Revelation

大淫婦和獸

1拿着七碗的七位天使中，有一位前來對我說：「你到這裏來，我將坐在眾水上的大淫婦所要受的刑罰指給你看。

2地上的君王與她行淫，住在地上的人喝醉了她淫亂的酒。」

3我被聖靈感動，天使帶我到曠野去，我就看見一個女人騎在朱紅色的獸上；那獸有七頭十角，遍體有褻瀆的名號。

4那女人穿着紫色和朱紅色的衣服，用金子、寶石、珍珠為妝飾；手拿金杯，杯中盛滿了可憎之物，就是她淫亂的污穢。

5在她額上有名寫着說：「奧祕哉！大巴比倫，作世上的淫婦和一切可憎之物的母。」

6我又看見那女人喝醉了聖徒的血和為耶穌作見證之人的血。 我看見她，就大大地希奇。

7天使對我說：「你為甚麼希奇呢？我要將這女人和馱着她的那七頭十角獸的奧祕告訴你。

8你所看見的獸，先前有，如今沒有，將要從無底坑裏上來，又要歸於沉淪。凡住在地上、名字從創世以來沒有記在生命冊上的，見先前有、如今沒有、以後再有的獸，就必希奇。

9智慧的心在此可以思想。那七頭就是女人所坐的七座山，

10又是七位王；五位已經傾倒了，一位還在，一位還沒有來到；他來的時候，必須暫時存留。

11那先前有如今沒有的獸，就是第八位；他也和那七位同列，並且歸於沉淪。

12你所看見的那十角就是十王；他們還沒有得國，但他們一時之間要和獸同得權柄，與王一樣。

13他們同心合意將自己的能力、權柄給那獸。

14他們與羔羊爭戰，羔羊必勝過他們，因為羔羊是萬主之主、萬王之王。同着羔羊的，就是蒙召、被選、有忠心的，也必得勝。」

15天使又對我說：「你所看見那淫婦坐的眾水，就是多民、多人、多國、多方。

16你所看見的那十角與獸必恨這淫婦，使她冷落赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火將她燒盡。

17因為上帝使諸王同心合意，遵行他的旨意，把自己的國給那獸，直等到上帝的話都應驗了。

18你所看見的那女人就是管轄地上眾王的大城。」

1And there came one of the seven angels, who had the seven vials, and spoke with me, saying: Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters,

2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they who inhabit the earth, have been made drunk with the whine of her whoredom.

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

4And the woman was clothed round about with purple and scarlet, and gilt with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication.

5And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery; Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications, and the abominations of the earth.

6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration.

7And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

8The beast, which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall come up out of the bottomless pit, and go into destruction: and the inhabitants on the earth (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) shall wonder, seeing the beast that was, and is not.

9And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings:

10Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time.

11And the beast which was, and is not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.

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

13These have one design: and their strength and power they shall deliver to the beast.

14These shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and they that are with him are called, and elect, and faithful.

15And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and nations, and tongues.

16And the ten horns which thou sawest in 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.

17For God hath given into their hearts to do that which pleaseth him: that they give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be fulfilled.

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