Revelation 17
1 One of the seven angels, who had [one of] the seven bowls, came to me. He said to me, “Come [with me], and I will show you how [God] will punish the very evil [city that is represented by] [SYM] a prostitute, a city in which there are many canals [of] water.
tadanantaraṁ teṣāṁ saptakaṁsadhāriṇāṁ saptadūtānām eka āgatya māṁ sambhāṣyāvadat, atrāgaccha, medinyā narapatayo yayā veśyayā sārddhaṁ vyabhicārakarmma kṛtavantaḥ,
2 [It is as though] the rulers of earth have acted immorally [and idolatrously] with the people of that city [MET], and they [have persuaded people] who live on the earth to act immorally [and idolatrously] with them [MET], [just like a prostitute persuades men to drink] the [strong] wine [she gives them, resulting in their] becoming drunk [and] then committing sexual immorality. with her.”
yasyā vyabhicāramadena ca pṛthivīnivāsino mattā abhavan tasyā bahutoyeṣūpaviṣṭāyā mahāveśyāyā daṇḍam ahaṁ tvāṁ darśayāmi|
3 Then, as [God’s] Spirit [controlled me], the angel carried me away to a desolate area. There I saw a woman who was sitting on a red beast. The beast had names [written] all over itself. They were names that (insulted/spoke evil against) [God]. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.
tato 'ham ātmanāviṣṭastena dūtena prāntaraṁ nītastatra nindānāmabhiḥ paripūrṇaṁ saptaśirobhi rdaśaśṛṅgaiśca viśiṣṭaṁ sindūravarṇaṁ paśumupaviṣṭā yoṣidekā mayā dṛṣṭā|
4 The woman [that I saw] was wearing purple and red [clothes]; and gold, precious stones, and pearls were fastened to her [clothes and her body]. She held in her hand a golden cup. The cup was full of [a liquid that represents] [SYM] the detestable/disgusting, idolatrous things and filthy immoral things that she [does].
sā nārī kṛṣṇalohitavarṇaṁ sindūravarṇañca paricchadaṁ dhārayati svarṇamaṇimuktābhiśca vibhūṣitāsti tasyāḥ kare ghṛṇārhadravyaiḥ svavyabhicārajātamalaiśca paripūrṇa ekaḥ suvarṇamayaḥ kaṁso vidyate|
5 This name, that has a hidden/secret [meaning], was written on her forehead: “[This woman is] Babylon, the very evil [city! She acts like] the mother of the prostitutes on the earth. She teaches them to [act] immorally and to worship idols.”
tasyā bhāle nigūḍhavākyamidaṁ pṛthivīsthaveśyānāṁ ghṛṇyakriyāṇāñca mātā mahābābiliti nāma likhitam āste|
6 I saw that the woman had become drunk as a result of drinking the blood of God’s people, those who had told others about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very bewildered/perplexed.
mama dṛṣṭigocarasthā sā nārī pavitralokānāṁ rudhireṇa yīśoḥ sākṣiṇāṁ rudhireṇa ca mattāsīt tasyā darśanāt mamātiśayam āścaryyajñānaṁ jātaṁ|
7 The angel said to me, “Do not be bewildered [RHQ]! I will explain to you the hidden/secret meaning of the woman and of the beast on which she rides, the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns.
tataḥ sa dūto mām avadat kutastavāścaryyajñānaṁ jāyate? asyā yoṣitastadvāhanasya saptaśirobhi rdaśaśṛṅgaiśca yuktasya paśośca nigūḍhabhāvam ahaṁ tvāṁ jñāpayāmi|
8 The beast that you saw [lived] previously. Eventually God will destroy him, but now he is dead. He is [about to] come up (from the underworld/from the deep dark pit). [When] the beast who had previously lived, and who then had died, reappears, the people who live on the earth will be amazed. [They are people whose] names were not in the book in which are written the names of people [who will] have eternal life. [The angels have been writing those names in a list] (from the beginning of the world/from the time when the world began). (Abyssos g12)
tvayā dṛṣṭo 'sau paśurāsīt nedānīṁ varttate kintu rasātalāt tenodetavyaṁ vināśaśca gantavyaḥ| tato yeṣāṁ nāmāni jagataḥ sṛṣṭikālam ārabhya jīvanapustake likhitāni na vidyante te pṛthivīnivāsino bhūtam avarttamānamupasthāsyantañca taṁ paśuṁ dṛṣṭvāścaryyaṁ maṁsyante| (Abyssos g12)
9 Those who [think] wisely [can understand] this: The seven heads [of the beast] on which the woman sits [symbolize] the seven hills [of the city that the woman represents]. They also [symbolize] seven rulers.
atra jñānayuktayā buddhyā prakāśitavyaṁ| tāni saptaśirāṁsi tasyā yoṣita upaveśanasthānasvarūpāḥ saptagirayaḥ sapta rājānaśca santi|
10 Five [of those rulers] have died. One is [still alive]. The seventh [ruler] has not yet come. When he comes, he must remain on earth for [only] a short [time].
teṣāṁ pañca patitā ekaśca varttamānaḥ śeṣaścādyāpyanupasthitaḥ sa yadopasthāsyati tadāpi tenālpakālaṁ sthātavyaṁ|
11 The beast that [lived] before and then was not [alive] will be the eighth [ruler]. He will be [evil like] the seven [rulers were, but God] will surely destroy him.
yaḥ paśurāsīt kintvidānīṁ na varttate sa evāṣṭamaḥ, sa saptānām eko 'sti vināśaṁ gamiṣyati ca|
12 The ten horns that you saw [represent] ten rulers who have not yet begun to rule. They, together with the beast, will be authorized to rule [people for only a short time, as if it were] [MET] for one hour.
tvayā dṛṣṭāni daśaśṛṅgāṇyapi daśa rājānaḥ santiḥ, adyāpi tai rājyaṁ na prāptaṁ kintu muhūrttamekaṁ yāvat paśunā sārddhaṁ te rājāna iva prabhutvaṁ prāpsyanti|
13 Those [rulers] will all agree to do the same thing. [As a result] they will give to the beast their power [to rule people] as well as their authority [to rule people] [DOU].
ta ekamantraṇā bhaviṣyanti svakīyaśaktiprabhāvau paśave dāsyanti ca|
14 The rulers and the beast will fight against [Jesus], the [one who is like a] lamb. He will defeat them, because he is Lord [who rules over all other] lords and the King [who rules over all other] kings. Those [people] who are with [and helping him] are the ones whom [God] has chosen, and who keep [serving him] faithfully.”
te meṣaśāvakena sārddhaṁ yotsyanti, kintu meṣaśāvakastān jeṣyati yataḥ sa prabhūnāṁ prabhū rājñāṁ rājā cāsti tasya saṅgino 'pyāhūtā abhirucitā viśvāsyāśca|
15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw in the city where the prostitute sits represent people-[groups], multitudes [of people], nations, and [speakers of many languages] [MTY].
aparaṁ sa mām avadat sā veśyā yatropaviśati tāni toyāni lokā janatā jātayo nānābhāṣāvādinaśca santi|
16 The ten horns that you saw [represent rulers] [SYM]. They and the beast will hate [the people in the city] [MTY] that the prostitute [represents]. As a result, they will [take away everything that is in the city, as if] they were [MET] leaving it naked. They will [destroy it as if] [MET] devouring flesh/meat, and they will burn it with fire.
tvayā dṛṣṭāni daśa śṛṅgāṇi paśuśceme tāṁ veśyām ṛtīyiṣyante dīnāṁ nagnāñca kariṣyanti tasyā māṁsāni bhokṣyante vahninā tāṁ dāhayiṣyanti ca|
17 They will do that because God has caused them to decide to do what he wants them to do. As a result, they will let the beast have their power to rule until what God has said is fulfilled {until [they] fulfill what God has said} [MTY].
yata īśvarasya vākyāni yāvat siddhiṁ na gamiṣyanti tāvad īśvarasya manogataṁ sādhayitum ekāṁ mantraṇāṁ kṛtvā tasmai paśave sveṣāṁ rājyaṁ dātuñca teṣāṁ manāṁsīśvareṇa pravarttitāni|
18 The prostitute that you saw [represents] the very evil city [whose leaders] [MTY] rule over the kings of the earth.”
aparaṁ tvayā dṛṣṭā yoṣit sā mahānagarī yā pṛthivyā rājñām upari rājatvaṁ kurute|
