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 one of the seven angels who had the seven vials, came and spoke with me, saying, Come, and I will show you the judgment of the great harlot, that sits upon 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 committed fornication, and all the inhabitants of the earth have been drunk with the wine of her whoredom.

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 brought me, in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of slanderous names, having 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 with purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls; having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abominations and pollution of her whoredom.

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 she had upon her forehead her name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS 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 martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

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 do you wonder? I will tell you the secret of the woman, and of the beast which carries her, which has the seven heads and the 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 which you saw, was, and is not; and he will ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go to destruction; and the inhabitants of the earth (whose names are not written in the book of life, from the foundation of the world) shall wonder, seeing the beast who was, and is not, yet shall be. (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 they are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must endure for a little time.

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, he is the eighth, and is of the seven, but goes to destruction.

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, which have not yet received their kingdom, but they shall receive authority with the beast, as kings at the same time.

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

These have one mind, and shall deliver their own 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 shall make war with the Lamb; and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is the Lord of lords, and King of kings; and those that are 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, on which the harlot sat, are people, 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 which you saw on the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and make her desolate and naked; and they shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her 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 given it into the hearts to execute his sentence, even to perform one purpose; and to give their kingdoms to the beast, till the words of God be fulfilled.

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

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