Ufunuo 17
1 Mmoja wa wale malaika saba waliokuwa na bakuli akaja, akaniambia, “Njoo, mimi nitakuonyesha adhabu aliyopewa yule mzinzi mkuu, mji ule uliojengwa juu ya maji mengi.
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who sits on the many waters,
2 Wafalme wa dunia wamefanya uzinzi pamoja naye; na wakazi wa dunia wamelewa divai ya uzinzi wake.”
with whom the kings of the earth fornicated; and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
3 Kisha, Roho akanikumba, akaniongoza mpaka jangwani. Huko nikamwona mwanamke ameketi juu ya mnyama mwekundu. Mnyama huyo alikuwa ameandikwa kila mahali majina ya makufuru; alikuwa na vichwa saba na pembe kumi.
So he took me away in spirit to a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 Mwanamke huyo alikuwa amevaa vazi la rangi ya zambarau na nyekundu; alikuwa amejipamba kwa dhahabu, mawe ya thamani na lulu. Mkononi mwake alishika kikombe cha dhahabu ambacho kilikuwa kimejaa machukizo na mambo machafu yanayoonyesha uzinzi wake.
And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 Alikuwa ameandikwa juu ya paji la uso wake jina la fumbo “Babuloni mkuu, mama wa wazinzi na wa mambo yote ya kuchukiza sana duniani.”
And on her forehead a name was written: “Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the prostitutes and the abominations of the earth.”
6 Nikamwona huyo mwanamke amelewa damu ya watu wa Mungu, na damu ya watu waliouawa kwa sababu ya kumtangaza Yesu. Nilipomwona nilishangaa mno.
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, even with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And upon seeing her I was tremendously impressed.
7 Lakini malaika akaniambia, “Kwa nini unashangaa? Mimi nitakuambia maana iliyofichika ya mwanamke huyu na mnyama huyo amchukuaye ambaye ana vichwa saba na pembe kumi.
So the angel said to me: “Why are you impressed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast, having the seven heads and the ten horns, that carries her.
8 Huyo mnyama uliyemwona alikuwa hai hapo awali, lakini sasa amekufa. Hata hivyo, karibu sana atapanda kutoka shimoni kuzimu, lakini ataangamizwa. Wanaoishi duniani watashangaa; naam, watu wote ambao majina yao hayakupata kuandikwa katika kitabu cha uzima tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu, watashangaa kumwona huyo mnyama ambaye hapo awali, aliishi, kisha akafa na sasa anatokea tena! (Abyssos g12)
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the Abyss and to go into perdition. And those who dwell upon the earth will be amazed, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not and will be present. (Abyssos g12)
9 “Hapa panahitaji akili na hekima! Hivyo vichwa saba ni vilima saba, na huyo mwanamke anaketi juu yake. Vichwa hivyo pia ni wafalme saba.
Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
10 Kati ya hao wafalme saba, watano wamekwisha angamia, mmoja anatawala bado, na yule mwingine bado hajafika; na atakapofika atabaki kwa muda mfupi.
And there are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not come yet. And whenever he comes he must continue a short time.
11 Huyo mnyama ambaye alikuwa anaishi hapo awali lakini sasa haishi tena ni mfalme wa nane, naye pia ni miongoni mwa hao saba, na anakwenda zake kuharibiwa.
And the beast that was and is not; he is actually the eighth, yet he is of the seven, and he is going into perdition.
12 “Zile pembe kumi ulizoziona ni wafalme ambao bado hawajaanza kutawala. Lakini watapewa mamlaka ya kutawala kwa muda wa saa moja pamoja na yule mnyama.
And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the Beast for one hour.
13 Shabaha ya hawa kumi ni moja, na watampa yule mnyama nguvu na mamlaka yao yote.
These are of one mind and give their power and authority to the Beast.
14 Watapigana na Mwanakondoo, lakini Mwanakondoo pamoja na wale aliowaita na kuwachagua, ambao ni waaminifu, atawashinda kwa sababu yeye ni Bwana wa mabwana na Mfalme wa wafalme.”
They will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called and chosen and faithful.”
15 Malaika akaniambia pia, “Yale maji uliyoyaona pale alipokaa yule mzinzi, ni mataifa, watu wa kila rangi na lugha.
Then he says to me: “The waters that you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.
16 Pembe zile kumi ulizoziona na yule mnyama watamchukia huyo mzinzi. Watachukua kila kitu alicho nacho na kumwacha uchi; watakula nyama yake na kumteketeza kwa moto.
And the ten horns that you saw, also the beast, these will hate the whore and will lay her waste and strip her and eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17 Maana Mungu ametia mioyoni mwao nia ya kutekeleza shabaha yake, yaani kwa kukubaliana wao kwa wao na kumpa huyo mnyama mamlaka yao ya kutawala, mpaka hapo neno la Mungu litakapotimia.
Because God put it into their hearts to perform His purpose, even to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the Beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled.
18 “Na yule mwanamke uliyemwona ndio ule mji mkuu unaowatawala wafalme wa dunia.”
Now the woman whom you saw is the great city that holds rulership over the kings of the earth.
