القراءة بلغتين

فجاءَ أَحَدُ المَلائِكَةِ السَّبعَةِ أَصْحابِ الأَكْوابِ السَّبْعَة، وقالَ لي: «تَعالَ، أُرِكَ دَينونَةَ البَغِيِّ المُشَهَّرَةِ القائِمَةِ على جانِبِ المِياهِ الغَزيرة

بِها زَنى مُلوكُ الأَرض، وسَكِرَ أَهلُ الأَرضِ مِن خَمْرَةِ بِغائِها»

فحَمَلَني بِالرُّوحِ إِلى البَرِّيَّة، فرَأَيتُ ٱمرَأَةً راكِبَةً على وَحشٍ قِرمِزِيٍّ مُغَشًّى بِأَسْماءِ تَجْديف، لَه سَبعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وعَشرَةُ قُرون

وكانَتِ المَرأَةُ لابِسَةً أُرجُوانًا وقِرمِزًا، مُتَحَلِّيَةً بِالذَّهَبِ والحَجَرِ الكَريمِ واللُّؤلُؤ، بِيَدِها كَأسٌ مِن ذَهَبٍ مُمتَلِئَةٌ بِالقَبائِحِ ونَجاساتِ بِغائِها

وعلى جَبينِها ٱسمٌ مَكْتوبٌ فيه سِرّ: والِٱسمُ بابِلُ العَظيمة، أُمُّ بَغايا الأَرضِ وقَبائِحِها

ورَأَيتُ المَرأَةَ سَكْرى مِن دَمِ القِدِّيسينَ ومِن دَمِ شُهَداءِ يسوع. فعَجِبتُ مِن رُؤيَتِها أَشَدَّ العَجَب

فقالَ لِيَ المَلاك: «لِمَ عَجِبتَ؟ إِنِّي سأَقولُ لَكَ سِرَّ المَرأَةِ والوَحشِ الَّذي يَحمِلُها، صاحِبِ الرُّؤُوسِ السَّبعَةِ والقُرونِ العَشرَة

«الوَحشُ الَّذي رَأَيتَه كانَ ولٰكِنَّه زالَ عنِ الوجود. سيَخرُجُ مِنَ الهاوِيَةِ ويَمْضي إِلى الهَلاك. وأَهْلُ الأَرضِ الَّذينَ لم يُكتَبِ ٱسمُهم في سِفرِ الحَياةِ مُنذُ إِنْشاءِ العالَمِ سيَعجَبونَ إِذ يَرَونَ الوَحش، لِأَنَّه كانَ وزالَ عنِ الوُجود، ثُمَّ يَعود

هٰذه ساعَةُ الفِطنَةِ والحَذاقَة، فالرُّؤُوسُ السَّبعَةُ هي التِّلالُ السَّبعَةُ الَّتي علَيها تَقومُ المَرأَة. «وهي سَبعَةُ مُلوك

الخَمسَةُ سَقَطوا وواحِدٌ لا يَزالُ في الوُجود، والآخَرُ لم يَأتِ بَعد. وعِندَما يَأتي، فسَيَبْقى وَقتًا قَليلًا

والوَحشُ الَّذي كانَ ثُمَّ زالَ عنِ الوُجودِ فهو الثَّامِن، مع أَنَّه مِنَ السَّبعَة، ويَمْضي إِلى الهَلاك

والقُرونُ العَشرَةُ الَّتي رَأَيتَها هي عَشرَةُ مُلوك، لم يَنالوا المُلكَ بَعد، ولٰكِنَّهم سيَنالونَ السُّلطانَ ويَصيرونَ مُلوكًا مع الوَحشِ ساعةً واحِدة

هٰؤُلاءِ مُتَّفِقونَ على أَن يولوا الوَحشَ قُدرَتَهم وسُلْطانَهم

هٰؤُلاءِ سيُحارِبونَ الحَمَل، والحَمَلُ يَغلِبُهم لِأَنَّه رَبُّ الأَرْبابِ ومَلِكُ المُلوك، ويَغلِبُ الَّذينَ معه، المَدعُوُّونَ المُخْتارونَ الأُمَناء»

وقالَ لي: «المِياهُ الَّتي رَأَيتَها، حَيثُ تُقيمُ البَغِيّ، هي شُعوبٌ وجَماعاتٌ وأُمَمٌ وأَلسِنَة

والقُرونُ العَشرَةُ الَّتي رَأَيتَها والوَحشُ ستُبغِضُ البَغِيَّ وتَجعَلُها مَهْجورَةً عارِيَة، وتَأكُلُ لُحْمانَها وتُحرِقُها بِالنَّار

لِأَنَّ اللهَ أَلْقى في قُلوبِها أَن تُنَفِّذَ قَضاءَه وأَن تَتَّفِقَ فتولِيَ الوَحشَ مُلكَها إِلى أَن تَتِمَّ كَلِماتُ الله

والمَرأَةُ الَّتي رَأَيتَها هي المَدينَةُ العَظيمةُ الَّتي لَها المُلكُ على مُلوكِ الأَرض

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. Those who dwell on the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”

He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.

And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

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

They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.

The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

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

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

He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.

For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”