رُؤيا 17

١ 1 وَجَاءَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْمَلائِكَةِ السَّبْعَةِ حَامِلِي الْكُؤُوسِ السَّبْعِ وَقَالَ لِي: «تَعَالَ فَأُرِيَكَ عِقَابَ الزَّانِيَةِ الْكُبْرَى الْجَالِسَةِ عَلَى الْمِيَاهِ الْكَثِيرَةِ،

And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, the one sitting upon many waters:

٢ 2 الَّتِي زَنَى مَعَهَا مُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ، وَسَكِرَ أَهْلُ الأَرْضِ مِنْ خَمْرِ زِنَاهَا».

with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those dwelling upon the earth were made drunk from the wine of her fornication.

٣ 3 وَحَمَلَنِي الْمَلاكُ بِالرُّوحِ إِلَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ، فَرَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً رَاكِبَةً عَلَى وَحْشٍ قِرْمِزِيٍّ لَهُ سَبْعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وَعَشَرَةُ قُرُونٍ، وَقَدْ كُتِبَتْ عَلَى جِسْمِهِ كُلِّهِ أَسْمَاءُ تَجْدِيفٍ.

And he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, having the names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

٤ 4 وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَلْبَسُ مَلابِسَ مِنْ أُرْجُوَانٍ وَقِرْمِزٍ، وَتَتَحَلَّى بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ وَاللُّؤْلُوءِ، وَقَدْ أَمْسَكَتْ كَأْسَ ذَهَبٍ مَمْلُوءَةً بِزِنَاهَا الْمَكْرُوهِ النَّجِسِ،

And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication:

٥ 5 وَعَلَى جَبِينِهَا اسْمٌ مَكْتُوبٌ: سِرٌّ: «بَابِلُ الْعُظْمَى، أُمُّ زَانِيَاتِ الأَرْضِ وَأَصْنَامِهَا الْمَكْرُوهَةِ».

and upon her forehead her name was written; Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother of Harlots And The Abominations of The Earth.

٦ 6 وَرَأَيْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ سَكْرَى لِكَثْرَةِ مَا شَرِبَتْ مِنْ دَمِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ، وَدَمِ شُهَدَاءِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَتْهُمْ. فَتَمَلَّكَتْنِي الدَّهْشَةُ لِمَنْظَرِهَا،

And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and seeing her, I was astonished with great astonishment.

٧ 7 فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلاكُ: «لِمَاذَا دُهِشْتَ؟ سَأُطْلِعُكَ عَلَى سِرِّ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْوَحْشِ الَّذِي يَحْمِلُهَا، صَاحِبُ الرُّؤُوسِ السَّبْعَةِ وَالْقُرُونِ الْعَشَرَةِ:

And the angel said to me, Wherefore wast thou astonished? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast which carries her, having the seven heads and ten horns.

٨ 8 هَذَا الْوَحْشُ كَانَ مَوْجُوداً، وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مَوْجُودٍ الآنَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ عَلَى وَشْكِ أَنْ يَطْلُعَ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ وَيَمْضِيَ إِلَى الْهَلاكِ. وَسَيُدْهَشُ سُكَّانُ الأَرْضِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ فِي سِجِلِّ الْحَيَاةِ، عِنْدَمَا يَرَوْنَ الْوَحْشَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَوْجُوداً، ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ غَيْرَ مَوْجُودٍ، وَسَيَعُودُ! (Abyssos g12)

The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and go into perdition: and those dwelling upon the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished, seeing the beast, because he was, and is not, and will be. (Abyssos g12)

٩ 9 وَلابُدَّ هُنَا مِنْ فِطْنَةِ الْعَقْلِ: الرُّؤُوسُ السَّبْعَةُ هِيَ التِّلالُ السَّبْعَةُ الَّتِي تَجْلِسُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَيْهَا وَتَرْمِزُ أَيْضاً إِلَى سَبْعَةِ مُلُوكٍ،

Here is a mind having wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits upon them,

١٠ 10 خَمْسَةٌ مِنْهُمْ مَضَوْا، وَالسَّادِسُ يَحْكُمُ الآنَ، وَالسَّابِعُ سَيَأْتِي، وَلَكِنَّ مُدَّةَ حُكْمِهِ سَتَكُونُ قَصِيرَةً.

and there are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, and another is not yet come; and when he may come it behooves him to remain a little while.

١١ 11 أَمَّا الْوَحْشُ الَّذِي كَانَ مَوْجُوداً ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ غَيْرَ مَوْجُودٍ، فَهُوَ مَلِكٌ ثَامِنٌ سَبَقَ أَنْ مَلَكَ كَوَاحِدٍ مِنَ السَّبْعَةِ، سَيَمْضِي إِلَى الْهَلاكِ.

The beast which was, and is not, and the same is the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going into perdition.

١٢ 12 وَأَمَّا الْقُرُونُ الْعَشَرَةُ الَّتِي رَأَيْتَهَا هِيَ عَشَرَةُ مُلُوكٍ لَمْ يَتَوَلَّوْا الْمُلْكَ بَعْدُ، وَسَيَتَوَلَّوْنَ سُلْطَةَ الْمُلْكِ مَعَ الْوَحْشِ لِمُدَّةِ سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ،

And the ten horns which you saw, are ten kings, who live not yet received a kingdom; but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.

١٣ 13 يَتَّفِقُونَ فِيهَا بِرَأْيٍ وَاحِدٍ أَنْ يُعْطُوا الْوَحْشَ قُوَّتَهُمْ وَسُلْطَتَهُمْ.

These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

١٤ 14 ثُمَّ يُحَارِبُونَ الْحَمَلَ، وَلَكِنَّ الْحَمَلَ يَهْزِمُهُمْ، لأَنَّهُ رَبُّ الأَرْبَابِ وَمَلِكُ الْمُلُوكِ، وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ هُمُ الْمَدْعُوُّونَ، الْمُخْتَارُونَ، الْمُؤْمِنُونَ».

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them, because he is the Lord of lords, and King of kings: and with him are the called, and the elect, and the faithful.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ الْمَلاكُ: «أَمَّا الْمِيَاهُ الَّتِي رَأَيْتَ حَيْثُ تَجْلِسُ الزَّانِيَةُ، فَتَرْمِزُ إِلَى شُعُوبٍ وَجَمَاهِيرَ وَأُمَمٍ وَلُغَاتٍ.

And he says to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

١٦ 16 وَأَمَّا الْقُرُونُ الْعَشَرَةُ الَّتِي رَأَيْتَهَا، وَالْوَحْشُ، فَسَيُبْغِضُونَ الزَّانِيَةَ وَيَجْعَلُونَهَا مَعْزُولَةً وَعَارِيَةً، وَيَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمَهَا وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِالنَّارِ،

And the ten horns which you saw and the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire;

١٧ 17 لأَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا وَفْقَ قَصْدِهِ، فَيَتَّفِقُوا عَلَى أَنْ يُعْطُوا الْوَحْشَ مُلْكَهُمْ، حَتَّى تَتِمَّ كَلِمَاتُ اللهِ.

for God has given it into their hearts to do his mind, and to have one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

١٨ 18 أَمَّا هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي رَأَيْتَهَا، فَهِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الْعُظْمَى الَّتِي تَحْكُمُ مُلُوكَ الأَرْضِ».

And the woman whom you saw is the great city, the one having dominion over the kings of the earth.