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

¹After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.

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

²He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!

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

³For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”

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

⁴I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

⁵ኃጢአትዋ እስከ ሰማይ ድረስ ደርሶአልና፥ እግዚአብሔርም ዓመፃዋን አሰበ።

⁵for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities.

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

⁶Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

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

⁷However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’

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

⁸Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

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

⁹The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at 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 far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’

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

¹¹The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise 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፥

¹²merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

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

¹³and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.

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

¹⁴The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no 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 were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

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

¹⁶saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with 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 an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,

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

¹⁸and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like 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።

¹⁹They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!’ For in one hour is she 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፥

²⁰“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on 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።

²¹A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

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

²²The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.

²³The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

²⁴In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”