Revelation

大淫妇和兽

1拿着七碗的七位天使中，有一位前来对我说：「你到这里来，我将坐在众水上的大淫妇所要受的刑罚指给你看。

2地上的君王与她行淫，住在地上的人喝醉了她淫乱的酒。」

3我被圣灵感动，天使带我到旷野去，我就看见一个女人骑在朱红色的兽上；那兽有七头十角，遍体有亵渎的名号。

4那女人穿着紫色和朱红色的衣服，用金子、宝石、珍珠为妆饰；手拿金杯，杯中盛满了可憎之物，就是她淫乱的污秽。

5在她额上有名写着说：「奥秘哉！大巴比伦，作世上的淫妇和一切可憎之物的母。」

6我又看见那女人喝醉了圣徒的血和为耶稣作见证之人的血。 我看见她，就大大地希奇。

7天使对我说：「你为什么希奇呢？我要将这女人和驮着她的那七头十角兽的奥秘告诉你。

8你所看见的兽，先前有，如今没有，将要从无底坑里上来，又要归于沉沦。凡住在地上、名字从创世以来没有记在生命册上的，见先前有、如今没有、以后再有的兽，就必希奇。

9智慧的心在此可以思想。那七头就是女人所坐的七座山，

10又是七位王；五位已经倾倒了，一位还在，一位还没有来到；他来的时候，必须暂时存留。

11那先前有如今没有的兽，就是第八位；他也和那七位同列，并且归于沉沦。

12你所看见的那十角就是十王；他们还没有得国，但他们一时之间要和兽同得权柄，与王一样。

13他们同心合意将自己的能力、权柄给那兽。

14他们与羔羊争战，羔羊必胜过他们，因为羔羊是万主之主、万王之王。同着羔羊的，就是蒙召、被选、有忠心的，也必得胜。」

15天使又对我说：「你所看见那淫妇坐的众水，就是多民、多人、多国、多方。

16你所看见的那十角与兽必恨这淫妇，使她冷落赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火将她烧尽。

17因为 神使诸王同心合意，遵行他的旨意，把自己的国给那兽，直等到 神的话都应验了。

18你所看见的那女人就是管辖地上众王的大城。」

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.