ヨハネの黙示録 17

1 七つの鉢を持てる七人の御使の一人きたり、我に語りて言ふ『來れ、われ多くの水の上に坐する大淫婦の審判を汝に示さん。

And one of the seven Angels, those who hold the seven bowls, approached and spoke with me, saying: “Come, I will show you the condemnation of the great harlot, who sits upon many waters.

2 地の王たちは之と淫をおこなひ、地に住む者らは其の淫行の葡萄酒に醉ひたり』

With her, the kings of the earth have fornicated. And those who inhabit the earth have been inebriated by the wine of her prostitution.”

3 かくてわれ御靈に感じ、御使に携へられて荒野にゆき、緋色の獸に乘れる女を見たり、この獸の體は神を涜す名にて覆はれ、また七つの頭と十の角とあり。

And he carried me away in spirit to the desert. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 女は紫色と緋とを著、金・寶石・眞珠にて身を飾り、手には憎むべきものと己が淫行の汚とにて滿ちたる金の酒杯を持ち、

And the woman was clothed all around with purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, filled with the abomination and with the filth of her fornication.

5 額には記されたる名あり。曰く『奧義 大なるバビロン、地の淫婦らと憎むべき者との母』

And a name was written upon her forehead: Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth.

6 我この女を見るに、聖徒の血とイエスの證人の血とに醉ひたり。我これを見て大に怪しみたれば、

And I saw that the woman was inebriated from the blood of the saints and from the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I was amazed, when I had seen her, with a great wonder.

7 御使われに言ふ『なにゆゑ怪しむか、我この女と之を乘せたる七つの頭、十の角ある獸との奧義を汝に告げん。

And 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 seven heads and ten horns.

8 なんぢの見し獸は前に有りしも今あらず、後に底なき所より上りて滅亡に往かん、地に住む者にて世の創より其の名を生命の書に記されざる者は、獸の前にありて今あらず、後に來るを見て怪しまん。 (Abyssos g12)

The beast that you saw, was, and is not, and is soon to ascend from the abyss. And he goes forth unto destruction. And the inhabitants upon the earth (those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world) shall be amazed upon seeing the beast who was and is not. (Abyssos g12)

9 智慧の心は茲にあり。七つの頭は女の坐する七つの山なり、また七人の王なり。

And this is for one who understands, who has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sits, and they are seven kings.

10 五 人は既に倒れて一人は今あり、他の一人は未だ來らず、來らば暫時のほど止るべきなり。

Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet arrived. And when he arrives, he must remain for a brief time.

11 前にありて今あらぬ獸は第八なり、前の七人より出でたる者にして滅亡に往くなり。

And the beast who was, and is not, the same is also the eighth, and he is of the seven, and he goes forth unto destruction.

12 汝の見し十の角は十 人の王にして未だ國を受けざれども、一時のあひだ獸と共に王のごとき權威を受くべし。

And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings; these have not yet received a kingdom, but they shall receive authority, as if they were kings, for one hour, after the beast.

13 彼らは心を一つにして己が能力と權威とを獸にあたふ。

These hold to one plan, and they shall hand over their power and authority to the beast.

14 彼らは羔羊と戰はん。而して羔羊かれらに勝ち給ふべし、彼は主の主、王の王なればなり。これと偕なる召されたるもの、選ばれたるもの、忠實なる者も勝を得べし』

These shall fight against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them. For he is the Lord of lords and the King of kings. And those who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

15 御使また我に言ふ『なんぢの見し水、すなわち淫婦の坐する處は、もろもろの民・群衆・國・國語なり。

And he said to me: “The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and nations and languages.

16 なんぢの見し十の角と獸とは、かの淫婦を憎み、之をして荒涼ばしめ、裸ならしめ、且その肉を喰ひ、火をもて之を燒き盡さん。

And the ten horns that you saw on the beast, these shall hate the woman who fornicates, and they shall make her desolate and naked, and they shall chew her flesh, and they shall burn her completely with fire.

17 神は彼らに御旨を行ふことと、心を一つにすることと、神の御言の成就するまで國を獸に與ふることとを思はしめ給ひたればなり。

For God has granted to their hearts that they may do to her whatever is pleasing, so that they may give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God may be completed.

18 なんぢの見し女は地の王たちを宰どる大なる都なり』

And the woman that you saw is the great City, which holds a kingdom above that of the kings of the earth.”