요한계시록 17

1또 일곱 대접을 가진 일곱 천사 중 하나가 와서 내게 말하여 가로되 이리 오라 많은 물 위에 앉은 큰 음녀의 받을 심판을 네게 보이리라 2땅의 임금들도 그로 더불어 음행하였고 땅에 거하는 자들도 그 음행의 포도주에 취하였다 하고 3곧 성령으로 나를 데리고 광야로 가니라 내가 보니 여자가 붉은 빛 짐승을 탔는데 그 짐승의 몸에 참람된 이름들이 가득하고 일곱 머리와 열 뿔이 있으며 4그 여자는 자주빛과 붉은빛 옷을 입고 금과 보석과 진주로 꾸미고 손에 금잔을 가졌는데 가증한 물건과 그의 음행의 더러운 것들이 가득하더라 5그 이마에 이름이 기록되었으니 비밀이라, 큰 바벨론이라, 땅의 음녀들과 가증한 것들의 어미라 하였더라 6또 내가 보매 이 여자가 성도들의 피와 예수의 증인들의 피에 취한지라 내가 그 여자를 보고 기이히 여기고 크게 기이히 여기니 7천사가 가로되 왜 기이히 여기느냐 내가 여자와 그의 탄 바 일곱 머리와 열 뿔 가진 짐승의 비밀을 네게 이르리라 8네가 본 짐승은 전에 있었다가 시방 없으나 장차 무저갱으로부터 올라와 멸망으로 들어갈 자니 땅에 거하는 자들로서 창세 이후로 생명책에 녹명되지 못한 자들이 이전에 있었다가 시방 없으나 장차 나올 짐승을 보고 기이히 여기리라 9지혜 있는 뜻이 여기 있으니 그 일곱 머리는 여자가 앉은 일곱 산이요 10또 일곱 왕이라 다섯은 망하였고 하나는 있고 다른 이는 아직 이르지 아니하였으나 이르면 반드시 잠간 동안 계속하리라 11전에 있었다가 시방 없어진 짐승은 여덟째 왕이니 일곱 중에 속한 자라 저가 멸망으로 들어가리라 12네가 보던 열 뿔은 열 왕이니 아직 나라를 얻지 못하였으나 다만 짐승으로 더불어 임금처럼 권세를 일시 동안 받으리라 13저희가 한 뜻을 가지고 자기의 능력과 권세를 짐승에게 주더라 14저희가 어린 양으로 더불어 싸우려니와 어린 양은 만주의 주시요 만왕의 왕이시므로 저희를 이기실 터이요 또 그와 함께 있는 자들 곧 부르심을 입고 빼내심을 얻고 진실한 자들은 이기리로다 15또 천사가 내게 말하되 네가 본 바 음녀의 앉은 물은 백성과 무리와 열국과 방언들이니라 16네가 본 바 이 열 뿔과 짐승이 음녀를 미워하여 망하게 하고 벌거벗게 하고 그 살을 먹고 불로 아주 사르리라 17하나님이 자기 뜻대로 할 마음을 저희에게 주사 한 뜻을 이루게 하시고 저희 나라를 그 짐승에게 주게 하시되 하나님 말씀이 응하기까지 하심이니라 18또 내가 본 바 여자는 땅의 임금들을 다스리는 큰 성이라 하더라

1One 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, 2with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.” 3He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. 4The 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. 5And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” 6I 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. 7The 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. 8The 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. 9Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. 10They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while. 11The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction. 12The 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. 13These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast. 14These 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.” 15He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. 16The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire. 17For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished. 18The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

1En een uit de zeven engelen, die de zeven fiolen hadden, kwam en sprak met mij, en zeide tot mij: Kom herwaarts, ik zal u tonen het oordeel der grote hoer, die daar zit op vele wateren; 2Met welke de koningen der aarde gehoereerd hebben, en die de aarde bewonen zijn dronken geworden van den wijn harer hoererij. 3En hij bracht mij weg in een woestijn, in den geest, en ik zag een vrouw, zittende op een scharlaken rood beest, dat vol was van namen der gods lastering, en had zeven hoofden en tien hoornen. 4En de vrouw was bekleed met purper en scharlaken, en versierd met goud, en kostelijk gesteente, en paarlen, en had in hare hand een gouden drinkbeker, vol van gruwelen, en van onreinigheid harer hoererij. 5En op haar voorhoofd was een naam geschreven, namelijk Verborgenheid; het grote Babylon, de moeder der hoererijen en der gruwelen der aarde. 6En ik zag, dat de vrouw dronken was van het bloed der heiligen, en van het bloed der getuigen van Jezus. En ik verwonderde mij, als ik haar zag, met grote verwondering. 7En de engel zeide tot mij: Waarom verwondert gij u? Ik zal u zeggen de verborgenheid der vrouw en van het beest, dat haar draagt, hetwelk de zeven hoofden heeft en de tien hoornen. 8Het beest, dat gij gezien hebt, was en is niet; en het zal opkomen uit den afgrond, en ten verderve gaan; en die op de aarde wonen, zullen verwonderd zijn (welker namen niet zijn geschreven in het boek des levens van de grondlegging der wereld), ziende het beest, dat was en niet is, hoewel het is. 9Hier is het verstand, dat wijsheid heeft. De zeven hoofden zijn zeven bergen, op welke de vrouw zit. 10En het zijn ook zeven koningen; de vijf zijn gevallen, en de een is, en de ander is nog niet gekomen, en wanneer hij zal gekomen zijn, moet hij een weinig tijds blijven. 11En het beest, dat was en niet is, die is ook de achtste koning, en is uit de zeven en gaat ten verderve. 12En de tien hoornen, die gij gezien hebt, zijn tien koningen, die het koninkrijk nog niet hebben ontvangen, maar als koningen macht ontvangen op een ure met het beest. 13Dezen hebben enerlei mening, en zullen hun kracht en macht het beest overgeven. 14Dezen zullen tegen het Lam krijgen, en het Lam zal hen overwinnen (want Het is een Heere der heren, en een Koning der koningen), en die met Hem zijn, de geroepenen, en uitverkorenen en gelovigen. 15En hij zeide tot mij: De wateren, die gij gezien hebt, waar de hoer zit, zijn volken, en scharen, en natien, en tongen. 16En de tien hoornen, die gij gezien hebt op het beest, die zullen de hoer haten, en zullen haar woest maken, en naakt; en zij zullen haar vlees eten, en zullen haar met vuur verbranden. 17Want God heeft hun in hun harten gegeven, dat zij Zijn mening doen, en dat zij enerlei mening doen, en dat zij hun koninkrijk het beest geven, totdat de woorden Gods voleindigd zullen zijn. 18En de vrouw, die gij gezien hebt, is de grote stad, die het koninkrijk heeft over de koningen der aarde.