1 ث ُمَّ أتَى أحَدُ المَلائِكَةِ السَّبعَةِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُمُ الآنِيَةُ السَّبعَةُ، وَقالَ لِي: «تَعالَ، سَأُرِيكَ جَزاءَ العاهِرَةِ المَعرُوفَةِ الَّتِي تَجلِسُ بِجِوارِ شَلّالاتِ المِياهِ.

And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

2 ل َقَدْ زَنَى مُلُوكُ الأرْضِ مَعَها، وَسَكِرَ سُكّانُ الأرْضِ مِنْ خَمرِ زِناها.»

with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

3 ث ُمَّ حَمَلَنِي المَلاكُ إلَى البَرِّيَّةِ بِقُوَّةِ الرُّوحِ. وَهُناكَ رَأيتُ امْرأةً جالِسَةً عَلَى وَحشٍ أحمَرَ مُغَطَّىً بِالأسماءِ الَّتِي تُهينُ اللهَ، وَلَهُ سَبعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وَعَشْرَةُ قُرُونٍ.

And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 ك انَتِ المَرأةُ تَرتَدِي ثِياباً أُرجُوانِيَّةً وَحَمراءَ، وَتَتَحَلَّى بِالذَّهَبِ وَالحِجارَةِ الكَرِيمَةِ وَاللُّؤلُؤِ. وَتَحمِلُ فِي يَدِها كُوباً ذَهَبِيَّةً مَلِيئَةً بِالشُّرُورِ وَبِقَذارَةِ زِناها.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication,

5 م َكتُوبٌ عَلَى جَبهَتِها لَقَبٌ رَمزِيٌّ: «مَدِينَةُ بابِلَ العَظِيمَةُ، أُمُّ العاهِراتِ، وَكُلِّ شُرُورِ الأرْضِ.»

and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 و َرَأيتُ أنَّ المَرأةَ سَكرَى بِدَمِ المُؤمِنينَ المُقَدَّسِينَ، وَبِدَمِ الَّذِينَ ماتُوا وَهُمْ يَشهَدُونَ لِيَسُوعَ. وَعِندَما رَأيتُها اندَهَشتُ كَثِيراً!

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.

7 ف َسَألَنِي المَلاكُ: «لِماذا تَندَهِشُ؟ سَأُوَضِّحُ لَكَ ما تَرمُزُ إلَيهِ المَرأةُ وَالوَحشُ الَّذِي تَركَبُ عَلَيهِ الَّذِي لَهُ سَبعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وَعَشْرَةُ قُرُونٍ.

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.

8 أ مّا الوَحشُ الَّذِي رَأيتَهُ، كانَ حَيّاً، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ حَيّاً. وَلَكِنَّهُ عَلَى وَشْكِ أنْ يَصْعَدَ مِنَ الهاوِيَةِ وَيَمضِي إلَى دَمارِهِ. عِندَها سَيَندَهِشُ الَّذِينَ يَسكُنُونَ عَلَى الأرْضِ، الَّذِينَ لَمْ تُكتَبْ أسماؤُهُمْ فِي كِتابِ الحَياةِ مُنذُ بِدايَةِ العالَمِ. وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إلَى الوَحشِ لِأنَّهُ كانَ حَيّاً وَلَمْ يَعُدْ حَيّاً الآنَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَعُودُ!

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.

9 ت َحتاجُ إلَى عَقلٍ حَكِيمٍ لِتَفهَمَ هَذا. الرُّؤُوسُ السَّبعَةُ هِيَ تِلالٌ سَبعٌ، عَلَيها تَجلِسُ المَرأةُ، وَهِيَ تُمَثِّلُ أيضاً سَبعَةَ مُلُوكٍ.

Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:

10 س َقَطَ خَمسَةٌ مِنهُمْ، وَواحِدٌ ما يَزالُ يَحكُمُ، وَالأخِيرُ لَمْ يَأْتِ بَعدُ. عِندَما يَأتِي، سَيُعطَى أنْ يَبقَى لِفَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ.

and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.

11 ا لوَحشُ الَّذِي كانَ حَيّاً، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ حَيّاً، هُوَ مَلِكٌ ثامِنٌ مَعَ المُلُوكِ السَّبعَةِ، وَهُوَ ماضٍ إلَى دَمارِهِ أيضاً.

And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.

12 أ مّا القُرُونُ العَشرَةُ الَّتِي رَأيتَها فَهِيَ عَشرَةُ مُلُوكٍ، لَمْ يَملُكُوا بَعدُ، لَكِنَّهُمْ سَيَملُكونَ لِمُدَّةِ ساعَةٍ مَعَ الوَحشِ.

And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.

13 ه َؤُلاءِ المُلُوكُ العَشرُ لَهُمْ هَدَفٌ واحِدٌ، وَسَيُعطونَ الوَحشَ قُوَّتَهُمْ وَسُلْطانِهِمْ.

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

14 س َيُحارِبُونَ الحَمَلَ، لَكِنَّ الحَمَلَ سَيَهزِمَهُمْ لِأنَّهُ رَبُّ الأربابِ وَمَلِكُ المُلُوكِ، وَمَعَهُ جَمِيعُ الأُمَناءِ الَّذِينَ دَعاهُمْ وَاختارَهُمْ.»

These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.

15 ث ُمَّ قالَ لِي المَلاكُ: «الشَّلّالاتُ الَّتِي رَأيتَها، حَيثُ الزّانِيَةُ جالِسَةٌ، هُمْ شُعُوبٌ وَجَماهِيرٌ وَأُمَمٌ وَلُغاتٌ.

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 ا لقُرُونُ العَشرَةُ الَّتِي رَأيتَها وَالوَحشُ سَيَحتَقِرُونَ الزّانِيَةَ، وَسَيَترُكونَها مَهجُورَةً وَعارِيَةً. سَيَأكُلُونَ جَسَدَها وَيَحرِقُونَها بِالنّارِ.

And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.

17 ل ِأنَّ اللهَ وَجَّهَ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِكَي يُحَقِّقُوا قَصدَهُ، فاتَّفَقُوا عَلَى أنْ يَمنَحُوا الوَحشَ سُلطانَهُمْ، حَتَّى يَتَحَقَّقَ كَلامُ اللهِ.

For God did put in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

18 ا لمَرأةُ الَّتِي رَأيتَها هِيَ المَدِينَةُ العَظِيمَةُ، الَّتِي تَحكُمُ مُلُوكَ الأرْضِ.»

And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.