Apocalipsis 17
1 Y uno de los siete ángeles con las siete copas vino y me habló, diciéndome: “Ven aquí”, dijo, “y te mostraré el juicio de la prostituta infame que está sentada junto a muchas aguas.
Then one of the seven angels who were carrying the seven bowls came and spoke to me. "Come with me," he said, "and I will show you the doom of the great Harlot who sits upon many waters.
2 Los reyes de la tierra han cometido adulterio con ella, y los habitantes de la tierra se han embriagado con el vino de su inmoralidad”.
The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
3 Entonces me llevó en el Espíritu a un lugar desierto, y vi a una mujer que estaba sentada sobre una bestia escarlata que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos y estaba cubierta con nombres blasfemos.
So he carried me away in the Spirit into a desert, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored Wild Beast which was covered with names of blasphemy and had seven heads and ten horns.
4 La mujer estaba vestida de púrpura y escarlata, y vestía prendas de oro, joyas y perlas. En su mano sostenía una copa de oro llena de cosas obscenas y de su inmoralidad repulsiva.
The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and was brilliantly attired with gold and jewels and pearls. She held in her hand a cup of gold, full of abominations, and she gave filthy indications of her fornication.
5 Y en su frente estaba escrito un nombre de misterio: Babilonia la Grande, la Madre de Prostitutas y de las obscenidades del mundo.
And on her forehead was a name written: "I am a symbol of great Babylon, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth."
6 Y vi que la mujer estaba ebria con la sangre de los creyentes, y con la sangre de los mártires que habían muerto por Jesús. Cuando la vi, me quedé totalmente asombrado.
And I saw the woman drinking herself drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her I was filled with utter astonishment.
7 Y el ángel me preguntó: “¿Por qué estás asombrado? Te explicaré el misterio de la mujer y la bestia sobre la cual estaba montada, y que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos.
Then the angel said to me, "Why are you so astonished? I will explain to you the secret meaning of the woman and of the seven-headed, ten-horned Wild Beast which carries her.
8 La bestia que viste una vez pero no es, pero que pronto surgirá de nuevo del abismo, y luego será destruida por completo. Los que viven sobre la tierra y no tienen sus nombres escritos en el libro de la vida se maravillarán cuando vean a la bestia que era, pero no es, y regresará. (Abyssos g12)
"The Wild Beast which you have seen was, and is not, and yet is destined to re-ascend, before long, out of the bottomless pit and go his way into perdition. And the inhabitants of the earth will be filled with amazement--all whose names are not in the Book of Life, having been recorded there ever since the creation of the world--when they see the Wild Beast: because he was, and is not, and yet is to come. (Abyssos g12)
9 “Aquí se necesita una mente con entendimiento. Las siete cabezas son siete colinas, donde está sentada la mujer;
Here is scope for the exercise of a mind that has wisdom! The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman sits.
10 esos son siete reyes. Cinco ya han caído, uno reina ahora, y el último está por venir, y su reino será corto.
And they are seven kings: five of them have fallen, and the one is still reigning. The seventh has not yet come, but when he comes he must continue for a short time.
11 La bestia que era, y no es, es un octavo rey y pertenece a los siete. Él también será destruido por completo.
And the Wild Beast which once existed but does not now exist--he is an eighth king and yet is one of the seven and he goes his way into perdition.
12 “Los diez cuernos que viste son diez reyes que no han comenzado a reinar todavía. Sin embargo, se les dará autoridad para reinar junto con la bestia durante una hora.
"And the ten horns which you have seen are ten kings who have not yet come to the throne, but for a single hour they are to receive authority as kings along with the Wild Beast.
13 Y han acordado un solo propósito: ceder su poder y autoridad a la bestia.
They have one common policy, and they are to give their power and authority to the Wild Beast.
14 Y harán guerra contra el Cordero, y el Cordero los vencerá, porque él es el Señor de señores y Rey de reyes. Sus seguidores son llamados y escogidos, y ellos confían en él”.
They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those who accompany Him--called, as they are, and chosen, and faithful--shall share in the victory."
15 Y el ángel siguió explicándome: “Las aguas que viste donde se sentaba la ramera, representan pueblos, multitudes de personas, naciones, y lenguas.
He also said to me, "The waters which you have seen, on which the Harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes, nations and languages.
16 Los diez cuernos que viste y la bestia odiarán a la prostituta, y le quitarán todas sus posesiones, y la dejarán desnuda, comerán su carne y la quemarán hasta que quede en cenizas.
And the ten horns that you have seen--and the Wild Beast--these will hate the Harlot, and they will cause her to be laid waste and will strip her bare. They will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire.
17 “Porque Dios puso en sus mentes que hicieran lo que él quería, que tuvieran un mismo acuerdo: ceder su reino a la bestia, para que se cumplan las palabras de Dios.
For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose, and to carry out a common purpose and to give their kingdom to the Wild Beast until God's words have come to pass.
18 La mujer que viste es la gran ciudad, que gobierna sobre los reyes de la tierra”.
And the woman whom you have seen is the great city which has kingly power over the kings of the earth."
