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,
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute 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 committed sexual immorality. Those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual 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.
He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having 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 dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
5 Na čelo joj napisano ime - tajna: “Babilon veliki, mati bludnica i gnusoba zemljinih.”
And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
6 I vidjeh: Žena je pijana od krvi svetih i od krvi svjedoka Isusovih. Kad je vidjeh, čudom se silnim začudih.
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
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.”
The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
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 abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present. (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 mountains on which the woman sits.
10 pet ih već pade, jedan jest, a jedan još ne dođe: kada dođe, ostati mu je zamalo.
They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
11 I Zvijer koja bijaše i više nije, osma je, a iz broja je njih sedmero, i ide u propast.
The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
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 received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
13 Jedne su misli: svu svoju silu i vlast predati Zvijeri.
These 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 war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
15 I reče mi anđeo: “Vode što ih vidje, na kojima Bludnica sjedi, to su puci i mnoštva i narodi i jezici.
He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
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.
The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly 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 in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
18 Žena koju vidje grad je veliki što kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim.”
The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
