การพิพากษาลงโทษแม่ของหญิงโสเภณีทั้งหลาย
17:1 และทูตสวรรค์องค์หนึ่งในเจ็ดองค์นั้นซึ่งถือขันเจ็ดใบนั้นก็มา และได้พูดกับข้าพเจ้า โดยกล่าวแก่ข้าพเจ้าว่า เชิญมาที่นี่เถิด ข้าพเจ้าจะแสดงให้ท่านเห็นการพิพากษาของหญิงโสเภณีผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ที่นั่งอยู่บนน้ำมากหลาย
Judgment on the Mother of Harlots
17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
17:6 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 great admiration.
17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
17:8 สัตว์ร้ายที่ท่านได้เห็นนั้นเป็นอยู่ในกาลก่อน และบัดนี้มิได้เป็น และจะขึ้นมาจากเหวที่ไม่มีก้นเหว และไปสู่ความพินาศ และคนทั้งหลายที่อาศัยอยู่บนแผ่นดินโลกจะประหลาดใจ ผู้ซึ่งชื่อของพวกเขาไม่ได้จดไว้ในหนังสือแห่งชีวิตตั้งแต่ทรงวางรากฐานของโลกนั้น เมื่อพวกเขาเห็นสัตว์ร้ายที่เป็นอยู่ในกาลก่อน และบัดนี้มิได้เป็น และกำลังจะเป็น
Kings Aligned with Antichrist
17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.