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 there came one of the seven angels, who had the seven vials, and spoke with me, saying: Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters,
2 Anyigbadzifiawo wɔ ahasi kplii, eye anyigbadzitɔwo no eƒe ahasiwɔwɔ ƒe wain mu.”
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they who inhabit the earth, have been made drunk with the whine of her whoredom.
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 took me away in spirit into the desert. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of 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 round about with purple and scarlet, and gilt with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication.
5 Woŋlɔ ŋkɔ si nye nya ɣaɣla la ɖe eƒe ŋgonu be: Babilonia gã la, gbolowo kple anyigbadziŋunyɔnuwo dada.
And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery; Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications, and 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 drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration.
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 angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and 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, which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall come up out of the bottomless pit, and go into destruction: and the inhabitants on the earth (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) shall wonder, seeing the beast that was, and is not. (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.
And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings:
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.
Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time.
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 which was, and is not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth 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 which thou sawest, are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive power as kings one hour after the beast.
13 Taɖodzinu ɖeka le wo si, eye woatsɔ woƒe ŋusẽ kple dziɖuɖuŋusẽ ana lã la.
These have one design: and their strength and power they shall deliver 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 shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and they that are with him are called, and elect, 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 said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, 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 which thou sawest in the beast: these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall 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 hath given into their hearts to do that which pleaseth him: that they give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be fulfilled.
18 Nyɔnu si nèkpɔ la, eyae nye du gã si le anyigbadzifiawo dzi ɖum.”
And the woman which thou sawest, is the great city, which hath kingdom over the kings of the earth.
