Revelation 17 – NIVUK & NASV

New International Version – UK

Revelation 17:1-18

Babylon, the prostitute on the beast

1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters. 2With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.’

3Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. 5The name written on her forehead was a mystery:

Babylon the great

the mother of prostitutes

and of the abominations of the earth.

6I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. 7Then the angel said to me: ‘Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns. 8The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

9‘This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. 10They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.

12‘The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. 14They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings – and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.’

15Then the angel said to me, ‘The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. 16The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled. 18The woman you saw is the great city that rules 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።”