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OET (OET-LV) Therefore repent.
And if not, I_am_coming to_you quickly, and I_will_be_warring with them with the sword of_the mouth of_me.
OET (OET-RV) So turn away from all that, otherwise I’ll come soon and battle against them with the word of my mouth.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
εἰ δὲ μή
if and not
Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “But if you do not repent”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτῶν
them
The pronoun them refers to the “ones holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans,” whom Jesus describes in the previous verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “these people who obey the teachings of the Nicolaitans”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
πολεμήσω μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ τοῦ στόματός μου
˱I˲_/will_be/_warring with them with the sword ˱of˲_the mouth ˱of˲_me
Jesus is speaking as if he will literally wage war against the disobedient believers in Pergamum with the sword in his mouth. He likely means that he will announce a punishment against them that will become effective as soon as he speaks it. You could say that in your translation. The UST models one way to do that. However, since the symbol of the sword comes from the opening vision in the book, and since Jesus uses it to identify himself at the beginning of this letter, and since the symbol also appears in one of the last visions in the book, in 19:15-21, you may wish to retain the symbol in your translation rather than state the meaning plainly here.
2:12-17 The letter to the church in Pergamum portrays Christians who are tempted to compromise their morality and their loyalty to God. The city of Pergamum was the earliest capital of the Roman province of Asia. It contained a famous library, and its citizens developed the use of animal skins as writing materials.
OET (OET-LV) Therefore repent.
And if not, I_am_coming to_you quickly, and I_will_be_warring with them with the sword of_the mouth of_me.
OET (OET-RV) So turn away from all that, otherwise I’ll come soon and battle against them with the word of my mouth.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.