Revelation 17 – KJV & NASV

King James Version

Revelation 17:1-18

1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. 7And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 12And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 13These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

New Amharic Standard Version

ራእይ 17:1-18

በአውሬው ላይ የተቀመጠችው ሴት

1ሰባቱን ጽዋዎች ከያዙት ከሰባቱ መላእክት አንዱ መጥቶ እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “ና፤ በብዙ ውሆች ላይ የተቀመጠችውን የታላቂቱን አመንዝራ ፍርድ አሳይሃለሁ። 2የምድር ነገሥታት ከእርሷ ጋር አመነዘሩ፤ የምድር ነዋሪዎችም በዝሙቷ የወይን ጠጅ ሰከሩ።”

3ቀጥሎም መልአኩ በመንፈስ ወደ በረሓ ወሰደኝ፤ በዚያም አንዲት ሴት በስድብ ስሞች በተሞላ፣ ሰባት ራሶችና ዐሥር ቀንዶች ባሉት ቀይ አውሬ ላይ ተቀምጣ አየሁ። 4ሴቲቱም ሐምራዊና ቀይ ልብስ ተጐናጽፋ ነበር፤ ደግሞም በወርቅ፣ በከበሩ ድንጋዮችና በዕንቈችም አጊጣ ነበር፤ በእጇም የሚያስጸይፍ ነገርና የዝሙቷ ርኩሰት የሞላበትን የወርቅ ጽዋ ይዛ ነበር። 5በግንባሯም ላይ እንዲህ የሚል የምስጢር ስም ተጽፎ ነበር፤

ታላቂቱ ባቢሎን፣

የአመንዝሮችና

የምድር ርኩሰቶች እናት።

6ሴቲቱንም በቅዱሳን ደምና በኢየሱስ ምስክሮች ደም ሰክራ አየኋት።

ባየኋትም ጊዜ እጅግ ተደነቅሁ። 7ከዚያም መልአኩ እንዲህ አለኝ፤ የምትደነቀው ለምንድን ነው? የሴቲቱን፣ እርሷ የተቀመጠችበትንም፣ እንዲሁም ሰባት ራሶችና ዐሥር ቀንዶች ያሉትን የአውሬውን ምስጢር እነግርሃለሁ። 8ያየኸው አውሬ ቀደም ሲል ነበረ፤ አሁን ግን የለም፤ በኋላም ከጥልቁ ጕድጓድ ይወጣል፤ ወደ ጥፋቱም ይሄዳል። ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ ስማቸው በሕይወት መጽሐፍ ተጽፎ ያልተገኘ የምድር ነዋሪዎች አውሬው ቀድሞ የነበረ፣ አሁን ግን የሌለ፣ በኋላም የሚመጣ መሆኑን ሲያዩ ይደነቃሉ።

9“ይህም፣ ጥበብ ያለው አእምሮ ይጠይቃል። ሰባቱ ራሶች ሴቲቱ የምትቀመጥባቸው ሰባት ተራሮች ናቸው፤ 10እነርሱም ደግሞ ሰባት ነገሥታት ናቸው። አምስቱ ወድቀዋል፤ አንዱ አለ፤ ሌላውም ገና አልመጣም፤ ሲመጣ ግን ሊቈይ የሚገባው ለጥቂት ጊዜ ነው። 11ቀድሞ የነበረውና አሁን የሌለው አውሬ ስምንተኛው ንጉሥ ነው፤ እርሱም ከሰባቱ አንዱ ሲሆን ወደ ጥፋቱ ይሄዳል።

12“ያየሃቸው ዐሥሩ ቀንዶች ገና መንግሥትን ያልተቀበሉ፣ ዐሥር ነገሥታት ናቸው፤ ነገር ግን ከአውሬው ጋር ለአንድ ሰዓት እንዲነግሡ ሥልጣን ይቀበላሉ። 13አንድ ሐሳብም አላቸው፤ ኀይላቸውንና ሥልጣናቸውንም ለአውሬው ይሰጣሉ፤ 14እነዚህ በጉን ይወጋሉ፤ በጉ ግን ድል ይነሣቸዋል፤ ምክንያቱም እርሱ የጌቶች ጌታና የነገሥታት ንጉሥ ነው፤ ከእርሱ ጋር ያሉ የተጠሩት፣ የተመረጡትና የታመኑትም አብረው ድል ይነሣሉ።”

15መልአኩም እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “አመንዝራዪቱ ተቀምጣባቸው ያየሃቸው ውሆች፣ ወገኖች፣ ብዙ ሰዎች፣ ሕዝቦችና ቋንቋዎች ናቸው። 16አውሬውና ያየሃቸው ዐሥሩ ቀንዶች አመንዝራዪቱን ይጠሏታል፤ ባዶዋንና ዕራቍቷን ያስቀሯታል። ሥጋዋን ይበላሉ፤ በእሳትም ያቃጥሏታል። 17የእግዚአብሔር ቃል እስኪፈጸም ድረስ ዕቅዱን እንዲፈጽሙ፣ ደግሞም በአንድ ሐሳብ እንዲስማሙና ሥልጣናቸውንም ለአውሬው እንዲሰጡ ይህን ሐሳብ በልባቸው ያኖረ እግዚአብሔር ነውና። 18ያየሃትም ሴት በምድር ነገሥታት ላይ የምትነግሥ ታላቂቱ ከተማ ናት።”