Apocalypse 17
1 Et l’un des sept anges qui avaient les sept coupes, vint et me parla, disant: Viens ici; je te montrerai la sentence de la grande prostituée qui est assise sur plusieurs eaux,
One of the seven angels, who had [one of] the seven bowls, came to me. He said to me, “Come [with me], and I will show you how [God] will punish the very evil [city that is represented by] [SYM] a prostitute, a city in which there are many canals [of] water.
2 avec laquelle les rois de la terre ont commis fornication; et ceux qui habitent sur la terre ont été enivrés du vin de sa fornication.
[It is as though] the rulers of earth have acted immorally [and idolatrously] with the people of that city [MET], and they [have persuaded people] who live on the earth to act immorally [and idolatrously] with them [MET], [just like a prostitute persuades men to drink] the [strong] wine [she gives them, resulting in their] becoming drunk [and] then committing sexual immorality. with her.”
3 Et il m’emporta en esprit dans un désert: et je vis une femme assise sur une bête écarlate, pleine de noms de blasphème, ayant sept têtes et dix cornes.
Then, as [God’s] Spirit [controlled me], the angel carried me away to a desolate area. There I saw a woman who was sitting on a red beast. The beast had names [written] all over itself. They were names that (insulted/spoke evil against) [God]. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.
4 Et la femme était vêtue de pourpre et d’écarlate, et parée d’or et de pierres précieuses et de perles, ayant dans sa main une coupe d’or pleine d’abominations, et les impuretés de sa fornication;
The woman [that I saw] was wearing purple and red [clothes]; and gold, precious stones, and pearls were fastened to her [clothes and her body]. She held in her hand a golden cup. The cup was full of [a liquid that represents] [SYM] the detestable/disgusting, idolatrous things and filthy immoral things that she [does].
5 et [il y avait] sur son front un nom écrit: Mystère, Babylone la grande, la mère des prostituées et des abominations de la terre.
This name, that has a hidden/secret [meaning], was written on her forehead: “[This woman is] Babylon, the very evil [city! She acts like] the mother of the prostitutes on the earth. She teaches them to [act] immorally and to worship idols.”
6 Et je vis la femme enivrée du sang des saints, et du sang des témoins de Jésus; et, en la voyant, je fus saisi d’un grand étonnement.
I saw that the woman had become drunk as a result of drinking the blood of God’s people, those who had told others about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very bewildered/perplexed.
7 Et l’ange me dit: Pourquoi es-tu étonné? Je te dirai, moi, le mystère de la femme et de la bête qui la porte, qui a les sept têtes et les dix cornes.
The angel said to me, “Do not be bewildered [RHQ]! I will explain to you the hidden/secret meaning of the woman and of the beast on which she rides, the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns.
8 La bête que tu as vue était, et n’est pas, et va monter de l’abîme et aller à la perdition; et ceux qui habitent sur la terre, dont les noms ne sont pas écrits dès la fondation du monde au livre de vie, s’étonneront, en voyant la bête, – qu’elle était, et qu’elle n’est pas, et qu’elle sera présente. (Abyssos g12)
The beast that you saw [lived] previously. Eventually God will destroy him, but now he is dead. He is [about to] come up (from the underworld/from the deep dark pit). [When] the beast who had previously lived, and who then had died, reappears, the people who live on the earth will be amazed. [They are people whose] names were not in the book in which are written the names of people [who will] have eternal life. [The angels have been writing those names in a list] (from the beginning of the world/from the time when the world began). (Abyssos g12)
9 Ici est l’entendement, qui a de la sagesse: Les sept têtes sont sept montagnes où la femme est assise;
Those who [think] wisely [can understand] this: The seven heads [of the beast] on which the woman sits [symbolize] the seven hills [of the city that the woman represents]. They also [symbolize] seven rulers.
10 ce sont aussi sept rois: cinq sont tombés; l’un est; l’autre n’est pas encore venu, et, quand il sera venu, il faut qu’il demeure un peu de temps.
Five [of those rulers] have died. One is [still alive]. The seventh [ruler] has not yet come. When he comes, he must remain on earth for [only] a short [time].
11 Et la bête qui était et qui n’est pas, est, elle aussi, un huitième, et elle est d’entre les sept, et elle s’en va à la perdition.
The beast that [lived] before and then was not [alive] will be the eighth [ruler]. He will be [evil like] the seven [rulers were, but God] will surely destroy him.
12 Et les dix cornes que tu as vues sont dix rois qui n’ont pas encore reçu de royaume, mais reçoivent pouvoir comme rois, une heure, avec la bête.
The ten horns that you saw [represent] ten rulers who have not yet begun to rule. They, together with the beast, will be authorized to rule [people for only a short time, as if it were] [MET] for one hour.
13 Ceux-ci ont une seule et même pensée, et ils donnent leur puissance et leur pouvoir à la bête.
Those [rulers] will all agree to do the same thing. [As a result] they will give to the beast their power [to rule people] as well as their authority [to rule people] [DOU].
14 Ceux-ci combattront contre l’Agneau; et l’Agneau les vaincra, car il est Seigneur des seigneurs et Roi des rois, et ceux qui sont avec lui, appelés, et élus, et fidèles.
The rulers and the beast will fight against [Jesus], the [one who is like a] lamb. He will defeat them, because he is Lord [who rules over all other] lords and the King [who rules over all other] kings. Those [people] who are with [and helping him] are the ones whom [God] has chosen, and who keep [serving him] faithfully.”
15 Et il me dit: Les eaux que tu as vues, où la prostituée est assise, sont des peuples et des foules et des nations et des langues.
Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw in the city where the prostitute sits represent people-[groups], multitudes [of people], nations, and [speakers of many languages] [MTY].
16 Et les dix cornes que tu as vues et la bête, – celles-ci haïront la prostituée et la rendront déserte et nue, et mangeront sa chair et la brûleront au feu;
The ten horns that you saw [represent rulers] [SYM]. They and the beast will hate [the people in the city] [MTY] that the prostitute [represents]. As a result, they will [take away everything that is in the city, as if] they were [MET] leaving it naked. They will [destroy it as if] [MET] devouring flesh/meat, and they will burn it with fire.
17 car Dieu a mis dans leurs cœurs d’exécuter sa pensée, et d’exécuter une seule et même pensée, et de donner leur royaume à la bête, jusqu’à ce que les paroles de Dieu soient accomplies.
They will do that because God has caused them to decide to do what he wants them to do. As a result, they will let the beast have their power to rule until what God has said is fulfilled {until [they] fulfill what God has said} [MTY].
18 Et la femme que tu as vue est la grande ville qui a la royauté sur les rois de la terre.
The prostitute that you saw [represents] the very evil city [whose leaders] [MTY] rule over the kings of the earth.”
