Nyaɖeɖefia 17
1 Mawudɔla adreawo dometɔ ɖeka si lé kplu adreawo ɖe asi la va gblɔ nam be, “Va, mafia tohehe si woana gbolo gã si nɔ anyi ɖe tsi geɖewo dzi la wò.
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
2 Anyigbadzifiawo wɔ ahasi kplii, eye anyigbadzitɔwo no eƒe ahasiwɔwɔ ƒe wain mu.”
with whom the kings of the earth fornicated, and those who inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.
3 Tete mawudɔla la kɔm le gbɔgbɔ me yi gbedzi. Afi ma mekpɔ nyɔnu aɖe si nɔ anyi ɖe lã dzĩ aɖe dzi, esi ŋu busuŋkɔwo le la. Lã la to ta adre kple dzo ewo.
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.
4 Nyɔnu la do awu legbe si wotɔ kple avɔ blɔ kple avɔ dzĩ, eye wòde sikakɔga keklẽwo, kpe xɔasi dzonuwo kple dzonu bubuwo kɔ. Sikakplu si yɔ fũu kple ŋunyɔnuwo kple eƒe ahasiwɔwɔ ƒe ŋunyɔnu la le esi.
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,
5 Woŋlɔ ŋkɔ si nye nya ɣaɣla la ɖe eƒe ŋgonu be: Babilonia gã la, gbolowo kple anyigbadziŋunyɔnuwo dada.
and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF WHORES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 Mekpɔ be nyɔnu la mu ame kɔkɔewo kple ame siwo ɖi ɖase le Yesu ŋuti la ƒe ʋu. Esi mekpɔe la, nye mo wɔ yaa.
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.
7 Tete mawudɔla la biam be, “Nu ka ta wò mo wɔ yaa ɖo? Maɖe nyɔnu la kple lã si dom wòle, lã si to ta adre kple dzo ewo la ƒe nu ɣaɣla me na wò.
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.
8 Lã si nèkpɔ la nɔ anyi tsã, gake megali fifia o, eye ado tso ʋe globo la me ayi eƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃ la me. Anyigbadzitɔ siwo ƒe ŋkɔwo womeŋlɔ ɖe agbegbalẽ la me tso xexea me ƒe gɔmedzedzea me o la ƒe mo awɔ yaa ne wokpɔ lã la, elabena enɔ anyi tsã, ke megali fifia o, gake agatrɔ ava. (Abyssos g12)
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)
9 “Nya sia hiã na susu si me nunya le. Ta adreawo nye togbɛ adre siwo dzi nyɔnu la nɔ anyi ɖo la. Woganye fia adrewo hã.
Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains where the woman sits on them.
10 Wo ame atɔ̃ dze anyi, ɖeka li fifia, eye ɖeka mekpɔ va haɖe o. Ke ne eva la, anɔ anyi hena ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe ko.
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.
11 Lã si nɔ anyi kpɔ, eye megali fifia o lae nye fia enyilia. Enye fia adreawo dometɔ ɖeka, eye wòyina ɖe eƒe tsɔtsrɔ̃ la me.
And the beast that was, and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and he goes into destruction.
12 “Dzo ewo siwo nèkpɔ la nye fia ewo siwo si fiaɖuƒe mesu haɖe o la, gake woana dziɖuɖuŋusẽ wo abe fiawo ene, kpe ɖe lã la ŋu hena gaƒoƒo ɖeka.
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.
13 Taɖodzinu ɖeka le wo si, eye woatsɔ woƒe ŋusẽ kple dziɖuɖuŋusẽ ana lã la.
These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
14 Woawɔ aʋa kple Alẽvi la, gake Alẽvi la aɖu wo dzi, elabena eyae nye aƒetɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ kple fiawo ƒe Fia la, eye eƒe ame tiatiawo, ame siwo wòyɔ kple ame siwo dze eyome le anukware me la anɔ egbɔ.”
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.
15 Mawudɔla la yi edzi gblɔ nam be, “Tsi siwo nèkpɔ, esiwo dzi gbolo la nɔ anyi ɖo la nye amewo, amehawo, dukɔwo kple gbegbɔgblɔwo.
And he says to me, The waters that thou saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 Lã la kple eƒe dzo ewo siwo nèkpɔ la alé fu gbolo la, woahee va gbegblẽ me, eye woagblẽe ɖi amamae; woaɖu eƒe lã, eye woatɔ dzoe,
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.
17 elabena Mawu tsɔe de woƒe dzi me be woana eƒe tameɖoɖo nava eme ne woalɔ̃ atsɔ woƒe ŋusẽ ana lã la ne wòatsɔ aɖu dzii va se ɖe esime Mawu ƒe nyawo nava eme.
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.
18 Nyɔnu si nèkpɔ la, eyae nye du gã si le anyigbadzifiawo dzi ɖum.”
And the woman whom thou saw is the great city having reign over the kings of the earth.
