Apocalypsis 18
1 Et post hæc vidi alium Angelum descendentem de cælo, habentem potestatem magnam: et terra illuminata est a gloria eius.
After this I saw another angel, descending from heaven, invested with great authority; and the earth was illuminated by his splendour.
2 Et exclamavit in fortitudine, dicens: Cecidit, cecidit Babylon magna: et facta est habitatio dæmoniorum, et custodia omnis spiritus immundi, et custodia omnis volucris immundæ, et odibilis:
With a mighty voice he cried – ‘She has fallen! She has fallen – Babylon the Great! She has become an abode of demons, a stronghold of every wicked spirit, a stronghold of every foul and hateful bird.
3 quia de vino iræ fornicationis eius biberunt omnes gentes: et reges terræ cum illa fornicati sunt: et mercatores terræ de virtute deliciarum eius divites facti sunt.
For, after drinking the maddening wine of her licentiousness, all the nations have fallen; while all the kings of the earth have had licentious intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the excess of her luxury.’
4 Et audivi aliam vocem de cælo, dicentem: Exite de illa populus meus: ut ne participes sitis delictorum eius, et de plagis eius non accipiatis.
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying – ‘Come out of her, my people, so that you may not participate in her sins, and that you may not suffer from the curses inflicted on her.
5 Quoniam pervenerunt peccata eius usque ad cælum, et recordatus est Dominus iniquitatum eius.
For her sins are heaped up to the heavens, and God has not forgotten her misdeeds.
6 Reddite illi sicut et ipsa reddidit vobis: et duplicate duplicia secundum opera eius: in poculo, quo miscuit, miscete illi duplum.
Pay her back the treatment with which she has treated you; yes, repay twice over what her actions deserve; in the cup which she mixed for you, mix for her as much again;
7 Quantum glorificavit se, et in deliciis fuit, tantum date illi tormentum et luctum: quia in corde suo dicit: Sedeo regina: et vidua non sum: et luctum non videbo.
for her self-glorification and her luxury, give her now an equal measure of torture and misery. In her heart she says “I sit here a queen; no widow am I; I will never know misery.”
8 Ideo in una die venient plagæ eius, mors, et luctus, et fames, et igne comburetur: quia fortis est Deus, qui iudicabit illam.
Therefore in one day will these curses strike her – death, misery, and famine, and she will be utterly consumed by fire; for mighty is the Lord God who condemned her.’
9 Et flebunt, et plangent se super illam reges terræ, qui cum illa fornicati sunt, et in deliciis vixerunt, cum viderint fumum incendii eius:
All the kings of the earth who had licentious intercourse with her and shared her luxury will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke from the burning city,
10 longe stantes propter timorem tormentorum eius, dicentes: Væ, væ civitas illa magna Babylon, civitas illa fortis: quoniam una hora venit iudicium tuum.
while they stand at a distance, horrified at her torture, and cry – ‘Alas! Alas! Great city! Mighty city of Babylon! In a single hour your judgment fell.’
11 Et negotiatores terræ flebunt, et lugebunt super illam: quoniam merces eorum nemo emet amplius:
And the merchants of the earth weep and wail over her, because no longer does anyone buy their cargoes –
12 merces auri, et argenti, et lapidis pretiosi, et margaritæ, et byssi, et purpuræ, et serici, et cocci, et omne lignum thyinum, et omnia vasa eboris, et omnia vasa de lapide pretioso, et æramento, et ferro, et marmore,
their cargoes of gold, or silver, or precious stones, or pearls, or fine linen, or purple robes, or silk, or scarlet cloth; nor their many scented woods; nor their many articles of ivory; nor their many articles of choicest wood, or brass, or iron, or marble;
13 et cinnamomum et amomum et odoramentorum, et unguenti, et thuris, et vini, et olei, et similæ, et tritici, et iumentorum, et ovium, et equorum, et raedarum, et mancipiorum, et animarum hominum.
nor their cinnamon, or spice, or incense, or perfumes, or frankincense, or wine, or oil, or fine flour, or wheat, or cattle, or sheep; nor their horses, or chariots, or slaves; nor the bodies and souls of people.
14 Et poma desiderii animæ tuæ discesserunt a te, et omnia pinguia, et præclara perierunt a te, et amplius illa iam non invenient.
The fruit that your soul craved is no longer within your reach, and all dainties and luxuries are lost to you, never to be found again.
15 Mercatores horum, qui divites facti sunt, ab ea longe stabunt propter timorem tormentorum eius, flentes, ac lugentes,
The merchants who sold these things, and grew rich by her, will stand at a distance weeping and wailing, horrified at her torture, and crying –
16 et dicentes: Væ, væ civitas illa magna, quæ amicta erat bysso, et purpura, et cocco, et deaurata erat auro, et lapide pretioso, et margaritis:
‘Alas! Alas! Great city! City clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet cloth! City adorned with gold ornaments, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 quoniam una hora destitutæ sunt tantæ divitiæ, et omnis gubernator, et omnis, qui in lacum navigat, et nautæ, et qui in mari operantur, longe steterunt,
In a single hour your vast wealth vanished.’ Every ship’s captain and all who sail to any port, and sailors, and all who get their living from the sea, stood at a distance,
18 et clamaverunt videntes locum incendii eius, dicentes: Quæ similis civitati huic magnæ?
and seeing the smoke from the burning city, cried – ‘What city can compare with the Great city?’
19 Et miserunt pulverem super capita sua, et clamaverunt flentes, et lugentes, dicentes: Væ, væ civitas illa magna, in qua divites facti sunt omnes, qui habebant naves in mari de pretiis eius: quoniam una hora desolata est.
They threw dust on their heads, and, as they wept and wailed, they cried – ‘Alas! Alas! Great city! All who have ships on the sea grew rich through her magnificence. In a single hour it has vanished.’
20 Exulta super eam cælum, et sancti Apostoli, et Prophetæ: quoniam iudicavit Deus iudicium vestrum de illa.
Rejoice over her, heaven, and people of Christ, and apostles, and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!
21 Et sustulit unus Angelus fortis lapidem quasi molarem magnum, et misit in mare, dicens: Hoc impetu mittetur Babylon civitas illa magna, et ultra iam non invenietur.
Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, crying – ‘So will Babylon, the great city, be violently overthrown, never more to be seen.
22 Et vox citharœdorum, et musicorum, et tibia canentium, et tuba non audietur in te amplius: et omnis artifex omnis artis non invenietur in te amplius: et vox molæ non audietur in te amplius:
No more will the music of harpers, or minstrels, or flute players, or trumpeters be heard in you, no more will any worker, skilled in any art, be found in you; no more will the sound of a mill be heard in you;
23 et lux lucernæ non lucebit in te amplius: et vox sponsi, et sponsæ non audietur adhuc in te: quia mercatores tui erant principes terræ, quia in veneficiis tuis erraverunt omnes gentes.
no more will the light of a lamp shine in you; no more will the voices of groom and bride be heard in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth, for all the nations were deceived by your magical charms.’
24 Et in ea sanguis Prophetarum et Sanctorum inventus est: et omnium, qui interfecti sunt in terra.
Yes, and in her was to be found the blood of the prophets and of Christ’s people, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.
