς, και εδοκίμασας τους λέγοντας ότι είναι απόστολοι, και δεν είναι, και εύρες αυτούς ψευδείς·
2 “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.
3 και υπέφερες και έχεις υπομονήν και διά το όνομά μου εκοπίασας, και δεν απέκαμες.
3 You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
4 Πλην έχω τι κατά σου, διότι την αγάπην σου την πρώτην αφήκας.
4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
5 Ενθυμού λοιπόν πόθεν εξέπεσες και μετανόησον και κάμε τα πρώτα έργα· ει δε μη, έρχομαι προς σε ταχέως και θέλω κινήσει την λυχνίαν σου εκ του τόπου αυτής, εάν δεν μετανοήσης.
5 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.
6 Έχεις όμως τούτο, ότι μισείς τα έργα των Νικολαϊτών, τα οποία και εγώ μισώ.
6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 Όστις έχει ωτίον ας ακούση τι λέγει το Πνεύμα προς τας εκκλησίας. Εις τον νικώντα θέλω δώσει εις αυτόν να φάγη εκ του ξύλου της ζωής, το οποίον είναι εν μέσω του παραδείσου του Θεού.
7 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.
8 Και προς τον άγγελον της εκκλησίας των Σμυρναίων γράψον· Ταύτα λέγει ο πρώτος και ο έσχατος, όστις έγεινε νεκρός και έζησεν·
8 “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:
9 Εξεύρω τα έργα σου και την θλίψιν και την πτωχείαν· είσαι όμως πλούσιος· και την βλασφημίαν των λεγόντων εαυτούς ότι είναι Ιουδαίοι και δεν είναι, αλλά συναγωγή του Σατανά.
9 “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.
10 Μη φοβού μηδέν εκ των όσα μέλλεις να πάθης. Ιδού, ο διάβολος μέλλει να βάλη τινάς εξ υμών εις φυλακήν διά να δοκιμασθήτε, και θέλετε έχει θλίψιν δέκα ημερών. Γίνου πιστός μέχρι θανάτου, και θέλω σοι δώσει τον στέφανον της ζωής.
10 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.
11 Όστις έχει ωτίον ας ακούση τι λέγει το Πνεύμα προς τας εκκλησίας. Ο νικών δεν θέλει αδικηθή εκ του θανάτου του δευτέρου.
11 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.
12 Και προς τον άγγελον της εν Περγάμω εκκλησίας γράψον· Ταύτα λέγει ο έχων την ρομφαίαν την δίστομον, την οξείαν·
12 “To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
13 Εξεύρω τα έργα σου και που κατοικείς· όπου είναι ο θρόνος του Σατανά· και κρατείς το όνομά μου, και δεν ηρνήθης την πίστιν μου και εν ταις ημέραις, εν αις υπήρχεν Αντίπας ο μάρτυς μου ο πιστός, όστις εφονεύθη παρ' υμίν, όπου κατοικεί ο Σατανάς.
13 “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.
14 Έχω όμως κατά σου ολίγα, διότι έχεις εκεί τινάς κρατούντας την διδαχήν του Βαλαάμ, όστις εδίδασκε τον Βαλάκ να βάλη σκάνδαλον ενώπιον των υιών Ισραήλ, ώστε να φάγωσιν ειδωλόθυτα και να πορνεύσωσιν.
14 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.
15 Ούτως έχεις και συ τινάς κρατούντας την διδαχήν των Νικολαϊτών, το οποίον μισώ.
15 So also you likewise have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 Μετανόησον· ει δε μη, έρχομαι προς σε ταχέως και θέλω πολεμήσει προς αυτούς με την ρομφαίαν του στόματός μου.
16 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 Όστις έχει ωτίον, ας ακούση τι λέγει το Πνεύμα προς τας εκκλησίας. Εις τον νικώντα θέλω δώσει εις αυτόν να φάγη από του μάννα του κεκρυμμένου, και θέλω δώσει εις αυτόν ψήφον λευκήν, και επί την ψήφον όνομα νέον γεγραμμένον, το οποίον ουδείς γνωρίζει ειμή ο λαμβάνων.
17 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.
18 Και προς τον άγγελον της εν Θυατείροις εκκλησίας γράψον· Ταύτα λέγει ο Υιός του Θεού, ο έχων τους οφθαλμούς αυτού ως φλόγα πυρός, και οι πόδες αυτού είναι όμοιοι με χαλκολίβανον·
18 “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:
19 Εξεύρω τα έργα σου και την αγάπην και την διακονίαν και την πίστιν και την υπομονήν σου και τα έργα σου και τα έσχατα, ότι είναι πλειότερα των πρώτων.
19 “I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.
20 Έχω όμως κατά σου ολίγα, διότι αφίνεις την γυναίκα Ιεζάβελ, ήτις λέγει εαυτήν προφήτιν, να διδάσκη και να πλανά τους δούλους μου εις το να πορνεύωσι και να τρώγωσιν ειδωλόθυτα.
20 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.
21 Και έδωκα εις αυτήν καιρόν να μετανοήση εκ της πορνείας αυτής, και δεν μετενόησεν.
21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
22 Ιδού, εγώ βάλλω αυτήν εις κλίνην και τους μοιχεύοντας μετ' αυτής εις θλίψιν μεγάλην, εάν δεν μετανοήσωσιν εκ των έργων αυτών,
22 Behold, I will throw her and those who commit adultery with her into a bed of great oppression, unless they repent of her works.
23 και τα τέκνα αυτής θέλω αποκτείνει με θάνατον, και θέλουσι γνωρίσει πάσαι αι εκκλησίαι, ότι εγώ είμαι ο ερευνών νεφρούς και καρδίας, και θέλω σας δώσει εις έκαστον κατά τα έργα σας.
23 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.
24 Λέγω δε προς εσάς και προς τους λοιπούς τους εν Θυατείροις, όσοι δεν έχουσι την διδαχήν ταύτην και οίτινες δεν εγνώρισαν τα βάθη του Σατανά, ως λέγουσι· Δεν θέλω βάλει εφ' υμάς άλλο βάρος·
24 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.
25 πλην εκείνο, το οποίον έχετε, κρατήσατε εωσού έλθω.
25 Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.
26 Και όστις νικά και όστις φυλάττει μέχρι τέλους τα έργα μου, θέλω δώσει εις αυτόν εξουσίαν επί των εθνών,
26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
27 και θέλει ποιμάνει αυτούς εν ράβδω σιδηρά, θέλουσι συντριφθή ως τα σκεύη του κεραμέως, καθώς και εγώ έλαβον παρά του Πατρός μου,
27 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots, as I also have received of my Father;
28 και θέλω δώσει εις αυτόν τον αστέρα τον πρωϊνόν.
28 and I will give him the morning star.
29 Όστις έχει ωτίον ας ακούση τι λέγει το Πνεύμα προς τας εκκλησίας.
29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Antipas
Called Christ's faithful witness, killed at Pergamum where Satan dwells.
Cited in the guide: Revelation 2:13
Jezebel
A woman at Thyatira who called herself a prophetess and led Christ's servants into immorality and idolatry; the name probably recalls Ahab's wife.
Cited in the guide: Revelation 2:20
Places
Ephesus
The chief city of Roman Asia, famed for the temple of Artemis. Paul's long ministry sparked the silversmiths' riot; the city is also the first addressed in Revelation.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:1; Acts 19:28; Revelation 2:1
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 1:20; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:11–13; Revelation 3:7; Revelation 2:18
- 2 1 John 4:1; 2 Peter 2:1–3; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Revelation 3:8
- 3 Hebrews 10:36; Galatians 6:9; James 5:7–11; Hebrews 12:1; James 1:3–4
- 4 Matthew 24:12–13; Jeremiah 2:2–5; Hebrews 6:10–11; Philippians 1:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
- 5 Revelation 3:2–3; Revelation 3:19; Revelation 2:16; Hosea 14:1; Acts 17:30–31
- 6 Psalm 26:5; Psalm 101:3; 2 John 9–10; Revelation 2:14–15; 2 Chronicles 19:2
- 7 Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:17; Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:43; Revelation 13:9
- 8 Revelation 1:17–18; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:1
- 9 Revelation 3:9; James 2:5–6; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Romans 9:6; 2 Corinthians 6:10
- 10 James 1:12; Matthew 10:22; Revelation 3:10–11; Luke 21:16–19; Mark 13:13
- 11 Revelation 20:6; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:17
- 12 Revelation 2:16; Revelation 1:16; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 19:15; Revelation 1:11
- 13 Revelation 2:9–10; 1 Timothy 5:8; Revelation 3:8–9; Revelation 3:11; Acts 22:20
- 14 Numbers 31:16; 2 Peter 2:15; Revelation 2:20; Numbers 25:1–3; Jude 11
- 15 Revelation 2:6
- 16 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 1:16; Ephesians 6:17; Revelation 2:5; Isaiah 11:4
- 17 Isaiah 62:2; Isaiah 65:15; Revelation 19:12–13; Revelation 3:12–13; Revelation 2:7
- 18 Revelation 1:14–15; Revelation 1:11; John 3:35–36; Psalm 2:7; John 5:25
- 19 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Peter 1:7; John 15:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Revelation 2:2–4
- 20 Revelation 2:14; 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Corinthians 10:18–21; Acts 15:29; 2 Kings 9:7
- 21 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4–5; Revelation 9:20–21; Revelation 16:11; Revelation 16:9
- 22 Revelation 17:2; Luke 13:5; Ezekiel 16:37–41; Jeremiah 36:3; Revelation 18:3
- 23 Matthew 16:27; Psalm 7:9; Romans 8:27; 1 Peter 1:17; Acts 1:24
- 24 2 Corinthians 2:11; Revelation 12:9; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Acts 15:28; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15
- 25 Revelation 3:3; Revelation 3:11; Hebrews 10:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Revelation 22:7
- 26 Revelation 3:21; Revelation 2:7; Daniel 7:27; Psalm 2:8; Revelation 20:4
- 27 Psalm 2:8–9; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15; Isaiah 30:14; Matthew 11:27
- 28 Revelation 22:16; 2 Peter 1:19; Luke 1:78–79
- 29 Revelation 2:7
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