1 ب َعدَ هَذا رَأيتُ مَلاكاً آخَرَ نازِلاً مِنَ السَّماءِ، لَهُ سُلطانٌ عَظِيمٌ، وَقَدْ أضاءَتِ الأرْضُ مِنْ بَهائِهِ!

After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.

2 و َصَرَخَ المَلاكُ بِصَوتٍ هادِرٍ وَقالَ: «قَدْ سَقَطَتْ! بابِلُ العَظِيمَةُ قَدْ سَقَطَتْ! أصبَحَتْ مَسكِناً لِلأرواحِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، وَوَكْراً لِكُلِّ رُوحٍ نَجِسٍ. صارَتْ عُشّاً لِكُلِّ طائِرٍ.

He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!

3 ل ِأنَّ جَمِيعَ الأُمَمِ شَرِبَتْ مِنْ خَمرِ سَخَطِ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ زِناها. مُلُوكُ الأرْضِ قَدْ زَنُوا مَعَها، وَتُجّارُ العالَمِ اغتَنُوا مِنْ إسرافِها.»

For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”

4 ث ُمَّ سَمِعْتُ صَوتاً آخَرَ مِنَ السَّماءِ يَقُولُ: «اخرُجُوا مِنْ تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ يا شَعبِي، حَتَّى لا تَشتَرِكُوا فِي خَطاياها، وَحَتَّى لا تُعانُوا مِنَ الكَوارِثِ الَّتِي سَتَحِلُّ بِها.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

5 ل ِأنَّ خَطاياها قَدْ تَكَوَّمَتْ فَوَصَلَتِ إلَى السَّماءِ، وَاللهُ لَمْ يَنسَ آثامَها!

for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities.

6 ع امِلُوها كَما عامَلَتِ الآخَرِينَ، وَرُدُّوا لَها ما فَعَلَتهُ مُضاعَفاً. فِي الكَأسِ الَّتِي خَلَطَتْ فِيها لِلآخَرِينَ، اخلِطُوا لَها شَراباً مُضاعَفاً.

Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

7 أ عطُوها عَذاباً وَحُزناً، بِقَدرِ المَجدِ وَالتَّرَفِ الَّذِي مَنَحَتهُ لِنَفسِها. لِأنَّها تَقُولُ فِي نَفسِها: ‹إنِّي أجلِسُ عَلَى عَرشِي كَمَلِكَةٍ. أنا لَستُ أرمَلَةً، وَلَنْ أحزَنَ أبَداً.›

However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’

8 ل َكِنْ فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ سَتَحِلُّ بِها الكَوارِثُ: الوَباءُ وَالأسَى وَالمَجاعَةُ. وَسَتُحرَقُ بِالنّارِ، لِأنَّ الرَّبَّ الإلَهَ الَّذِي أدانَها جَبّارٌ.»

Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

9 م ُلُوكُ الأرْضِ الَّذِينَ زَنُوا مَعَها وَشارَكُوها فِي تَرَفِها، سَيَنُوحُونَ عَلَيها عِندَما يَرَونَ دُخانَ احتِراقِها.

The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,

10 س َيَقِفُونَ بَعِيداً عَنها خَوفاً مِنْ عَذابِها، وَسَيَقُولُونَ: «الوَيلُ، الوَيلُ، أيَّتُها المَدِينَةُ العَظِيمَةُ! يا مَدِينَةَ بابِلَ القَوِيَّةَ! فِي ساعَةٍ واحِدَةٍ حَلَّ جَزاؤُكِ!»

standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’

11 ت ُجّارُ العالَمِ سَيَبكُونَ أيضاً وَيَحِدُّونَ عَلَيها، لِأنَّهُ لَنْ يَشتَرِيَ أحَدٌ بَضائِعَهُمْ بَعدَ الآنِ،

The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;

12 ب َضائِعَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ وَالأحجارِ الكَرِيمَةِ وَالَّلآلِئِ وَالكِتّانِ وَالأُرجُوانِ وَالحَرِيرِ وَالقُماشِ القُرمُزِيِّ وَالنَباتاتِ العِطْريَّةِ، وَجَمِيعِ الأشياءِ المَصنُوعَةِ مِنَ العاجِ وَالأخشابِ الثَّمِينَةِ وَالنُّحاسِ وَالحَدِيدِ وَالرُّخامِ،

merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

13 و َالقِرفَةِ وَالمَراهِمِ وَالبَخُورِ وَالمُرِّ وَاللُّبانِ وَالنَّبِيذِ وَزَيتِ الزَّيتُونِ وَالطَّحِينِ وَالقَمحِ وَالماشِيَةِ وَالخِرافِ وَالخَيلِ وَالعَرَباتِ وَحَتَّى أجْسادِ العَبِيدِ مِنَ البَشَرِ.

and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.

14 « يا بابِلُ، الأشياءُ الحَسَنَةُ الَّتِي اشتَهَيتِها ذَهَبَتْ عَنكِ. صِحَّتُكِ وَبَهاؤُكِ ضاعا وَلَنْ تَجِدِيهِما ثانِيَةً.»

The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.

15 ا لتُّجّارُ الَّذِينَ يَبِيعُونَ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ صارُوا أغنِياءَ بِسَبَبِها، سَيَقِفُونَ بَعِيداً خَوْفاً مِنْ عَذابِها. سَيَبكُونَ وَيَنُوحُونَ

The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

16 و َهُمْ يَقولونَ: «وَيلٌ، وَيلٌ، لِلمَدِينَةِ العَظِيمَةِ! كانَتْ تَلبِسُ الكِتّانَ النّاعِمَ، وَالأُرجُوانَ وَالمَلابِسَ القُرمُزِيَّةَ. تَحَلَّتْ بِالذَّهَبِ وَبِالأحجارِ الكَرِيمَةِ وَالَّلآلِئِ!

saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls!

17 و َكُلُّ تِلكَ الثَّروَةِ قَدْ دُمِّرَتْ فِي ساعَةٍ واحِدَةٍ!» عَندَها سَيَقِفُ بَعِيداً عَنِ المَدِينَةِ بابِلَ، كُلُّ قُبطانِ سَفِينَةٍ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَركَبُ البَحْرَ، وَالمَلّاحونَ، وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ يَعتاشُونَ مِنَ البَحرِ.

For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,

18 و َعِندَما يَرَونَ دُخانَ احتِراقِها سَيَصِيحُونَ: «أيُّ المُدُنِ كانَتْ مِثلَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ العَظِيمَةِ؟»

and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’

19 س َيَنثُرُونَ التُّرابَ فَوقَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَسَيَبكُونَ وَيَنُوحُونَ وَيَصرُخونَ: «وَيلٌ، وَيلٌ، لِلمَدِينَةِ العَظِيمَةِ! أصحابُ السُفُنِ فِي البَحرِ صاروا أغنِياءَ مِنْ ثَروَتِها، لَكِنَّها دُمِّرَتْ فِي ساعَةٍ واحِدَةٍ!

They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!’ For she is made desolate in one hour.

20 ا فرَحِي أيَّتُها السَّماءُ لِأجلِها، افرَحُوا أيُّها الرُّسُلُ وَالأنبِياءُ لِأجلِها، وَيا كُلَّ المُؤمنينَ المُقَدَّسينَ، لِأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أدانَها بِسَبَبِ ما فَعَلَتْهُ بِكُمْ!»

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”

21 ث ُمَّ التَقَطَ مَلاكٌ قَوِيٌّ صَخرَةً كَبِيرَةً كَحَجَرِ الرَّحَى، وَألقَى بِها إلَى البَحرِ وَقالَ: «هَكَذا سَيُلقَى بِالمَدِينَةِ العَظِيمَةِ، وَلَنْ تُرَى بَعدَ الآنِ.

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

22 ل َنْ يُسمَعَ فِيكِ ثانِيَةً أصواتُ عازِفِي القِيثارَةِ وَالمُغَنِّيْنَ وَنافِخِي الأبواقِ. لَنْ يَكونَ فِيكِ حِرَفِيٌّ فِي أيَّةِ صِناعَةٍ فِيما بَعْدُ. لَنْ يُسمَعَ فِيكِ صَوتُ الطّاحُونَةِ ثانِيَةً.

The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.

23 ل َنْ يُشِعَّ فِيكِ ضَوْءُ مِصباحٍ ثانِيَةً. لَنْ يُسمَعَ فِيكِ صَوتُ عَرِيسٍ وَعَرُوسِهِ. تُجّارُكِ كانُوا أعظَمَ رِجالِ العالَمِ. جَمِيعُ الأُمَمِ انخَدَعَتْ بِسِحرِكِ.

The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

24 و َعَلَى تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ ذَنبُ دَمِ الأنبِياءِ، وَدَمُ المُؤمِنينَ المُقَدَّسِينَ، وَدَمِ جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ ذُبِحُوا عَلَى الأرْضِ.»

In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”