启示录 17
1 拿着七碗的七位天使中，有一位前来对我说：“你到这里来，我将坐在众水上的大淫妇所要受的刑罚指给你看。
And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;
2 地上的君王与她行淫，住在地上的人喝醉了她淫乱的酒。”
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 我被圣灵感动，天使带我到旷野去，我就看见一个女人骑在朱红色的兽上；那兽有七头十角，遍体有亵渎的名号。
And he carried me away in spirit to a desert; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 那女人穿着紫色和朱红色的衣服，用金子、宝石、珍珠为妆饰；手拿金杯，杯中盛满了可憎之物，就是她淫乱的污秽。
And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;
5 在她额上有名写着说：“奥秘哉！大巴比伦，作世上的淫妇和一切可憎之物的母。”
and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.
6 我又看见那女人喝醉了圣徒的血和为耶稣作见证之人的血。 我看见她，就大大地希奇。
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.
7 天使对我说：“你为什么希奇呢？我要将这女人和驮着她的那七头十角兽的奥秘告诉你。
And the angel said to me, Why hast thou wondered? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
The beast which thou sawest was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into destruction: and they who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written from the founding of the world in the book of life, shall wonder, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and shall be present. (Abyssos g12)
9 智慧的心在此可以思想。那七头就是女人所坐的七座山，
Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.
10 又是七位王；五位已经倾倒了，一位还在，一位还没有来到；他来的时候，必须暂时存留。
And there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes he must remain [only] a little while.
11 那先前有如今没有的兽，就是第八位；他也和那七位同列，并且归于沉沦。
And the beast that was and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into destruction.
12 你所看见的那十角就是十王；他们还没有得国，但他们一时之间要和兽同得权柄，与王一样。
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom, but receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.
13 他们同心合意将自己的能力、权柄给那兽。
These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast.
14 他们与羔羊争战，羔羊必胜过他们，因为羔羊是万主之主、万王之王。同着羔羊的，就是蒙召、被选、有忠心的，也必得胜。”
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they [that are] with him called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 天使又对我说：“你所看见那淫妇坐的众水，就是多民、多人、多国、多方。
And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
16 你所看见的那十角与兽必恨这淫妇，使她冷落赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火将她烧尽。
And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire;
17 因为 神使诸王同心合意，遵行他的旨意，把自己的国给那兽，直等到 神的话都应验了。
for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 你所看见的那女人就是管辖地上众王的大城。”
And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which has kingship over the kings of the earth.
