< Revelation 17 >

1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
ⲁ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲒ ⲚϪⲈⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲌ ⲚⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ϮⲌ ⲘⲪⲨⲀⲖⲎ ⲚⲦⲞⲦⲞⲨ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲈⲘⲎⲒ ⲈϤϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲘⲞⲨ ⲚⲦⲀⲦⲀⲘⲞⲔ ⲈⲠϨⲀⲠ ⲚϮⲚⲒϢϮ ⲘⲠⲞⲢⲚⲎ ⲐⲎ ⲈⲦϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ϨⲀⲚⲘⲎϢ ⲘⲘⲰⲞⲨ
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. Those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”
ⲃ̅ⲐⲎ ⲈⲦⲀ ⲚⲒⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ ⲈⲢⲚⲞⲂⲒ ⲚⲈⲘⲀⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨⲈⲢⲠⲞⲢⲚⲈⲨⲒⲚ ⲀⲨⲐⲒϦⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲎⲢⲠ ⲚⲦⲈⲦⲈⲤⲠⲞⲢⲚⲒⲀ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲎ ⲈⲦϢⲞⲠ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ
3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
ⲅ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲞⲖⲦ ⲈⲠϢⲀϤⲈ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲠⲚⲈⲨⲘⲀⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲞⲨⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲈⲤϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ⲞⲨⲐⲎ ⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲔⲞⲔⲔⲞⲤ ⲈϤⲘⲈϨ ⲚⲢⲀⲚ ⲚϪⲈⲞⲨⲀ ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲌⲚⲀⲪⲈ ϨⲒϪⲰϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲒⲚⲦⲀⲠ.
4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
ⲇ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲚⲀⲤϪⲞⲖϨ ⲚⲞⲨϨⲂⲰⲤ ⲚϬⲎϪⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲔⲞⲔⲔⲞⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲤⲞⲒ ⲚⲒⲈⲂ ⲚⲚⲞⲨⲂ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲚⲞⲨⲂ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲰⲚⲒ ⲈⲦⲦⲀⲒⲎⲞⲨⲦ ⲚⲈⲘ ϨⲀⲚⲀⲚⲀⲘⲎⲒ ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲞⲨⲀⲪⲞⲦ ⲚⲚⲞⲨⲂ ϦⲈⲚⲦⲈⲤϪⲒϪ ⲈϤⲘⲈϨ ⲚⲤⲰϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲤⲰϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲦⲈⲤⲠⲞⲢⲚⲒⲀ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ ⲦⲎⲢϤ
5 And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
ⲉ̅ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲞⲨⲢⲀⲚ ⲤϦⲎⲞⲨⲦ ϨⲒ ⲦⲈⲤⲦⲈϨⲚⲒ ϪⲈ ⲠⲒⲘⲨⲤⲦⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈⲐⲂⲀⲂⲨⲖⲰⲚ ⲐⲘⲀⲨ ⲚⲚⲒⲠⲞⲢⲚⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲤⲀϤϨⲎⲦ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ.
6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
ⲋ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲞⲨⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲈⲤⲐⲀϦⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲤⲚⲞϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲀⲄⲒⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲤⲚⲞϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲘⲀⲢⲦⲨⲢⲞⲤ ⲚⲦⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲒⲈⲢϢⲪⲎⲢⲒ.
7 The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
ⲍ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲈ ⲠⲒⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ⲚⲎⲒ ϪⲈ ⲈⲐⲂⲈⲞⲨ ⲀⲔⲈⲢϢⲪⲎⲢⲒ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ϮⲚⲀⲦⲀⲘⲞⲔ ⲈⲠⲒⲘⲨⲤⲦⲎ ⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲈⲦϤⲀⲒ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ϮⲌ ⲚⲀⲪⲈ ϨⲒϪⲰϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲒ ⲚⲦⲀⲠ.
8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present. (Abyssos g12)
ⲏ̅ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲞϤ ⲈϤϢⲞⲠ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϤϢⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲈϤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲈϨⲢⲎⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲚⲞⲨⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈϤⲚⲀ ⲈⲠⲦⲀⲔⲞ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲨⲈⲈⲢϢⲪⲎ ⲢⲒ ⲦⲎⲢⲞⲨ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲎ ⲈⲦϢⲞⲠ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲠⲞⲨⲢⲀⲚ ⲤϦⲎⲞⲨⲦ ⲀⲚ ϨⲒ ⲠϪⲰⲘ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲰⲚϦ ⲒⲤϪⲈⲚ ⲠϢⲀ ⲚⲤⲰⲚⲦ ⲘⲠⲒⲔⲞⲤⲘⲞⲤ ⲈⲨϪⲞⲨϢⲦ ⲈⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚⲎ ϪⲈ ϤϢⲞⲠ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϤϢⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤϨⲈⲒ (Abyssos g12)
9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
ⲑ̅ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲞⲨⲞⲚ ϨⲎⲦ ⲘⲘⲞϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲤⲂⲰ ⲘⲀⲢⲈϤⲔⲀϮ ⲈϮⲌ ⲚⲀⲪⲈ ⲚⲦⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲈⲢⲈ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲰⲞⲨ
10 They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
ⲓ̅ⲚⲀⲒ ⲌⲚⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲚⲈⲠⲒⲈ ⲀⲨϨⲈⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲬⲈⲦ ϤⲰⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲔⲈⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲘⲠⲀⲦⲈϤⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈϢⲰⲠ ⲀϤϢⲀⲚⲒ ϤⲚⲀⲞϨⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲔⲞⲨϪⲒ.
11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲈⲚⲀϤϢⲞⲠ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚϤϢⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲞⲨⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ϨⲰϤ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲌ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϤⲚⲀ ⲈⲠⲦⲀⲔⲞ.
12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲒ ⲚⲦⲀⲠ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ Ⲓ- ⲚⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲚⲈⲚⲀⲒ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲘⲠⲀⲦⲞⲨϬⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲈⲢϢⲒϢⲒ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚϨⲀⲚⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲞⲨⲞⲨⲚⲞⲨ ⲈⲀⲨⲞⲨⲀϨⲞⲨ ⲘⲈⲚⲈⲚⲤⲀ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ.
13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
ⲓ̅ⲅ̅ⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲀⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲄⲚⲰⲘⲎ ⲚⲞⲨⲰⲦ ⲘⲘⲀⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲈⲢϢⲒϢⲒ ⲦⲞⲨϪⲞⲘ ⲤⲈⲚⲀⲦⲎⲒⲤ ⲘⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ.
14 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
ⲓ̅ⲇ̅ⲚⲀⲒ ⲈⲨⲈⲂⲰⲦⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒϨⲒⲎⲂ ⲈϤϬⲢⲞ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ϪⲈ ⲚⲐⲞϤ ⲠⲈ ⲠϬⲞⲒⲤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒϬⲞⲒⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲐⲀϨⲈⲘ ⲚⲈⲘⲀϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲤⲰⲦⲠ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲠⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ.
15 He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
ⲓ̅ⲉ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲎⲒ ϪⲈ ⲚⲒⲘⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲢⲈ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲰⲞⲨ ϨⲀⲚⲖⲀⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲚⲈⲘ ϨⲀⲚⲘⲎϢ ⲚⲈⲐⲚⲞⲤ.
16 The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
ⲓ̅ⲋ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲒ ⲚⲦⲀⲠ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲀⲒ ⲈⲨⲈⲘⲈⲤⲦⲈ ϮⲠⲞⲢⲚⲎ ⲤⲈⲚⲀϢⲰϤ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ⲤⲈⲚⲀⲬⲀⲤ ⲈⲤⲂⲎϢ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲈⲤⲤⲀⲢⲜ ⲈⲨⲈⲞⲨⲞⲘⲞⲨ ⲈⲨⲈⲢⲞⲔϨⲤ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲬⲢⲰⲘ.
17 For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
ⲓ̅ⲍ̅ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲀϤⲦⲎⲒⲤ ⲈϨⲢⲎⲒ ⲈⲠⲞⲨϨⲎⲦ ⲈⲒⲢⲒ ⲚⲦⲈϤⲄⲚⲰⲘⲎ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲐⲢⲞⲨϢⲰⲠⲒ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲄⲚⲰⲘⲎ ⲚⲞⲨⲰⲦ ⲈϮ ⲚⲞⲨⲘⲈⲦⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲘⲠⲒⲐⲎ ⲢⲒⲞⲚ ϢⲀⲦⲞⲨϪⲰⲔ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ.
18 The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲞⲤ ϮⲚⲒϢϮ ⲘⲂⲀⲔⲒ ⲦⲈ ⲐⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲞⲨⲞⲚⲦⲈⲤ ⲘⲈⲦⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲈϪⲈⲚ ⲚⲒⲘⲈⲦⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲦⲎⲢⲞⲨ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ.

< Revelation 17 >