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

¹After these things I saw another angel descending out of the heaven, having great authority: and the earth was lightened with his glory.

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

²And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird;

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

³because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.

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

⁴And I heard another voice out of the heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have not fellowship in her sins, and that ye do not receive of her plagues:

⁵ኃጢአትዋ እስከ ሰማይ ድረስ ደርሶአልና፥ እግዚአብሔርም ዓመፃዋን አሰበ።

⁵for her sins have been heaped on one another up to the heaven, and God has remembered her unrighteousnesses.

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

⁶Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double [to her] double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.

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

⁷So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:

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

⁸for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong [is the] Lord God who has judged her.

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

⁹And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

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

¹⁰standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.

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

¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;

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፥

¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,

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

¹³and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, 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.

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

¹⁴And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.

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፥

¹⁵The merchants of these things, who had been enriched through her, shall stand afar off through fear of her torment, weeping and grieving,

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

¹⁶saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which [was] clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls!

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።

¹⁷for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,

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

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

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

¹⁹and cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and grieving, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were enriched through her costliness! for in one hour she has been made desolate.

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፥

²⁰Rejoice over her, heaven, and [ye] saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.

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።

²¹And a strong angel took up a stone, as a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall be found no more at all;

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

²²and voice of harp-singers and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters shall not be heard any more at all in thee, and no artificer of any art shall be found any more at all in thee, and voice of millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee,

²³and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery have all the nations been deceived.

²⁴And in her was found [the] blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth.