Tshenolo 17

1 Mme mongwe wa baengele ba ba su pang ba ba neng ba tshololetse dipetso mo lefatsheng a tla a bua le nna. A re, “Ntshala morago, ke tlaa go supegetsa se se tlaa diragalelang seaka se se tumileng; se se ntseng mo godimo ga metse a mantsi a lefatshe.

And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven cups, and talked with me, saying: Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot that sits on many waters,

2 Dikgosi tsa lefatshe di ne tsa akafala naso, le batho ba tagisitswe ke mofine wa boaka jwa sone.”

with whom the kings of the earth have practiced lewdness, and with the wine of whose lewdness the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk.

3 Jalo moengele a ntsaya ke le mo moweng a nkisa kwa sekakeng. Teng koo ka bona mosadi a palame sebatana se se hibidu se se neng se na le ditlhogo di supa le dinaka di le lesome, se kwadilwe matlhapa gongwe le gongwe ka mafoko a a tlhapatsang Modimo.

And he carried me away in spirit into the wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, that was full of impious names, and that had seven heads and ten horns.

4 Mosadi yo o ne a apere diaparo tse di borokwa le bohibidu le manyena a mantle a a dirilweng ka gauta le majana a botlhokwa le ditalama, mme a bo a tshotse phafana ya gauta e tletse tse di makgapha, ebong dilo tse di maswe tsa kgokafalo ya gagwe.

And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls; and she had in her hand a golden cup full of idolatrous pollutions, and the impurities of her lewdness.

5 Mme ga bo go kwadilwe mo phatleng ya gagwe sesupo se se gakgamatsang se re, “Babelone yo Mogolo, Mmadiaka le wa Kobamelo ya Disetwa, gongwe le gongwe mo tikologong ya Lefatshe.”

And on her forehead was a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND OF THE IDOLATROUS POLLUTIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 Ke ne ka bona gore o ne a tlhapetswe, a tlhapetswe ke madi a baswela tumelo ba ga Jesu ba a ba bolaileng. Ka mo tlhoma matlho ke tshogile thata.

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered with great astonishment.

7 Mme moengele a botsa a re, “Ke eng fa o gakgametse jaana? Ke tlaa go bolelela gore mosadi yoo ke mang le gore sebatana se o se palamang se raya eng.

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

8 Sebatana se se ne se tshela mme jaanong ga se tlhole se tshela. Le fa go ntse jalo se tlaa tloga se tswa mo moleting o o senang bolekanngo se ya kwa tatlhegong ya bosakhutleng; mme batho ba lefatshe, ba maina a bone a sa kwalwang mo Lokwalong lwa Botshelo pele ga tshimologo ya lefatshe, ba tlaa akabadiwa ke go tla ga sone, morago ga se sena go swa. (Abyssos g12)

The beast that you saw, was, and is not, and will come out of the abyss, and go to perdition; and those who dwell on the earth, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder, when they see the beast that was, and is not, though he is yet present. (Abyssos g12)

9 “Mme jaanong akanya thata: ditlhogo tsa sone tse supa di emetse motse mongwe o o agilweng mo dithabeng di supa kwa mosadi yo o nnang teng.

Here is the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.

10 Gape di emetse dikgosi di supa. Tse tlhano di setse di ole, jaanong go busa ya borataro, mme ya bosupa e e tla, mme puso ya yone e tlaa nna ka lobakanyana.

And there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain but a little while.

11 Sebatana se sehibidu se se suleng, ke kgosi ya boferabobedi, e e kileng ya busa pele e le nngwe ya tse di supang; morago ga puso ya sone ya bobedi, le sone se tlaa ya tatlhegong.

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to perdition.

12 Dinaka tsa sone tse some ke dikgosi tse some tse di iseng di amogele bogosi; di tlaa bewa mo bogosing jwa tsone ka lobaka lo lo khutshwane, go busa le sone sebatana.

And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet, but receive authority as kings at the same time with the beast.

13 Tsotlhe di tlaa kwala tumalano ya go neela sebatana nonofo ya tsone le taolo.

These have one mind, and will give their power and authority to the beast.

14 Tsotlhe di tlaa tlhabantsha Kwana, mme e tlaa di fenya, gonne ke Morena wa barena botlhe, le Kgosi ya dikgosi, mme batho ba gagwe ke ba ba biditsweng, ba ba tlhophilweng, e bile ke ba ba ikanyegang.

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

15 “Mawatle, macha le melapo e mosadi o ntseng mo go yone e emetse boidiidi jwa batho jwa merafe yotlhe.

And he said to me: The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

16 “Mme sebatana se se hibidu le dinaka tsa sone tse some, tse di emetseng dikgosi tse some tse di tlaa busang naso, tsotlhe di tlaa ila mosadi, mme di tlaa mo tlhasela di mo tlogele a sa ikatega a bo a fisiwe ka molelo.

And the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire.

17 Gonne Modimo o tlaa tsenya mo ditlhaloganyong tsa bone, leano le le tlaa tsweledisang maikaelelo a one: ba tlaa dumalana ka bongwe jwa pelo go naya sebatana se sehibidu taolo, gore mafoko a Modimo a tle a diragadiwe.

For God has put into their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and to give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be accomplished.

18 Mosadi yo o mmonyeng mo ponatshegelong ya gago o emetse motse o mogolo o o busang dikgosi tsa lefatshe.”

And the woman that you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.