啟02
啟示錄第2章
給以弗所教會的信
1「你要寫信給以弗所教會的使者，說：『那右手拿著七星、在七個金燈臺中間行走的，說：
Cornelis de Bruijn – View of Ephesus 以弗所. BRUYN, Cornelis de. Voyage au Levant, c’est-à-dire, dans les principaux endroits de l’Asie Mineure, dans les isles de Chio, Rhodes, et Chypre et.c., Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1714.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(1909)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.019v Message to Ephesus(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Egeas – Apocalipse do Lorvão, Mensagem a Éfeso (fl. 49)v(1189)Arquivo Nacional Torre do Tombo(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Greek painter – Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, f12r – Letter to Ephesus(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Stephanus Garsia (and other unnamed) – To the Church in Ephesus. The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878) is a French Romanesque illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from the 11th Century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha – L’Ange remet à Jean la lettre pour l’Eglise d’Ephèse. Apoc. II(1047)Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – The Angel gives John the letter for the Church of Ephesus. Apocalypse II(c.950~955)Monasterio de El Escorial, Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous, England – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.004 Letter to Ephesus(circa 1265 -70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 048r – To the Church in Ephesus(970)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Auftraggeber: Otto III. oder Heinrich II. – John writes to the churches of Ephesus and Smyrna. Bamberger Apokalypse Folio 4 verso, Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, MS A. II. 42(c.1000)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Sidney Sime – To the Church in Ephesus(before 1941)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
2我知道你的行為、勞碌、忍耐，也知道你不能容忍惡人。你也曾試驗那自稱為使徒卻不是使徒的，看出他們是假的來。
3你也能忍耐，曾為我的名勞苦，並不乏倦。
Vincent van Gogh- Portrait of Patience Escalier(1888)Sammlung Stavros S. Niarchos(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
4然而有一件事我要責備你，就是你把起初的愛心離棄了。
Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans – The Blind Beggar(1852)Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Wilhelm Marstrand – Cardinal blessing beggars at the church doors(1830~73)Nivaagaard Museum, Nivå, Denmark(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Johann Georg Meyer – Bettelnde Kinder, signiert, datiert, bezeichnet Meyer von Bremen(1880)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Jules Bastien-Lepage – The Blind Beggar(before 1884)Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai, Tournai, Belgium(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo – The young beggar(1645~50)Louvre Museum , Paris(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Children Begging(17th century)Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, (Catalonia, Spain)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Matthias Ranftl – Begging children at the Glacis in Vienna.(1852)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Kamal-ol-molk – Beggar Girls.(1889)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Sidney Paget – Ilustration of “The Man with the Twisted Lip”, which appeared in The Strand Magazine in December, 1891. Original caption was “HE IS A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR.”(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Louis Dewis – Old Beggar(1916)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Vasily Shebuyev – В. К. Шебуев Старик-нищий.(1808)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
5所以，應當回想你是從哪裡墜落的，並要悔改，行起初所行的事。你若不悔改，我就臨到你那裡，把你的燈臺從原處挪去。
6然而你還有一件可取的事，就是你恨惡尼哥拉一黨人的行為，這也是我所恨惡的。
7聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！得勝的，我必將 神樂園中生命樹的果子賜給他吃。』」
Currier & Ives – The Tree of Life. The Christian(1850~1859)(Public Domain, The British Museum)
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Anonymous – Folio 13r of the Howard Psalter and Hours, the Crucifixion.(14th century)Howard Psalter and Hours (British Library, Arundel 83 I)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
給士每拿教會的信
8「你要寫信給士每拿教會的使者，說：『那首先的、末後的、死過又活的，說：
Anonymous – SAINT STEPHEN ARMENIAN CHURCH SMYRNA 士每拿教會 Postcard c. 1907(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Anonymous Russian Old Believer – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.022v Message to Smyrna 士每拿教會(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Bamberg Apocalypse: “John Writes to the Churches in Ephesus and Smyrna” (AD 1000)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Medieval Spanish – The Escorial Beatus (Escorial, Biblioteca Monasterio, Cod. & II. 5)(10th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Stephanus Garsia – Saint-Sever Beatus f. 061v – To the Church in Smyrna(11th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(1909)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.005 Letter to Smyrna(circa 1265 -70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – The Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, fol. 15r. John, Letter to Smyrna(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Silos Apocalypse – BL Add MS 11695 f. 054v – To the Church at Smyrna(10th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 052r – To the Church in Smyrna(970)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonym (1. Hälfte des 9. Jahrhunderts) – Botschaft an die Gemeinde von Smyrna(800~850)Trierer Apokalypse, ADEVA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
N. Knop – View of Smyrna(1779)Rijksmuseum Amsterdam(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
anonymous: View of Smyrna (Izmir) and the Reception Given to Consul de Hochepied in the Council Chamber(1687~1723)Rijksmuseum Amsterdam(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Thomas Higham after Thomas Allom – A Street in Smyrna.(1840)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Antoine Chenavard – Agora de Smyrne(1843)Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Max Schmidt – Ansicht von Smyrna, von der Karawanenstraße her gesehen(c.1845)Sammlung Schack, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, Germany(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
9我知道你的患難，你的貧窮（你卻是富足的），也知道那自稱是猶太人所說的毀謗話，其實他們不是猶太人，乃是撒但一會的人。
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller – At the Monastery Gate(1846)Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
10你將要受的苦你不用怕。魔鬼要把你們中間幾個人下在監裡，叫你們被試煉，你們必受患難十日。你務要至死忠心，我就賜給你那生命的冠冕。
Centre light of the stained glass window in the north aisle of the nave, depicting the Crown of Life 生命的冠冕. The window was created c. 1919 by the studio Joshua Clarke & Sons, Dublin.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. Attribution: Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons)
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Larkin, Clarence – The Judgement of Reward(1919) The Book of Revelation ; a study of the last prophetic book of Holy Scripture(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
11聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！得勝的，必不受第二次死的害。』」
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch – An Angel Leading a Soul into Hell(16th century)Wellcome Collection, London, England, United Kingdom(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
給別迦摩教會的信
12「你要寫信給別迦摩教會的使者，說：『那有兩刃利劍的，說：
Anagoria – The Acropolis of Pergamon別迦摩, reconstruction 1882(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
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Die Hochstadt von Pergamon nach Rekonstruktion, von R. Bohn, 1888(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. photo by Anagoria Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.025v Message to Pergamum(1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – To Pergam, Apokalipsis trekhtolkoviy(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Letter to Pergamum (Rev. 2: 12-17). Christ, with a two-edged sword in his mouth, instructs John writing; the angel of the church seen beneath an ogee arch.(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Stephanus Garsia (and other unnamed) – To the Church in Pergamum. The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878) is a French Romanesque illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from the 11th Century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha – L’Ange remet à Jean la lettre pour l’Eglise de Pergame. Apoc. II(1047)Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 056r – To the Church in Pergamon(970)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Medieval Spanish – Beatus Escorial – 34 To the Church in Pergamum(10th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonym (1. Hälfte des 9. Jahrhunderts) – Botschaft an die Gemeinde von Pergamon(800~850)Trierer Apokalypse, ADEVA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Greek painter – Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, f17r – Letter to Pergamum(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
13我知道你的居所，就是有撒但座位之處；當我忠心的見證人安提帕在你們中間、撒但所住的地方被殺之時，你還堅守我的名，沒有棄絕我的道。
Anonymous – Saint Antipas of Pergamum 安提帕(fresco in Rousanu)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
14然而，有幾件事我要責備你：因為在你那裡有人服從了巴蘭的教訓；這巴蘭曾教導巴勒將絆腳石放在以色列人面前，叫他們吃祭偶像之物，行姦淫的事。
Philip De Vere – 巴勒獻祭 Balak’s sacrifices. Numbers cap 23 v 24. A print from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations in the possession of Revd.(1970)St. George’s Court, Kidderminster, England.(fresco in Rousanu)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
摩押人引以色列人犯罪 Moab leads Israel into sin, as in Numbers 25:1-8, illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible; illustrated by Gerard Hoet (1648-1733) and others, and published by P. de Hondt in The Hague(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
15你那裡也有人照樣服從了尼哥拉一黨人的教訓。
16所以，你當悔改；若不悔改，我就快臨到你那裡，用我口中的劍攻擊他們。
17聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！得勝的，我必將那隱藏的嗎哪賜給他，並賜他一塊白石，石上寫著新名；除了那領受的以外，沒有人能認識。』」
Tintoretto – The Miracle of Manna (detail)(c.1577)Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Nicholas Roerich – “Белый камень – Знак Чинтамани или Конь счастья”(1933)Музей Н.К.Рериха, Нью-Йорк.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
給推雅推喇教會的信
18「你要寫信給推雅推喇教會的使者，說：『那眼目如火焰、腳像光明銅的 神之子說：
Robert Walsh, Thomas Allom – 推雅推喇 The City of Thyatira Asia Minor(1836)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.028v Message to Thyatira(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(1909)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.007 Letter to Thyatira(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 059v – To the Church in Thyatira推雅推喇(AD 970)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – L’Ange remettant à Jean la lettre pour l’une des Eglises d’Asie (Apocalypse II et III)(c.950~955)El Escorial, Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, Ms & II. 5, f°(début du manuscrit)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 059v – To the Church in Thyatira(970)Santa Cruz Palace(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Bamberg Apocalypse – To the Church in Pergamum and Thyatira別迦摩及推雅推喇(11th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Stephanus Garsia (and other unnamed) – To the Church in Thyatira. The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878) is a French Romanesque illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from the 11th Century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonym (1. Hälfte des 9. Jahrhunderts) – Botschaft an die Gemeinde von Thyatira(800~850)Trierer Apokalypse, ADEVA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Greek painter – Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, f19v – Letter to Thyatira(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
19我知道你的行為、愛心、信心、勤勞、忍耐，又知道你末後所行的善事，比起初所行的更多。
Pieter Brueghel – Obras de Misericórdia(1601~25)National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon Portugal(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
20然而，有一件事我要責備你，就是你容讓那自稱是先知的婦人耶洗別教導我的僕人，引誘他們行姦淫，吃祭偶像之物。
Byam Shaw – 耶洗別 Jezebel.(1896)Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, UK(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
21我曾給她悔改的機會，她卻不肯悔改她的淫行。
22看哪，我要叫她病臥在床。那些與她行淫的人，若不悔改所行的，我也要叫他們同受大患難。
Andrea Celesti – Queen Jezabel Being Punished by Jehu(2nd half of 17th century)Private Collection(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
23我又要殺死她的黨類（原文是兒女），叫眾教會知道，我是那察看人肺腑心腸的，並要照你們的行為報應你們各人。
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld – Elijah kills the Ba’al priests.(1860)Woodcut for “Die Bibel in Bildern”(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
24至於你們推雅推喇其餘的人，就是一切不從那教訓、不曉得他們素常所說撒但深奧之理的人，我告訴你們，我不將別的擔子放在你們身上。
25但你們已經有的，總要持守，直等到我來。
26那得勝又遵守我命令到底的，我要賜給他權柄制伏列國；
27他必用鐵杖轄管（轄管：原文是牧）他們，將他們如同窯戶的瓦器打得粉碎，像我從我父領受的權柄一樣。
28我又要把晨星賜給他。
Eugen Bracht – Morning Star(c.1900)Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester (United States of America)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Nicholas Roerich – Morning Star(before 1932)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Józef Szermentowski – Morning star(1874)National Museum in Warsaw(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
29聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」
Anonymous – Apocalypse flamande – BNF Néerl3 – Letters to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, and Thyatira(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Anonymous – four Angels each with a Church (of Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, and Sardis, respectively). Apocalypsis S. Johannis cum glossis; WMS 49(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)
