¹ሰባቱንም ጽዋዎች ከያዙ ከሰባቱ መላእክት አንዱ መጥቶ። ና በብዙም ውኃዎች ላይ የተቀመጠችውን የታላቂቱን ጋለሞታ ፍርድ አሳይሃለሁ፤

¹And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;

²የምድርም ነገሥታት ከእርስዋ ጋር ሴሰኑ በምድርም የሚኖሩ ከዝሙትዋ ወይን ጠጅ ሰከሩ ብሎ ተናገረኝ።

²with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

³በመንፈስም ወደ በረሀ ወሰደኝ፤ የስድብም ስሞች በሞሉበት፥ ሰባት ራሶችና አሥር ቀንዶችም ባሉበት በቀይ አውሬ ላይ አንዲት ሴት ተቀምጣ አየሁ።

³And he carried me away in spirit to a desert; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

⁴ሴቲቱም በቀይና በሐምራዊ ልብስ ተጐናጽፋ በወርቅና በከበሩ ድንጋዮች በዕንቈችም ተሸልማ ነበር፥ በእጅዋም የሚያስጸይፍ ነገር የዝሙትዋም ርኵሰት የሞላባትን የወርቅ ጽዋ ያዘች፤

⁴And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;

⁵በግምባርዋም ምስጢር የሆነ ስም። ታላቂቱ ባቢሎን፥ የጋለሞታዎችና የምድር ርኵሰት እናት ተብሎ ተጻፈ።

⁵and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.

⁶ሴቲቱም በቅዱሳን ደምና በኢየሱስ ምስክሮች ደም ሰክራ አየኋት። ባየኋትም ጊዜ እጅግ ታላቅ ድንቅ አደነቅሁ።

⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.

⁷መልአኩም አለኝ። የምትደነቅ ስለ ምንድር ነው? የሴቲቱን ምስጢርና የሚሸከማትን፥ ሰባት ራሶችና አስር ቀንዶች ያሉትን የአውሬውን ምስጢር እኔ እነግርሃለሁ።

⁷And the angel said to me, Why hast thou wondered? *I* will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

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።

⁸The beast which thou sawest was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into destruction: and they who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written from the founding of the world in the book of life, shall wonder, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and shall be present.

⁹ጥበብ ያለው አእምሮ በዚህ ነው። ሰባቱ ራሶች ሴቲቱ የተቀመጠችባቸው ሰባት ተራራዎች ናቸው፥

⁹Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.

¹⁰ሰባት ነገሥታት ደግሞ ናቸው፤ አምስቱ ወድቀዋል አንዱም አለ፥ የቀረውም ገና አልመጣም፤ ሲመጣም፥ ጥቂት ጊዜ ሊቆይ ይገባዋል።

¹⁰And there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes he must remain [only] a little while.

¹¹የነበረውና የሌለውም አውሬ ራሱ ደግሞ ስምንተኛው ነው ከሰባቱም አንዱ ነው፥ ወደ ጥፋትም ይሄዳል።

¹¹And the beast that was and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into destruction.

¹²ያየሃቸውም አስሩ ቀንዶች ገና መንግሥትን ያልተቀበሉ አስር ነገሥታት ናቸው፥ ዳሩ ግን ከአውሬው ጋር ለአንድ ሰዓት እንደ ነገሥታት ሥልጣንን ይቀበላሉ።

¹²And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom, but receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.

¹³እነዚህ አንድ አሳብ አላቸው፥ ኃይላቸውንና ሥልጣናቸውንም ለአውሬው ይሰጣሉ።

¹³These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast.

¹⁴እነዚህ በጉን ይወጋሉ፤ በጉም የጌቶች ጌታና የነገሥታት ንጉሥ ስለ ሆነ እነርሱን ድል ይነሣል፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ያሉ የተጠሩና የተመረጡ የታመኑም ደግሞ ድል ይነሣሉ።

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 called, and chosen, and faithful.

¹⁵አለኝም። ጋለሞታይቱ የተቀመጠችባቸው ያየሃቸው ውኃዎች፥ ወገኖችና ብዙ ሰዎች አሕዛብም ቋንቋዎችም ናቸው።

¹⁵And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

¹⁶ያየኃቸውም አስር ቀንዶችና አውሬው ጋለሞታይቱን ይጣላሉ፤ ባዶዋንና ራቁትዋንም ያደርጓታል፥ ሥጋዋንም ይበላሉ፥ በእሳትም ያቃጥሉአታል።

¹⁶And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire;

¹⁷እግዚአብሔር አሳቡን እንዲያደርጉ አንድንም አሳብ እንዲያደርጉ የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል እስኪፈጸም ድረስ መንግሥታቸውን ለአውሬው እንዲሰጡ በልባቸው አግብቶአልና።

¹⁷for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

¹⁸ያየሃትም ሴት በምድር ነገሥታት ላይ የምትነግሥ ታላቂቱ ከተማ ናት።

¹⁸And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which has kingship over the kings of the earth.