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:
1ሰባቱንም ጽዋዎች ከያዙ ከሰባቱ መላእክት አንዱ መጥቶ። ና በብዙም ውኃዎች ላይ የተቀመጠችውን የታላቂቱን ጋለሞታ ፍርድ አሳይሃለሁ፤
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.
2የምድርም ነገሥታት ከእርስዋ ጋር ሴሰኑ በምድርም የሚኖሩ ከዝሙትዋ ወይን ጠጅ ሰከሩ ብሎ ተናገረኝ።
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.
3በመንፈስም ወደ በረሀ ወሰደኝ፤ የስድብም ስሞች በሞሉበት፥ ሰባት ራሶችና አሥር ቀንዶችም ባሉበት በቀይ አውሬ ላይ አንዲት ሴት ተቀምጣ አየሁ።
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:
4ሴቲቱም በቀይና በሐምራዊ ልብስ ተጐናጽፋ በወርቅና በከበሩ ድንጋዮች በዕንቈችም ተሸልማ ነበር፥ በእጅዋም የሚያስጸይፍ ነገር የዝሙትዋም ርኵሰት የሞላባትን የወርቅ ጽዋ ያዘች፤
5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
5በግምባርዋም ምስጢር የሆነ ስም። ታላቂቱ ባቢሎን፥ የጋለሞታዎችና የምድር ርኵሰት እናት ተብሎ ተጻፈ።
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.
6ሴቲቱም በቅዱሳን ደምና በኢየሱስ ምስክሮች ደም ሰክራ አየኋት። ባየኋትም ጊዜ እጅግ ታላቅ ድንቅ አደነቅሁ።
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.
7መልአኩም አለኝ። የምትደነቅ ስለ ምንድር ነው? የሴቲቱን ምስጢርና የሚሸከማትን፥ ሰባት ራሶችና አስር ቀንዶች ያሉትን የአውሬውን ምስጢር እኔ እነግርሃለሁ።
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.
8ያየኸው አውሬ አስቀድሞ ነበረ፥ አሁንም የለም፥ ከጥልቁም ይወጣ ዘንድ አለው፥ ወደ ጥፋትም ይሄዳል፤ ስሞቻቸውም ከዓለም ፍጥረት ጀምሮ በሕይወት መጽሐፍ ያልተጻፉ በምድር የሚኖሩ አውሬው አስቀድሞ እንደነበረ አሁንም እንደሌለ፥ ነገር ግን እንዳለ ሲያዩ ያደንቃሉ።
9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
9ጥበብ ያለው አእምሮ በዚህ ነው። ሰባቱ ራሶች ሴቲቱ የተቀመጠችባቸው ሰባት ተራራዎች ናቸው፥
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.
10ሰባት ነገሥታት ደግሞ ናቸው፤ አምስቱ ወድቀዋል አንዱም አለ፥ የቀረውም ገና አልመጣም፤ ሲመጣም፥ ጥቂት ጊዜ ሊቆይ ይገባዋል።
11And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
11የነበረውና የሌለውም አውሬ ራሱ ደግሞ ስምንተኛው ነው ከሰባቱም አንዱ ነው፥ ወደ ጥፋትም ይሄዳል።
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.
12ያየሃቸውም አስሩ ቀንዶች ገና መንግሥትን ያልተቀበሉ አስር ነገሥታት ናቸው፥ ዳሩ ግን ከአውሬው ጋር ለአንድ ሰዓት እንደ ነገሥታት ሥልጣንን ይቀበላሉ።
13These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
13እነዚህ አንድ አሳብ አላቸው፥ ኃይላቸውንና ሥልጣናቸውንም ለአውሬው ይሰጣሉ።
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.
14እነዚህ በጉን ይወጋሉ፤ በጉም የጌቶች ጌታና የነገሥታት ንጉሥ ስለ ሆነ እነርሱን ድል ይነሣል፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ያሉ የተጠሩና የተመረጡ የታመኑም ደግሞ ድል ይነሣሉ።
15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
15አለኝም። ጋለሞታይቱ የተቀመጠችባቸው ያየሃቸው ውኃዎች፥ ወገኖችና ብዙ ሰዎች አሕዛብም ቋንቋዎችም ናቸው።
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.
16ያየኃቸውም አስር ቀንዶችና አውሬው ጋለሞታይቱን ይጣላሉ፤ ባዶዋንና ራቁትዋንም ያደርጓታል፥ ሥጋዋንም ይበላሉ፥ በእሳትም ያቃጥሉአታል።
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.
17እግዚአብሔር አሳቡን እንዲያደርጉ አንድንም አሳብ እንዲያደርጉ የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል እስኪፈጸም ድረስ መንግሥታቸውን ለአውሬው እንዲሰጡ በልባቸው አግብቶአልና።
18And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
18ያየሃትም ሴት በምድር ነገሥታት ላይ የምትነግሥ ታላቂቱ ከተማ ናት።