Otkrivenje 17
1 I dođe jedan od sedam anđela što nose sedam čaša i prozbori mi: “Dođi pokazat ću ti sud nad Bludnicom velikom što sjedi nad vodama velikim,
And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, and spoke to me, saying, "Come hither and I will show you the sentence passed upon the great harlot who sits on many waters,
2 s kojom su bludničili kraljevi zemlje i pozemljari se opiše vinom bluda njezina.”
with whom the kings of the earth have committed adultery, while all who live on the earth have been made drunken by the wine of her immorality."
3 I odnese me u duhu u pustinju. Tu vidjeh Ženu koja sjede na skrletnu Zvijer, punu bogohulnih imena, sa sedam glava i deset rogova.
And he bore me away in the Spirit into the desert, and I saw a woman who sat upon a scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names. It had seven heads and ten horns.
4 Žena bijaše odjevena u grimiz i skrlet, sva u zlatu, dragom kamenju i biserju. U ruci joj zlatna čaša puna gnusobe i nečisti bluda njezina.
The woman was enwrapped in purple and scarlet and was encrusted with gold and precious stones and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup filled with abominations, even the impurities of her immorality.
5 Na čelo joj napisano ime - tajna: “Babilon veliki, mati bludnica i gnusoba zemljinih.”
Upon her forehead a name was written, a mystery, "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND ABOMINABLE THINGS OF THE EARTH."
6 I vidjeh: Žena je pijana od krvi svetih i od krvi svjedoka Isusovih. Kad je vidjeh, čudom se silnim začudih.
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, and I wondered with a great wonder.
7 Nato će mi anđeo: “Što se čudiš? Ja ću ti kazati tajnu te žene i Zvijeri koja je nosi, Zvijeri sa sedam glava i deset rogova.”
And the angel said to me. "Why did you wonder? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns, that carried her.
8 “Zvijer koju vidje bijaše i više nije; zamalo izlazi iz Bezdana i ide u propast. I zapanjit će se pozemljari - oni kojima ime, od postanka svijeta, nije zapisano u knjigu života - kad vide da Zvijer bijaše i više nije, a opet je tu. (Abyssos g12)
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the bottomless pit, and to go into perdition. And those who dwell on the earth shall wonder, those whose names have never, from the foundation of the world, been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, when they gaze on the beast; how he was and is not, and is to come. (Abyssos g12)
9 Tu se hoće mudre pameti! Sedam glava sedam je bregova na kojima žena sjedi. A i sedam kraljeva:
Here is the mind that has wisdom. the seven heads are seven hills on which the woman is seated;
10 pet ih već pade, jedan jest, a jedan još ne dođe: kada dođe, ostati mu je zamalo.
and they are seven kings; the five have fallen, one is, the other is not yet come (and when he does come, he must remain a short time).
11 I Zvijer koja bijaše i više nije, osma je, a iz broja je njih sedmero, i ide u propast.
And the beast who was, but is not, is himself also an eighth, although he is one of the seven kings, and is on his way to perdition.
12 Deset rogova što ih vidje deset je kraljeva; oni još ne primiše kraljevstva, ali će - samo za jedan sat - primiti vlast kao kraljevi zajedno sa Zvijeri.
"The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received their kingdoms; but they have received authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.
13 Jedne su misli: svu svoju silu i vlast predati Zvijeri.
These kings have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
14 Ratovat će protiv Jaganjca, ali će ih pobijediti Jaganjac - i njegovi pozvanici, izabranici, vjernici - jer on je Gospodar gospodara i Kralj kraljeva.”
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is the Lord of lords, and King of kings. And they who are with him are called and faithful and chosen."
15 I reče mi anđeo: “Vode što ih vidje, na kojima Bludnica sjedi, to su puci i mnoštva i narodi i jezici.
And he also said to me. "The waters which you saw, on which the harlot takes her seat, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
16 I onih deset rogova što ih vidje i Zvijer - oni će zamrziti Bludnicu, opustošiti je i ogoliti, najesti se mesa njezina i ognjem je spaliti.
And the ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the harlot and make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her up with fire.
17 Jer Bog im u srce stavi izvršiti naum njegov: da jednodušno predadu kraljevstvo svoje Zvijeri dok se ne ispune riječi Božje.
For God has put it into their hearts to execute his purpose, in executing their common purpose, and by giving over their kingdoms to the beast, until the words of God shall be accomplished.
18 Žena koju vidje grad je veliki što kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim.”
The woman whom you saw is the great city which holds sway over the kings of the earth."
