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,
Mmoja wa wale malaika saba waliokuwa na bakuli akaja, akaniambia, “Njoo, mimi nitakuonyesha adhabu aliyopewa yule mzinzi mkuu, mji ule uliojengwa juu ya maji mengi.
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.”
Wafalme wa dunia wamefanya uzinzi pamoja naye; na wakazi wa dunia wamelewa divai ya uzinzi wake.”
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.
Kisha, Roho akanikumba, akaniongoza mpaka jangwani. Huko nikamwona mwanamke ameketi juu ya mnyama mwekundu. Mnyama huyo alikuwa ameandikwa kila mahali majina ya makufuru; alikuwa na vichwa saba na pembe kumi.
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.
Mwanamke huyo alikuwa amevaa vazi la rangi ya zambarau na nyekundu; alikuwa amejipamba kwa dhahabu, mawe ya thamani na lulu. Mkononi mwake alishika kikombe cha dhahabu ambacho kilikuwa kimejaa machukizo na mambo machafu yanayoonyesha uzinzi wake.
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.”
Alikuwa ameandikwa juu ya paji la uso wake jina la fumbo “Babuloni mkuu, mama wa wazinzi na wa mambo yote ya kuchukiza sana duniani.”
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.
Nikamwona huyo mwanamke amelewa damu ya watu wa Mungu, na damu ya watu waliouawa kwa sababu ya kumtangaza Yesu. Nilipomwona nilishangaa mno.
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.
Lakini malaika akaniambia, “Kwa nini unashangaa? Mimi nitakuambia maana iliyofichika ya mwanamke huyu na mnyama huyo amchukuaye ambaye ana vichwa saba na pembe kumi.
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)
Huyo mnyama uliyemwona alikuwa hai hapo awali, lakini sasa amekufa. Hata hivyo, karibu sana atapanda kutoka shimoni kuzimu, lakini ataangamizwa. Wanaoishi duniani watashangaa; naam, watu wote ambao majina yao hayakupata kuandikwa katika kitabu cha uzima tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu, watashangaa kumwona huyo mnyama ambaye hapo awali, aliishi, kisha akafa na sasa anatokea tena! (Abyssos g12)
9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
“Hapa panahitaji akili na hekima! Hivyo vichwa saba ni vilima saba, na huyo mwanamke anaketi juu yake. Vichwa hivyo pia ni wafalme saba.
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.
Kati ya hao wafalme saba, watano wamekwisha angamia, mmoja anatawala bado, na yule mwingine bado hajafika; na atakapofika atabaki kwa muda mfupi.
11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
Huyo mnyama ambaye alikuwa anaishi hapo awali lakini sasa haishi tena ni mfalme wa nane, naye pia ni miongoni mwa hao saba, na anakwenda zake kuharibiwa.
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.
“Zile pembe kumi ulizoziona ni wafalme ambao bado hawajaanza kutawala. Lakini watapewa mamlaka ya kutawala kwa muda wa saa moja pamoja na yule mnyama.
13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Shabaha ya hawa kumi ni moja, na watampa yule mnyama nguvu na mamlaka yao yote.
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.”
Watapigana na Mwanakondoo, lakini Mwanakondoo pamoja na wale aliowaita na kuwachagua, ambao ni waaminifu, atawashinda kwa sababu yeye ni Bwana wa mabwana na Mfalme wa wafalme.”
15 He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
Malaika akaniambia pia, “Yale maji uliyoyaona pale alipokaa yule mzinzi, ni mataifa, watu wa kila rangi na lugha.
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.
Pembe zile kumi ulizoziona na yule mnyama watamchukia huyo mzinzi. Watachukua kila kitu alicho nacho na kumwacha uchi; watakula nyama yake na kumteketeza kwa moto.
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.
Maana Mungu ametia mioyoni mwao nia ya kutekeleza shabaha yake, yaani kwa kukubaliana wao kwa wao na kumpa huyo mnyama mamlaka yao ya kutawala, mpaka hapo neno la Mungu litakapotimia.
18 The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
“Na yule mwanamke uliyemwona ndio ule mji mkuu unaowatawala wafalme wa dunia.”
