啟示錄 17
1 七位拿著七個盂的天使中，有一位前來， 向我說道：「你來，我要指給你看，那在多水之旁為王的大淫婦受的懲罰；
AND there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 世上的諸王都同她行過邪淫，地上的居民也都喝醉了她淫亂的酒。」
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 於是天使叫我神魂超拔，提我到了曠野，我便看見了一個婦人，坐在一隻朱紅色且滿了褻瀆名號的獸身上，牠有七個頭，十隻角。
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 這婦人身穿紫紅和朱紅色的衣服，全身點綴著金子、寶石和珍珠；她手裏拿著滿盛可憎之物和她淫污的金杯。
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 她的額上寫著一個含有奧秘的名字：「偉大的巴比倫！淫亂和地上可憎之物的母親。」
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 我又看見這婦人痛飲了聖徒的血，和為耶穌殉道者的血； 我一看見她，遂大為驚奇。
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 天使便對我說：「你為什麼驚奇？我要告訴你這婦人和馱著她，而有七個頭和十隻角的那獸的奧秘：
And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 你所看見的那獸， 先前在而今不在，可是牠又要從深淵中上來，自趨於喪亡；地上的居民，凡他們的名字從創世之初，沒有記錄在生命冊中的，看見那先前在，而今不在，將來又在的獸，都必要驚奇。 (Abyssos g12)
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. (Abyssos g12)
9 這裏需要一個有智慧的明悟去理解：七個頭是指那婦人所坐的七座山，也是指七位君王；
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 五位已經倒了，一位仍在，另一位還沒有來到；當他來到時，必要存留片刻。
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 至於那先前在而今不在的獸，是第八位，也屬於那七位中之一，牠要趨於喪亡。
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 你所看見的那十隻角，是指十個君王，他們還沒有領受王位，但必要同那獸一起得到權柄；他們當國王，只一個時辰。
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 他們的意見都一致：就是把自己的能力和權柄都交給那獸。
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 他們要同羔羊交戰，羔羊卻要戰勝他們，因為他是萬主之主，萬王之王，同他在一起的蒙召、被選和忠信的人，也必要獲勝。 」
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 are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 天使又對我說：「你看見那淫婦所統治的水，是指諸民族、群眾、邦國和異語人民。
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 你看見的那十隻角和那獸，必要憎恨那淫婦，使她成為孤獨淒涼，赤身裸體的，並吞食她的肉，且用火焚燒她，
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 因為天主使牠們的心中有這意念，叫牠們實行天主的計劃，就是叫牠們一心，把牠們的王權交給那獸，直到天主的話完全應驗為止。
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 你所看見的那婦人，是指那座對地上的諸王握有王權的大城。」
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
