Revelasyon 17

1 Youn nan sèt zanj ki te gen sèt gode yo te vini. Li te pale avè m e te di: “Vini isit la! Mwen va montre ou jijman a gran pwostitiye ki chita sou anpil dlo yo,

And one of the seven Angels, those who hold the seven bowls, approached and spoke with me, saying: “Come, I will show you the condemnation of the great harlot, who sits upon many waters.

2 avèk sila a wa latè yo a te vin komèt zak imoralite. Tout sila ki demere sou latè yo te fè vin sou avèk diven imoralite li a.”

With her, the kings of the earth have fornicated. And those who inhabit the earth have been inebriated by the wine of her prostitution.”

3 Li te pote mwen lwen nan Lespri a nan yon dezè. Mwen te wè yon fanm ki te chita sou yon bèt wouj, plen ak non blasfèm, ki te gen sèt tèt ak dis kòn.

And he carried me away in spirit to the desert. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 Fanm nan te abiye an mov ak wouj, e te dekore avèk lò, pyè presye, ak pèl. Nan men l, li te gen yon gode an lò, ranpli ak abominasyon, de tout bagay sal de imoralite li yo.

And the woman was clothed all around with purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, filled with the abomination and with the filth of her fornication.

5 Sou fon li, te ekri yon non: MISTÈ: “BABALONE LE GRAN, MANMAN A PWOSTITIYE AK ABOMINASYON SOU LATÈ YO”.

And a name was written upon her forehead: Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth.

6 Konsa, mwen te wè fanm nan sou avèk san a sen yo, e avèk san a temwen Jésus yo. Lè mwen te wè l, mwen te etone anpil.

And I saw that the woman was inebriated from the blood of the saints and from the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I was amazed, when I had seen her, with a great wonder.

7 Zanj lan te di mwen: “Poukisa ou etone? Mwen va di ou mistè a fanm nan ak bèt ki pote li a, sila ki gen sèt tèt ak dis kòn yo.

And the Angel said to me: “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has seven heads and ten horns.

8 Bèt ke ou te wè, li te ye a, li pa la, e li prè pou sòti nan labim nan pou ale nan destriksyon. Epi sila ki rete sou latè yo, ke non yo pa ekri nan liv lavi a depi nan fondasyon mond lan, va etone lè yo wè bèt la jan li te ye, jan li pa la, ak jan li va vini an. (Abyssos g12)

The beast that you saw, was, and is not, and is soon to ascend from the abyss. And he goes forth unto destruction. And the inhabitants upon the earth (those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world) shall be amazed upon seeing the beast who was and is not. (Abyssos g12)

9 “Men panse ki gen sajès la. Sèt tèt yo se sèt mòn kote fanm nan chita yo.

And this is for one who understands, who has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sits, and they are seven kings.

10 Yo se sèt wa. Senk te tonbe, youn la toujou, e lòt la poko vini, epi lè l vini, li dwe rete pou yon ti tan.

Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet arrived. And when he arrives, he must remain for a brief time.

11 Bèt ki te ye a, e ki pa la a, li se yon uityèm tou, e youn nan sèt yo. L ap wale nan destriksyon.

And the beast who was, and is not, the same is also the eighth, and he is of the seven, and he goes forth unto destruction.

12 “Dis kòn ke ou te wè yo, se dis wa ki poko janm resevwa wayòm yo, men yo resevwa otorite tankou wa, ansanm avèk bèt la pandan yon èdtan.

And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings; these have not yet received a kingdom, but they shall receive authority, as if they were kings, for one hour, after the beast.

13 Sa yo gen yon sèl bi, e yo va bay pouvwa yo ak otorite a bèt la.

These hold to one plan, and they shall hand over their power and authority to the beast.

14 Sila yo va fè lagè kont Jèn Mouton an, e Jèn Mouton an va venk yo, paske Li se Senyè dè senyè e Wadèwa. Konsa, sila ki avè l yo se sila ki gen apèl, ki chwazi e ki fidèl.

These shall fight against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them. For he is the Lord of lords and the King of kings. And those who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

15 “Ankò, li te di mwen: “Dlo ke ou te wè, kote pwostitiye a chita a, se pèp yo, foul yo, nasyon yo, ak lang yo.

And he said to me: “The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and nations and languages.

16 Epi dis kòn ke ou te wè yo, ansanm ak bèt la, sa yo va rayi pwostitiye a e yo va fè l vin dezole, e toutouni, epi yo va manje chè li e brile li avèk dife.

And the ten horns that you saw on the beast, these shall hate the woman who fornicates, and they shall make her desolate and naked, and they shall chew her flesh, and they shall burn her completely with fire.

17 “Paske Bondye te mete nan kè yo pou fè volonte L avèk bi ke yo gen ansanm nan, e pou donnen wayòm pa yo a bèt la, jiskaske pawòl Bondye yo ta vin akonpli.

For God has granted to their hearts that they may do to her whatever is pleasing, so that they may give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God may be completed.

18 “Fanm ke ou te wè a se gran vil la, ki renye sou wa latè yo.”

And the woman that you saw is the great City, which holds a kingdom above that of the kings of the earth.”