Uruyan Yuhana 17
1 Warum nanya nono kadura Kutelle ule na a wadi nin kukurum kun zur ada adworiyi, “Da, ima dursufe ucan mmolu nkaruwa udiya ule na a sosin kitene myein gbardan,
Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and spoke to me. ‘Come here,’ he said, ‘and I will show you the sentence passed on that Great Harlot who is seated at the meeting of many waters,
2 Ame ule na Ago nyii na su uzina nan ghe, kitane ntoro in zina mye anang lisosin nanyan nyie na so bolm.”
and with whom all the kings of the earth have had licentious intercourse; while all who live on the earth have been make drunk by the wine of her licentiousness.’
3 Gono kadura Kutelle yerai nanyan Ruhu udu kusho, inin yene uwani sosin kitene nfon funanan tene a wa kulung nin tizogo tisa. Finawe wadi ni nati kuzur nin na wulu.
And he bore me away in a trance to a lonely place, and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet Beast, which was covered with blasphemous names; it had seven heads and ten horns.
4 Uwane wa shon imoon nmyein nafa, nin myein mi shine nwoltu anin su kuyok nin nizinariya, atala a ciine, nin natan luu luu. A wa myein ncara mye ka kuk nizinariya ka kuluno nin nimoon izenzen, nin dinong nzwa mye.
The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup, full of idolatrous abominations, and the unclean fruits of her licentiousness;
5 Kitenemye i wa yertin imemong na iwa nyeshin: “UBABILA UDIYA, UNAH NA KARUWA NIN NIMON IZEMZEM NYII ULELE.”
while on her forehead there was written this mystic name – ‘BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ALL IDOLATROUS ABOMINATIONS ON EARTH.’
6 Nwa yene uwanii une nta bomn nin myii nanit alau nin myii nanan nizi iban Yesu. Kubi ko nanyene ghe nwa su umamaki kan.
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of Christ’s people and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was amazed beyond measure;
7 Unan kadura Kutelle woroi, “Bara iyanghai usu umamaki? Mma belen fi umaana inwane nin funawan tine nan ayonghe (finawan tene fo na fidi nin nati kuzur nin nawulu kuzur).
but the angel said to me – ‘Why were you amazed? I will tell you the mystic meaning of the vision of this woman, and of the Beast, with the seven heads and ten horns, that carries her.
8 Fina nawan tene na uyene fiwan duku, fiduku nene ba, bara nani fidin cinu unuzu nanyan kuwu ku cancam sa ligang. Ama li ubun mmolsu. Alenge na isosin nyei, alenge na ina yertin tisamene nanya kubaga nlai ba uwaaru ukyen nye-iwa yene finawa fone bara na awa diku na aduku nene ba adin cinu. (Abyssos g12)
The Beast that you saw was, but is not, and is about to rise out of the bottomless pit, and is on its way to destruction. Those who are living on earth will be amazed – those whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world – when they see that the Beast was, but is not, and yet will come.’ (Abyssos g12)
9 Nene kitin nan kpilizu ujinjin. Kuzure titudu kuzurari alenge na uwane sosin ku.
(Here there is need for the discerning mind.) The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated.
10 Inan ago kuzurari tutung. Ago afaun namalu diyu, warun duku, na umong nsa da ba; a wadak, ama yiti na nin damdaunu ba.
They are also seven kings; of whom five have fallen and one remains, while one is not yet come. When he comes, he must stay for a little while.
11 Finawan tene fo na fiduku, na fiduku nene ba, amere litime ugo unlir; bara nani adi nanya nago kuzure, amanin du nmulsu nanit.
So must the Beast that was, but is not. He counts as an eighth king, although he is one of the seven, and is on his way to destruction.
12 Awulu likure na uwa yene ago likure na uwa yene ago likurari alenge na isa sere kipin tigo mene ba, bara na ima seru likara nafo ago nanya kube kurun ligowe nin finawantene.
The ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received their kingdoms, but for an hour they receive the authority of kings, together with the Beast.
13 Alele dinin kibinai kirum inin naa likara tigo mene kiti finawan tene.
These kings are of one mind in surrendering their power and authority to the Beast.
14 Ima su likum nin kukame. Bara nani ku kame ma li nani nin likum bara na ame Cikilari nilariari nin go nago-ligowe ninghe alenge na ina fere nani, anang yenu sa uyenu.”
They will fight with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; so, too, will those with him who have received the call and are chosen and faithful.
15 Unan kadura Kutelle wa woroi, “Nmyene na uyene, kikaa na ukaruwe sosinku, anitari, ligozin nanit, nipinpin, nin tilem tilem.
And the angel said to me – ‘The waters that you saw, where the Harlot is seated, are throngs of people and men of all nations and languages.
16 Awulu likure na uyene-unung nan finawan tene ma nari ukaruwe, utighe aso usane nin fisere, ima li inawamye ima jujughe nin nla.
The ten horns that you saw, and the Beast – they will hate the Harlot, and cause her to become deserted and strip her bare; they will eat her flesh and utterly consume her with fire.
17 Kutelle nati nanya nayii mene iyeru unufe mye nyenu ine likara udu funawan tene asu tigo udu kubi ko na uliru Kutelle nkulu.
For God has put it into their minds to carry out his purpose, in carrying out their common purpose and surrendering their kingdoms to the Beast, until God’s decrees will be executed.
18 Uwane na uyene, kipin kidyawari na kidi tigo kitene nago nyii vat.”
As for the woman whom you saw, she is the great city that holds sway over all the kings of the earth.’
