Apocalypsis 17

1 Et venit unus de septem Angelis, qui habebant septem phialas, et locutus est mecum, dicens: Veni ostendam tibi damnationem meretricis magnae, quae sedet super aquas multas,

AND one of the seven angels who had the seven vases, came to me, and talked with me, saying to me, Come hither, I will shew thee the judgment of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters:

2 cum qua fornicati sunt reges terrae, et inebriati sunt qui inhabitant terram de vino prostitutionis eius.

with whom the kings of the earth have committed whoredom, and all the inhabitants of the world have intoxicated themselves with the wine of her whoredom.

3 Et abstulit me in spiritu in desertum. Et vidi mulierem sedentem super bestiam coccineam, plenam nominibus blasphemiae, habentem capita septem, et cornua decem.

And he bore me away in spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads, and ten horns.

4 Et mulier erat circumdata purpura, et coccino, et inaurata auro, et lapide pretioso, et margaritis, habens poculum aureum in manu sua, plenum abominatione, et immunditia fornicationis eius:

And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and all over decked with gold, precious stones, and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and of the impurity of her whoredom.

5 Et in fronte eius nomen scriptum: Mysterium: Babylon magna, mater fornicationum, et abominationum terrae.

And upon her forehead was there a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother or harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.

6 Et vidi mulierem ebriam de sanguine sanctorum, et de sanguine martyrum Iesu. Et miratus sum cum vidissem illam admiratione magna.

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

7 Et dixit mihi Angelus: Quare miraris? Ego dicam tibi sacramentum mulieris, et bestiae, quae portat eam, quae habet capita septem, et cornua decem.

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore dost thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath seven heads and ten horns.

8 Bestia, quam vidisti, fuit, et non est, et ascensura est de abysso, et in interitum ibit: et mirabuntur inhabitantes terram (quorum non sunt scripta nomina in Libro vitae a constitutione mundi) videntes bestiam, quae erat, et non est. (Abyssos g12)

The beast which thou seest was, and is not; and shall come up out of the abyss of hell, and shall go into perdition: and the dwellers upon earth will wonder, (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, ) when they shall see the beast which was, and is not, though he is. (Abyssos g12)

9 Et hic est sensus, qui habet sapientiam. Septem capita: septem montes sunt, super quos mulier sedet, et reges septem sunt.

Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman is seated even upon them.

10 Quinque ceciderunt, unus est, et alius nondum venit: et cum venerit, oportet illum breve tempus manere.

And these are seven kings: five have fallen, and the one exists, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must abide but a little while.

11 Et bestia, quae erat, et non est: et ipsa octava est: et de septem est, et in interitum vadit.

And the beast which was, and is not, though he is himself the eighth, yet is of the seven, and shall go away into perdition.

12 Et decem cornua, quae vidisti, decem reges sunt: qui regnum nondum acceperunt, sed potestatem tamquam reges una hora accipient post bestiam.

And the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten kings, who have not yet received their kingdoms; but will receive authority as kings for one hour with the beast.

13 Hi unum consilium habent, et virtutem, et potestatem suam bestiae tradent.

They hold one sentiment, and will give their own power and authority to the beast.

14 Hi cum Agno pugnabunt, et Agnus vincet illos: quoniam Dominus dominorum est, et Rex regum, et qui cum illo sunt, vocati, et electi, et fideles.

They shall make war against 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 Et dixit mihi: Aquae, quas vidisti ubi meretrix sedet, populi sunt, et Gentes, et linguae.

And he saith to me, The waters which thou sawest, on which the whore sat, are people, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 Et decem cornua, quae vidisti in bestia: hi odient fornicariam, et desolatam facient illam, et nudam, et carnes eius manducabunt, et ipsam igne concremabunt.

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, they shall hate the whore, and make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her up with fire.

17 Deus enim dedit in corda eorum ut faciant quod placitum est illi: ut dent regnum suum bestiae donec consummentur verba Dei.

For God hath put it into their hearts to do his will, to perform one purpose, even to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

18 Et mulier, quam vidisti, est civitas magna, quae habet regnum super reges terrae.

And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which holds dominion over the kings of the earth.