Revelation 17
1 And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven bowls, and he spoke with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show to you the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting on the many waters,
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；
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed whoredom; and those inhabiting the earth were made drunk from the wine of her whoredom”;
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。」
3 and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of slander, having seven heads and ten horns,
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。
4 and the woman was clothed with purple and scarlet-color, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,
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。
5 and on her forehead was a name written: “SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE WHORES, AND THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
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。」
6 And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the holy ones, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I wondered—having seen her—with great wonder;
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。
7 and the messenger said to me, “For this reason did you wonder? I will tell you the secret of the woman and of the beast that [is] carrying her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
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：
8 The beast that you saw: it was, and it is not, and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and those dwelling on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written on the Scroll of Life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is. (Abyssos g12)
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)
9 Here [is] the mind that is having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,
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；
10 and there are seven kings, the five fell, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it is necessary for him to remain a short time;
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。
11 and the beast that was, and is not, he also is eighth, and he is out of the seven, and he goes away to destruction.
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。
12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who did not yet receive a kingdom, but receive authority as kings one hour with the beast;
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。
13 these have one mind, and they will give over their own power and authority to the beast;
他們的意見都一致：就是把自己的能力和權柄都交給那獸。
14 these will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those with Him are called, and chosen, and steadfast.”
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。 」
15 And he says to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues;
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。
16 and the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore, and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her in fire,
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，
17 for God gave into their hearts to do His purpose, and to make one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the sayings of God may be fulfilled,
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。
18 and the woman that you saw is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the earth.”
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。」
