Kũguũrĩrio 17
1 Nake mũraika ũmwe wa araika acio mũgwanja, maarĩ na mbakũri mũgwanja agĩũka, akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũka, nguonie iherithia rĩa mũmaraya ũrĩa mũnene, ũrĩa ũikarĩte igũrũ rĩa maaĩ maingĩ.
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,
2 Na nĩwe athamaki a thĩ maatharirie nake, na andũ arĩa matũũraga thĩ makarĩĩo nĩ ndibei ya ũtharia wake.”
with whom the kings of the earth committed whoredom; and those inhabiting the earth were made drunk from the wine of her whoredom”;
3 Ningĩ mũraika ũcio akĩnjoya ndĩ thĩinĩ wa Roho, akĩndwara werũ-inĩ. Ndĩ kũu werũ-inĩ ngĩona mũndũ-wa-nja aikarĩire nyamũ yarĩ ndune ta gakarakũ, na yaiyũrĩtwo nĩ marĩĩtwa ma kũruma Ngai mwĩrĩ wayo, na yarĩ na ciongo mũgwanja na hĩa ikũmi.
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,
4 Mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio ehumbĩte nguo cia rangi wa ndathi na mũtune, na akegemia na thahabu, na tũhiga twa goro, o na ruru. Guoko-inĩ gwake nĩanyiitĩte gĩkombe gĩa thahabu kĩiyũrĩtio maũndũ marĩ magigi, na ciĩko cia ũtharia wake.
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,
5 Thiithi-inĩ wake aandĩkwo rĩĩtwa atĩrĩ: KĨRIGA BABULONI ŨRĨA MŨNENE, NYINA WA MARAYA, NA WA MAŨNDŨ MOTHE MARĨA MARĨ MAGIGI MA THĨ.
and on her forehead was a name written: “SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE WHORES, AND THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
6 Nĩndonire atĩ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio aarĩ mũrĩĩu, akarĩĩo nĩ thakame ya andũ arĩa aamũre, o na thakame ya andũ arĩa maarĩ aira a Jesũ. Na rĩrĩa ndaamuonire, ngĩgega mũno.
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;
7 Nake mũraika ũcio akĩnjũũria atĩrĩ: “Wagegio nĩ kĩĩ? Nĩngũgũtaarĩria hitho ya mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio na ya nyamũ ĩyo ahaicĩte, ĩyo ĩrĩ na ciongo mũgwanja na hĩa ikũmi.
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.
8 Nyamũ ĩyo wonire yarĩ ho, na rĩu ndĩrĩ ho, na ĩrĩ hakuhĩ kuuma Irima-rĩrĩa-Rĩtarĩ-Gĩturi ĩthiĩ ĩkaanangwo. Nao andũ arĩa matũũraga thĩ, arĩa marĩĩtwa mao mataandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa muoyo kuuma rĩrĩa thĩ yombirwo nĩmakagega mona nyamũ ĩyo, tondũ hĩndĩ ĩmwe yarĩ ho, na rĩu ndĩrĩ ho, no nĩĩrĩũka. (Abyssos g12)
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)
9 “Ũndũ ũyũ ũkwenda gwĩciirio na ũũgĩ. Ciongo icio mũgwanja nĩ irĩma mũgwanja iria ciikarĩirwo nĩ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio.
Here [is] the mind that is having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,
10 Ningĩ nĩ athamaki mũgwanja. Atano nĩmeherete, ũmwe arĩ ho, na ũrĩa ũngĩ ndarĩ arooka; no ooka-rĩ, no nginya aikare o kahinda kanini.
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;
11 Nyamũ ĩrĩa yarĩ kuo, na rĩu ndĩrĩ ho, nĩyo mũthamaki wa kanana. We nĩ ũmwe wa acio mũgwanja, na rĩu erekeire kwanangwo.
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.
12 “Hĩa icio ikũmi wonire nĩ athamaki ikũmi arĩa mataahetwo ũthamaki, no nĩmakaheo wathani ta athamaki maathane ithaa rĩmwe hamwe na nyamũ ĩyo.
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;
13 Marĩ na muoroto ũmwe, na nĩmakaheana ũhoti na wathani wao kũrĩ nyamũ ĩyo.
these have one mind, and they will give over their own power and authority to the beast;
14 Nao nĩmakarũa na Gatũrũme, no Gatũrũme nĩakamatooria tondũ nĩwe Mwathani wa aathani, na Mũthamaki wa athamaki, na andũ arĩa agaakorwo hamwe nao nĩ arũmĩrĩri ake arĩa metĩtwo, na magathuurwo, na nĩ ehokeku.”
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.”
15 Ningĩ mũraika ũcio akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Maaĩ macio wonire hau mũmaraya ũcio aikarĩte nĩ iruka cia andũ, na irĩndĩ, na ndũrĩrĩ, na thiomi.
And he says to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues;
16 Nayo nyamũ ĩyo wonire, na hĩa icio ikũmi nĩgũthũũra ĩgaathũũra mũmaraya ũcio. Nacio nĩikamwananga na ĩmũtige arĩ njaga; nĩikaarĩa nyama ciake, na imũcine na mwaki.
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,
17 Nĩgũkorwo Ngai nĩekĩrĩte ngoro-inĩ ciao rĩciiria rĩa kũhingia muoroto wake na ũndũ wa kũiguanĩra mahe nyamũ ĩyo hinya wao wa gwathana, nginya ciugo cia Ngai ihinge.
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,
18 Mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio wonire nĩwe itũũra rĩrĩa inene rĩrĩa rĩathaga athamaki a thĩ.”
and the woman that you saw is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the earth.”
