Ufunuo 18
1 Baada ya vitu hivi nilimwona malaika mwingine akishuka chini kutoka mbinguni. Yeye alikuwa na mamlaka kuu, na nchi iliangazwa kwa utukufu wake.
After this I saw another angel, descending from heaven, invested with great authority; and the earth was illuminated by his splendour.
2 Alilia kwa sauti kuu, akisema, “Umeanguka, umeanguka, ule mji mkuu Babeli! Umekuwa sehemu yakaapo mapepo, na sehemu ikaapo kila roho chafu, na sehemu akaapo kila mchafu na ndege achukizaye.
With a mighty voice he cried – ‘She has fallen! She has fallen – Babylon the Great! She has become an abode of demons, a stronghold of every wicked spirit, a stronghold of every foul and hateful bird.
3 Kwa kuwa mataifa yote yamekunywa mvinyo ya tamaa ya uasherati wake ambayo humletea ghadhabu. Wafalme wa nchi wamezini naye. Wafanyabiashara wa nchi wamekuwa matajiri kwa nguvu ya maisha yake ya anasa.”
For, after drinking the maddening wine of her licentiousness, all the nations have fallen; while all the kings of the earth have had licentious intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the excess of her luxury.’
4 Kisha nilisikia sauti nyingine kutoka mbinguni iikisema, “Tokeni kwake watu wangu, ili msije mkashiriki katika dhambi zake, na ili msije mkapokea mapigo yake yoyote.
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying – ‘Come out of her, my people, so that you may not participate in her sins, and that you may not suffer from the curses inflicted on her.
5 Dhambi zake zimerundikana juu kama mbingu, na Mungu ameyakumbuka matendo yake maovu.
For her sins are heaped up to the heavens, and God has not forgotten her misdeeds.
6 Mlipeni kama alivyowalipa wengine, na mkamlipe mara mbili kwa jinsi alivyotenda; katika kikombe alichokichanganya, mchanganyishieni mara mbili kwa ajili yake.
Pay her back the treatment with which she has treated you; yes, repay twice over what her actions deserve; in the cup which she mixed for you, mix for her as much again;
7 Kama alivyojitukuza yeye mwenyewe, na aliishi kwa anasa, mpeni mateso mengi na huzuni. Kwa kuwa husema moyoni mwake, 'Nimekaa kama malkia; wala siyo mjane, na wala sitaona maombolezo.'
for her self-glorification and her luxury, give her now an equal measure of torture and misery. In her heart she says “I sit here a queen; no widow am I; I will never know misery.”
8 Kwa hiyo ndani ya siku moja mapigo yake yatamlemea: kifo, maombolezo, na njaa. Atateketezwa kwa moto, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu ni mwenye nguvu, na ni mhukumu wake.”
Therefore in one day will these curses strike her – death, misery, and famine, and she will be utterly consumed by fire; for mighty is the Lord God who condemned her.’
9 Wafalme wa nchi waliozini na kuchanganyikiwa pamoja naye watalia na kumwombolezea watakapouona moshi wa kuungua kwake.
All the kings of the earth who had licentious intercourse with her and shared her luxury will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke from the burning city,
10 Watasimama mbali naye, kwa hofu ya maumivu yake wakisema, “Ole, ole kwa mji mkuu, Babeli, mji wenye nguvu! Kwa saa moja hukumu yako imekuja.”
while they stand at a distance, horrified at her torture, and cry – ‘Alas! Alas! Great city! Mighty city of Babylon! In a single hour your judgment fell.’
11 Wafanyabiashara wa nchi lieni na kuomboleza kwa ajili yake, kwa kuwa hakuna hata mmoja anunuaye bidhaa zake tena -
And the merchants of the earth weep and wail over her, because no longer does anyone buy their cargoes –
12 bidhaa za dhahabu, fedha, mawe ya thamani, lulu, kitani nzuri, zambarau, hariri, nyekundu, aina zote za miti ya harufu nzuri, kila chombo cha pembe za ndovu, kila chombo kilichotengenezwa kwa miti ya thamani, shaba, chuma, jiwe,
their cargoes of gold, or silver, or precious stones, or pearls, or fine linen, or purple robes, or silk, or scarlet cloth; nor their many scented woods; nor their many articles of ivory; nor their many articles of choicest wood, or brass, or iron, or marble;
13 mdalasini, viungo, uvumba, manemane, ubani, mvinyo, mafuta, unga mzuri, ngano, ng'ombe na kondoo, farasi na magari, na watumwa, na roho za watu.
nor their cinnamon, or spice, or incense, or perfumes, or frankincense, or wine, or oil, or fine flour, or wheat, or cattle, or sheep; nor their horses, or chariots, or slaves; nor the bodies and souls of people.
14 Matunda uliyoyatamani kwa nguvu zako yameondoka kutoka kwako. Anasa zako zote na mapambo yametoweka, hayatapatikana tena.
The fruit that your soul craved is no longer within your reach, and all dainties and luxuries are lost to you, never to be found again.
15 Wafanyabiashara wa vitu hivi waliopata utajiri kwa mapenzi yake watasimama mbali kutoka kwake kwa sababu ya hofu ya maumivu yake, wakilia na sauti ya maombolezo.
The merchants who sold these things, and grew rich by her, will stand at a distance weeping and wailing, horrified at her torture, and crying –
16 Wakisema, “Ole, ole mji ule mkuu uliovikwa kitani nzuri, zambarau, na nyekundu, na kupambwa kwa dhahabu, na vito vya thamani na lulu!”
‘Alas! Alas! Great city! City clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet cloth! City adorned with gold ornaments, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 Ndani ya saa moja utajiri wote huo ulitoweka. Kila nahodha wa meli, kila baharia, na wote wanamaji, na wote wafanyao kazi baharini, walisimama mbali.
In a single hour your vast wealth vanished.’ Every ship’s captain and all who sail to any port, and sailors, and all who get their living from the sea, stood at a distance,
18 Walilia walipouona moshi wa kuungua kwake. Walisema, “Ni mji gani unafanana na mji huu mkubwa?”
and seeing the smoke from the burning city, cried – ‘What city can compare with the Great city?’
19 Walitupa mavumbi juu ya vichwa vyao, na walilia, wakitokwa machozi na kuomboleza, “Ole, ole mji mkubwa mahali wote waliokuwa na meli zao baharini walikuwa matajiri kutokana na mali zake. Ndani ya saa moja umeangamizwa.”
They threw dust on their heads, and, as they wept and wailed, they cried – ‘Alas! Alas! Great city! All who have ships on the sea grew rich through her magnificence. In a single hour it has vanished.’
20 “Furahini juu yake, mbingu, ninyi waumini, mitume, na manabii, kwa maana Mungu ameleta hukumu yenu juu yake!”
Rejoice over her, heaven, and people of Christ, and apostles, and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!
21 Malaika mwenye nguvu aliinua jiwe kama jiwe kuu la kusagia na alilitupa baharini, akisema, “Kwa njia hii, Babeli, ule mji mkuu, utatupwa chini kwa ukatili na hautaonekana tena.
Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, crying – ‘So will Babylon, the great city, be violently overthrown, never more to be seen.
22 Sauti ya vinanda, wanamuziki, wacheza filimbi, na tarumbeta hawatasikika tena kwenu. Wala fundi wa aina yoyote hataonekana kwenu. Wala sauti ya kinu haitasikika tena kwenu.
No more will the music of harpers, or minstrels, or flute players, or trumpeters be heard in you, no more will any worker, skilled in any art, be found in you; no more will the sound of a mill be heard in you;
23 Mwanga wa taa hautaangaza ndani yako. Sauti ya bwana harusi na bibi harusi hazitasikiwa tena ndani yako, maana wafanyabiashara wako walikuwa wakuu wa nchi, na wa mataifa, wamedanganywa kwa uchawi wako.
no more will the light of a lamp shine in you; no more will the voices of groom and bride be heard in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth, for all the nations were deceived by your magical charms.’
24 Ndani yake damu ya manabii na waamini ilionekana, na damu ya wote waliouawa juu ya nchi.”
Yes, and in her was to be found the blood of the prophets and of Christ’s people, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.
