Revelation 17
1 And one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore who sits upon the many waters
拿着七碗的七位天使中，有一位前來對我說：「你到這裏來，我將坐在眾水上的大淫婦所要受的刑罰指給你看。
2 with whom the kings of the earth fornicated, and those who inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.
地上的君王與她行淫，住在地上的人喝醉了她淫亂的酒。」
3 And he carried me away in spirit into a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast containing names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
我被聖靈感動，天使帶我到曠野去，我就看見一個女人騎在朱紅色的獸上；那獸有七頭十角，遍體有褻瀆的名號。
4 And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup containing abominations and the filthy things of her fornication,
那女人穿着紫色和朱紅色的衣服，用金子、寶石、珍珠為妝飾；手拿金杯，杯中盛滿了可憎之物，就是她淫亂的污穢。
5 and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF WHORES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
在她額上有名寫着說：「奧祕哉！大巴比倫，作世上的淫婦和一切可憎之物的母。」
6 And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the sanctified, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And having seen her, I wondered with great amazement.
我又看見那女人喝醉了聖徒的血和為耶穌作見證之人的血。 我看見她，就大大地希奇。
7 And the agent said to me, Why did thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
天使對我說：「你為甚麼希奇呢？我要將這女人和馱着她的那七頭十角獸的奧祕告訴你。
8 The beast that thou saw was, and is not, and is going to ascend out of the abyss and go into destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will come. (Abyssos g12)
你所看見的獸，先前有，如今沒有，將要從無底坑裏上來，又要歸於沉淪。凡住在地上、名字從創世以來沒有記在生命冊上的，見先前有、如今沒有、以後再有的獸，就必希奇。 (Abyssos g12)
9 Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains where the woman sits on them.
智慧的心在此可以思想。那七頭就是女人所坐的七座山，
10 And there are seven kings, the five are fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain a little while.
又是七位王；五位已經傾倒了，一位還在，一位還沒有來到；他來的時候，必須暫時存留。
11 And the beast that was, and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and he goes into destruction.
那先前有如今沒有的獸，就是第八位；他也和那七位同列，並且歸於沉淪。
12 And the ten horns that thou saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.
你所看見的那十角就是十王；他們還沒有得國，但他們一時之間要和獸同得權柄，與王一樣。
13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
他們同心合意將自己的能力、權柄給那獸。
14 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with him are the called and chosen and faithful.
他們與羔羊爭戰，羔羊必勝過他們，因為羔羊是萬主之主、萬王之王。同着羔羊的，就是蒙召、被選、有忠心的，也必得勝。」
15 And he says to me, The waters that thou saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
天使又對我說：「你所看見那淫婦坐的眾水，就是多民、多人、多國、多方。
16 And the ten horns that thou saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her with fire.
你所看見的那十角與獸必恨這淫婦，使她冷落赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火將她燒盡。
17 For God gave in their hearts to do his will. Even to do one will, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God would be ended.
因為上帝使諸王同心合意，遵行他的旨意，把自己的國給那獸，直等到上帝的話都應驗了。
18 And the woman whom thou saw is the great city having reign over the kings of the earth.
你所看見的那女人就是管轄地上眾王的大城。」
