Revelation 17
1 Then came one of the seven angels who have the seven cups, and talked with me, saying: Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters;
Ary tonga ny anjely anankiray tamin’ izy fito izay nanana ny lovia fito, dia niteny tamiko nanao hoe: Avia atỳ; dia hasehoko anao ny fitsarana ilay vehivavy janga lehibe, izay mipetraka eny ambonin’ ny rano maro,
2 with whom the kings of the earth have practised whoredom, and the inhabitants of the earth have been inebriated with the wine of her whoredom.
dia ilay nijangajangan’ ny mpanjakan’ ny tany, sady natao leon’ ny divain’ ny fijangajangany ny mponina tamin’ ny tany.
3 And he led me in spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a red beast of prey, which was full of names of blasphemy, and had seven heads and ten horns.
Dia nentiny tamin’ ny Fanahy ho any an’ efitra aho ary nahita vehivavy nitaingina bibi-dia mivolon-jaky, feno anarana fitenenan-dratsy sady nanan-doha fito sy tandroka folo.
4 And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stones, and pearls; and she had a cup of gold in her hand, which was full of the pollutions and impurity of her whoredoms of the earth.
Ary ravehivavy dia nitafy lamba volomparasy sy jaky ary niravaka volamena sy vato soa ary perila sady nitana kapoaka volamena teny an-tànany, feno zava-betaveta, dia ny zava-maloto momba ny fijangajangany;
5 And upon her forehead was the name written: Mystery: Babylon the great; the Mother of Harlots, and of the contaminations of the Earth.
ary nisy anarana voasoratra teo amin’ ny handriny nanao hoe: ZAVA-MIAFINA, BABYLONA LEHIBE, RENIN’ NY MPIJANGAJANGA SY NY ZAVA-BETAVETA, AMIN’ NY TANY.
6 And I saw that the woman was intoxicated with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
Ary hitako fa, indro, ravehivavy dia leon’ ny ran ny olona masìna sy ny ran’ ny martioran’ i Jesosy; koa raha nahita azy aho, dia gaga indrindra.
7 And the Angel said to me, Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast of prey that beareth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.
Ary hoy ilay anjely tamiko: Nahoana no gaga ianao? Izaho hilaza aminao ny zava-miafina ny amin-dravehivavy sy ny bibi-dia mitondra azy, izay manan-doha fito sy tandroka folo.
8 The beast of prey which thou sawest, was, and is not; and he will ascend from the abyss and go into perdition: and the dwellers on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast of prey, which was, and is not, and approacheth. (Abyssos g12)
Ny bibi-dia, ilay efa hitanao, dia teo ihany ary tsy eo izao, nefa efa hiakatra avy amin’ ny lavaka tsy hita noanoa izy ka ho lasa ho amin’ ny fandringanana; ary ny monina ambonin’ ny tany, dia izay tsy voasoratra eo amin’ ny bokin’ ny fiainana hatramin’ ny nanorenana izao tontolo izao, dia ho gaga raha mijery ilay bibi-dia, izay teo ihany ary tsy eo izao, nefa mbola ho avy indray. (Abyssos g12)
9 Here is intelligence, for him who hath wisdom. Those seven heads are the seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Indro ny hevitra iray misy fahendrena: Ny loha fito dia tendrombohitra fito, izay ipetrahan-dravehivavy.
10 And there are seven kings: of whom five have fallen, one exists, and the other hath not yet come; and when he cometh he must continue for a short time.
Ary mpanjaka fito ireo; efa lavo ny dimy, ka ny iray mbola eo ihany, ary ny iray koa mbola tsy tonga; ary rehefa tonga izy, dia tsy maintsy mitoetra kelikely.
11 And the beast of prey, which was and is not, is the eighth, and is from the seven, and is for perdition.
Ary ny bibi-dia izay teo ihany ary tsy eo izao, dia izy no naman’ ny fito mahavalo ary ka lasa ho amin’ ny fandringanana.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten kings. These persons have not yet received royalty; but they receive authority, as if kings, with the beasts of prey, for one hour.
Ary ny tandroka folo, izay hitanao, dia mpanjaka folo izay tsy mbola nahazo fanjakana; fa mandray fahefana ho toa mpanjaka iray ora miaraka amin’ ny bibi-dia izy.
13 They have one mind; and they will give their power and authority unto the beast of prey.
Ireo dia miray saina ka manome ny heriny sy ny fahefany ho an’ ilay bibi-dia.
14 They will make war upon the Lamb; and the Lamb will vanquish them; because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and these with him are called and chosen and faithful.
Ireo dia hiady amin’ ny Zanak’ ondry, ary ny Zanak’ ondry haharesy azy, satria Tompon’ ny tompo sy Mpanjakan’ ny mpanjaka Izy, ary haharesy azy koa izay momba Azy, dia olona voantso sy voafidy ary mahatoky.
15 And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Ary hoy izy tamiko: Ny rano ela hitanao, izay ipetrahan’ ilay vehivavy janga, dia olona sy vahoaka betsaka sy firenena maro ary samy hafa fiteny.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast of prey, will hate the harlot; and they will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Ary ny tandroka folo sy ny bibi-dia izay efa hitanao, dia ireo no hankahala ilay vehivavy janga ka hahatsinontsinona azy sy hampitanjaka ary sy hihinana ny nofony ary handevona ny tenany amin’ ny afo.
17 For God hath put into their hearts, to do his pleasure, and to execute one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast of prey, until these words of God shall be fulfilled.
Fa Andriamanitra efa nanome fo ireo hanatanteraka ny heviny sy hifanara-tsaina ary hanome ny fanjakany ho an’ ilay bibi-dia mandra-pahatanteraky ny tenin’ Andriamanitra.
18 And the woman whom thou sawest, is the great city, which hath dominion over the kings of the earth.
Ary ravehivavy, ilay hitanao, dia tanàna lehibe, izay manjaka amin’ ny mpanjakan’ ny tany.
