¹And after these things I saw another messenger coming down out of the heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened from his glory,

¹ከዚህ በኋላ ታላቅ ስልጣን ያለው ሌላ መልአክ ከሰማይ ሲወርድ አየሁ፥ ከክብሩም የተነሣ ምድር በራች።

²and he did cry in might — a great voice, saying, `Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,

²በብርቱም ድምፅ። ታላቂቱ ባቢሎን ወደቀች፥ ወደቀች፥ የአጋንንትም ማደሪያ ሆነች፥ የርኵሳንም መናፍስት ሁሉ መጠጊያ የርኵሳንና የተጠሉም ወፎች ሁሉ መጠጊያ ሆነች፤

³because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom have all the nations drunk, and the kings of the earth with her did commit whoredom, and merchants of the earth from the power of her revel were made rich.

³አሕዛብ ሁሉ ከዝሙትዋ ቍጣ ወይን ጠጅ የተነሳ ወድቀዋልና፥ የምድርም ነገሥታት ከእርስዋ ጋር ሴሰኑ የምድርም ነጋዴዎች ከቅምጥልነትዋ ኃይል የተነሳ ባለ ጠጋዎች ሆኑ ብሎ ጮኸ።

⁴And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, `Come forth out of her, My people, that ye may not partake with her sins, and that ye may not receive of her plagues,

⁴ከሰማይም ሌላ ድምፅ ሰማሁ እንዲህ ሲል። ሕዝቤ ሆይ፥ በኃጢአትዋ እንዳትተባበሩ ከመቅሠፍትዋም እንዳትቀበሉ ከእርስዋ ዘንድ ውጡ፤

⁵because her sins did follow — unto the heaven, and God did remember her unrighteousness.

⁵ኃጢአትዋ እስከ ሰማይ ድረስ ደርሶአልና፥ እግዚአብሔርም ዓመፃዋን አሰበ።

⁶Render to her as also she did render to you, and double to her doubles according to her works; in the cup that she did mingle mingle to her double.

⁶እርስዋ እንደ ሰጠች መጠን ብድራት መልሱላት፥ እንደ ሥራዋም ሁለት እጥፍ ደርቡባት፤ በቀላቀለችው ጽዋ ሁለት እጥፍ አድርጋችሁ ቀላቅሉባት፤

⁷`As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see;

⁷ራስዋን እንደ አከበረችና እንደ ተቀማጠለች ልክ ሥቃይና ኀዘን ስጡአት። በልብዋ። ንግሥት ሆኜ እቀመጣለሁ ባልቴትም አልሆንም ኀዘንም ከቶ አላይም ስላለች፥

⁸because of this, in one day, shall come her plagues, death, and sorrow, and famine; and in fire she shall be utterly burned, because strong [is] the Lord God who is judging her;

⁸ስለዚህ በአንድ ቀን ሞትና ኀዘን ራብም የሆኑ መቅሰፍቶችዋ ይመጣሉ፥ በእሳትም ትቃጠላለች፤ የሚፈርድባት እግዚአብሔር ብርቱ ነውና።

⁹and weep over her, and smite themselves for her, shall the kings of the earth, who with her did commit whoredom and did revel, when they may see the smoke of her burning,

⁹ከእርስዋም ጋር የሴሰኑና የተቀማጠሉ የምድር ነገሥታት የመቃጠልዋን ጢስ ሲያዩ ስለ እርስዋ ዋይ ዋይ እያሉ ያለቅሳሉ፤

¹⁰from afar having stood because of the fear of her torment, saying, Wo, wo, the great city! Babylon, the strong city! because in one hour did come thy judgment.

¹⁰ሥቃይዋንም ከመፍራት የተነሣ በሩቅ ቆመው። አንቺ ታላቂቱ ከተማ፥ ብርቱይቱ ከተማ ባቢሎን፥ ወዮልሽ፥ ወዮልሽ፥ በአንድ ሰዓት ፍርድሽ ደርሶአልና እያሉ ይናገራሉ።

¹¹`And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more;

¹¹የመርከባቸውንም ጭነት ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ የሚገዛ የለምና የምድር ነጋዴዎች ያለቅሱላታል ያዝኑላትማል፤

¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyne wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,

¹²ጭነትም ወርቅና ብር የከበረም ድንጋይ ዕንቁም፥ ቀጭንም ተልባ እግር ቀይም ሐርም ሐምራዊም ልብስ የሚሸትም እንጨት ሁሉ፥ ከዝሆን ጥርስም የተሰራ ዕቃ ሁሉ፥ እጅግም ከከበረ እንጨት ከናስም ከብረትም ከዕብነ በረድም የተሰራ ዕቃ ሁሉ፥

¹³and cinnamon, and odours, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies and souls of men.

¹³ቀረፋም ቅመምም የሚቃጠልም ሽቱ ቅባትም ዕጣንም የወይን ጠጅም ዘይትም የተሰለቀ ዱቄትም ስንዴም ከብትም በግም ፈረስም ሰረገላም ባሪያዎችም የሰዎችም ነፍሳት ነው።

¹⁴`And the fruits of the desire of thy soul did go away from thee, and all things — the dainty and the bright — did go away from thee, and no more at all mayest thou find them.

¹⁴ነፍስሽም የጎመጀችው ፍሬ ከአንቺ ዘንድ አልፎአል፥ የሚቀማጠልና የሚያጌጥም ነገር ሁሉ ጠፍቶብሻል፥ ሰዎችም ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ከቶ አያገኙአቸውም።

¹⁵The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, far off shall stand because of the fear of her torment, weeping, and sorrowing,

¹⁵እነዚህን የነገዱ በእርስዋም ባለ ጠጋዎች የሆኑት እያለቀሱና እያዘኑ። በቀጭን ተልባ እግርና በቀይ ሐምራዊም ልብስ ለተጐናጸፈች በወርቅና በከበረ ድንጋይም በዕንቁም ለተሸለመች ለታላቂቱ ከተማ ወዮላት፥ ወዮላት፥ ይህን የሚያህል ታላቅ ባለ ጠግነት በአንድ ሰዓት ጠፍቶአልና እያሉ ስቃይዋን ከመፍራት የተነሣ በሩቅ ይቆማሉ። የመርከብም መሪ ሁሉ በመርከብም ወደ ማናቸውም ስፍራ የሚሄድ ሁሉ መርከበኞችም ከባሕርም የሚጠቀሙ ሁሉ በሩቅ ቆሙ፥

¹⁶and saying, Wo, wo, the great city, that was arrayed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded in gold, and precious stone, and pearls — because in one hour so much riches were made waste!

¹⁸የመቃጠልዋንም ጢስ ባዩ ጊዜ። ታላቂቱን ከተማ የምትመስላት ምን ከተማ ነበረች? እያሉ ጮኹ።

¹⁷`And every shipmaster, and all the company upon the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, far off stood,

¹⁹በራሳቸውም ላይ ትቢያ ነስንሰው እያለቀሱና እያዘኑ። በባሕር መርከቦች ያሉአቸውን ሁሉ ከባለ ጠግነትዋ የተነሣ ባለ ጠጋዎች ላደረገች ለታላቂቱ ከተማ ወዮላት፥ ወዮላት፥ በአንድ ሰዓት ጠፍታለችና እያሉ ጮኹ።

¹⁸and were crying, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like to the great city?

²⁰ሰማይ ሆይ፥ ቅዱሳን ሐዋርያት ነቢያትም ሆይ፥ በእርስዋ ላይ ደስ ይበላችሁ፥ እግዚአብሔር ፈርዶላችኋልና።

¹⁹and they did cast dust upon their heads, and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Wo, wo, the great city! in which were made rich all having ships in the sea, out of her costliness — for in one hour was she made waste.

²¹አንድም ብርቱ መልአክ ትልቅን ወፍጮ የሚመስልን ድንጋይ አንስቶ ወደ ባሕር ወረወረው እንዲህ ሲል። ታላቂቱ ከተማ ባቢሎን እንዲህ ተገፍታ ትወድቃለች ከእንግዲህም ወዲህ ከቶ አትገኝም።

²⁰`Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!`

²²በገና የሚመቱና የሚዘምሩም ድምፅ እንቢልታንና መለከትንም የሚነፉ ድምፅ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ በአንቺ ውስጥ ከቶ አይሰማም፥ የእጅ ጥበብም ሁሉ አንድ ብልሃተኛ እንኳ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ በአንቺ ውስጥ ከቶ አይገኝም፥ የወፍጮ ድምጽም ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ በአንቺ ውስጥ ከቶ አይሰማም፥

²¹And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast [it] to the sea, saying, `Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all;

²³የመብራትም ብርሃን ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ በአንቺ ውስጥ ከቶ አይበራም፥ የሙሽራና የሙሽራይቱም ድምጽ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ በአንቺ ውስጥ ከቶ አይሰማም፤ ነጋዴዎችሽ የምድር መኳንንት ነበሩና፥ በአስማትሽም አሕዛብ ሁሉ ስተዋልና።

²²and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artizan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;

²⁴በእርስዋም ውስጥ የነቢያትና የቅዱሳን ደም በምድርም የታረዱ ሁሉ ደም ተገኘባት።

²³and light of a lamp may not shine at all in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and of bride may not be heard at all in thee any more; because thy merchants were the great ones of the earth, because in thy sorcery were all the nations led astray,

²⁴and in her blood of prophets and of saints was found, and of all those who have been slain on the earth.`