¹ Nembera mutumwa wacheche inei mu Efeso uchiti dyalo: Aiya ndiwo masoco yawanewale cuti adhabhata nyenyezi chiverenero yachaleni: ² Ine ndinadziwa zvina iwe, bhasa laco cuchuphica kwaco na cutsunguluza kwaco na nsisi. Nina dziwa curti kauiti cutenda zvinaita wacunyangala acaezera wale wanati tiri wanamati, chite hawasi iwo, wacatanga cuwaona cuti imba cubhwata. ³ Cutsunguluza unaco, futi ukachinga nacudha kwadzina langu futi futi hauna cuneta. ⁴ Napenepo ndins nyamusososo na iwe cuti wasiya chidho chaco chacutanga. ⁵ Nacudyaloco ulicutsalacana cunadzagua iwe, chinja futi uite mabhasa aco acutona. Cana udaleca cudyalo, ndingauya cuna imwe ndinabhulisa yambuto yaco. ⁶ Apo, una chinwu ichi chacuti unazonda inabhaza awanikoraiti, andinazombo ine. ⁷ Ana mucuto ngaplutane zvinacrucura mwiya cucheche. Anacunda ndichamutendera cuti adhe muti wamulalamo, uri muparadiso ya Mulungu. ⁸ Nembera mutumwa wamucheche iri musmirina ninga achibvi: Zvidhabvi na ule wacutoma nawacupedzesda, ninga afa adhalalamazve: ⁹ Ine ndinadziwa cubhonera kwaco na ulombo waco ( apo uri mufumi zvaco) nacuiya muchituca kwa wale wanaiti ndite madjuda, apo hawasi: iwo ndiwo wasinagoga rasathani. ¹⁰ Usachie zvinhu zvauchabhonera. Ona diabori ucuda daiga wanango wanu mupelezo, cuti muyezerque, mucha bonera nsiku kumi. Futi wanhatedeca cusviquira pacufa, futi ine ndinacupasani mbongolo chaculalama. ¹¹ Ana macutu ngaplutane zvinaerucura mwiya cucheche. Anacunda haconzequi narufu rachiwiri. ¹² Nembera mutumwa wacheche inei muperigomo uchibvi: zvabvi naule ana bemha inacheca chuwa: ¹³ Ine ndina dziwa panagara iwe penepo pana chigaro chauchamgamire.Chasathani wadhabatisisa dzina langu hawana culamba cutenda kwangu wadhatendeca wacafa pacati panu, ndipo panagara sathani. ¹⁴ Napenepo ndina zvinwu zvinango padhoco zvangu handidhi cuna iwe: Zacuiti una wanango napenepo wanabhatisisa cufhunsiso la Abrahmu, wadhafhunzisa Baraki cuiga chigumburiso pamberi pabhule wa Isarel, chacuti vadhe zvacathimizira zvitsazaniso na cuita unhule. ¹⁵ Ninganazvinezvo una wanango wanabatisisa funziso yawanicoraiti ninga dyalo. ¹⁶ Napenepo, chinjambo! Cana usaite dyalo, ine ndinadzacasica cuuya cuna imwe ndina poca nazvo ma bembha yamulomo wangu. ¹⁷ Ule anacunda ndichampasa mana acawanda futi ndichampasa bhuwe lacu chena na dzina linango lachiwiri ridhanebwa, hapana anaridziwa, apo ule analitambira. ¹⁸ Nembera mutumwa wacheche iri mu Tiatira achibvi: zvichibvi dyalo namwana wamuphale wa Mulungu anamatso ninga bhimbimbi la moto nansoca zache zidaita na cutenda nacuzvi. ¹⁹ Ndinaziwa mabasa aco, nachidho, na cutenda, nacusewenza matutsunguluza kwaco. Futi cuti mabhasa aco acupeszesera anacunda acutona. ²⁰ Apo ndine zvanguhandidhi cuna iwe, zvacuti udhatenda ule mucadzi anabvi Jezabel, anazvita ndiri muprofita wachicadzi: futi achifurizira, na cuphambusa wanamati wangu. Cuti waite uhule nacurja zvidhathimizirwa zvitsazaniso. ²¹ Ndacampassa nguwa cuti achinje, adharamba cuchinja pacubfawa kwache. ²² Lingira ndomutu pamubede nawale wanahula naiye, ndonuthusa mucubhonera cuculu cana wassingachinji pamabasa ache. ²³ wache ndichawaliraya nalufu, cheche zense dzinabvadziwa cuti ndine ndinafunga nzeru na na mumoyo. Ndichapasa mubhodzina mubhodzi wanu mabhasa yawo. ²⁴ Apo ndinati cuna imwe imwe mudhasa mu Tiatira, imwe mwense hamuna bfunziso inei musingadziwi zvile zvawanati cuchitha kwasathani, ndinati: Handinga cudzusi mutolo unango nkabhe. ²⁵ Napenepo bhatisisani zvinezvo zvanumunazvo cuswiquira ndauya. ²⁶ Anacunda achicoya manhasa angu andzaswiquira pacupedzesera ndichamupasa nsimba padzaulo pawazinji. ²⁷ Adhafudza na muthondodzo yadyalo, ninga nkali zanu zinapunsiwa ninga inewo ndacapasiwa nsimba ineyo na bhambo wangu. ²⁸ Futi ndichamupasa nyenyezi ile inabvi chimusamacowa. ²⁹ Ana macutu ngaplutane zvina culucura mwiya cucheche.