1 Siis tuli üks seitsmest Inglist, kelle käes olid need seitse kaussi, ja kõneles minuga ning ütles: „Tule, ma tahan sulle näidata suure hoora nuhtlemist, kes istub suurte vete peal,

2 kellega on hooranud ilmamaa kuningad ja kelle hooruse viinast on ilmamaa elanikud joobnuks saanud!"

3 Ka tema viis mind vaimus ära kõrbe. Seal ma nägin naist istuvat helkjaspunase metsalise seljas, kes oli täis pilkenimesid ja kellel oli seitse pead ja kümme sarve.

4 Ja naine oli riietatud purpuriga ja helkjaspunase riidega ning ehitud kulla ja kalliskivide ja pärlitega, ja temal oli käes kuldkarikas täis jälkusi ja oma hooruse saasta.

5 Ja tema otsaesisele oli kirjutatud nimi, saladus: „Suur Baabülon, ilmamaa hoorade ja jälkuste ema!"

6 Ja ma nägin naise olevat joobnud pühade verest ja Jeesuse tunnistajate verest. Ja ma imestasin üliväga teda nähes.

7 Ja Ingel ütles mulle: „Mispärast sa imestad? Ma ütlen sulle saladuse naisest ja metsalistest, kes naist kannab ja kellel on seitse pead ja kümme sarve.

8 Metsaline, keda sa nägid, on olnud, ja teda ei ole enam; aga ta tuleb sügavusest üles ja läheb hukatusse; ja ilmamaa elanikud, kelle nimed ei ole kirjutatud eluraamatusse maailma asutamisest alates, imestavad metsalist nähes, sest ta oli ja teda ei ole, aga ta tuleb jälle!

9 Siia kuulub mõistus, millel on tarkust. Need seitse pead on seitse mäge, millel naine istub, ja on seitse kuningat:

10 viis on neist langenud, üks on alles, ja teine ei ole veel tulnud. Kui ta tuleb, peab ta jääma natukeseks ajaks.

11 Ja metsaline, kes on olnud ja keda ei ole enam, on ise kaheksas ja ühtlasi üks neist seitsmest, ja ta läheb hukatusse.

12 Ja need kümme sarve, mis sa nägid, on kümme kuningat, kes ei ole veel saanud valitsust, aga nad saavad võimu kui kuningad üheks tunniks ühes metsalisega.

13 Neil on üks ja sama nõu, ja nad annavad metsalise kätte oma väe ja võimu.

14 Nemad hakkavad sõdima Tallega, ja Tall võidab nad ära, sest Tema on isandate Isand ja kuningate Kuningas, ja ühes Temaga võidavad need, kes on kutsutud ja valitud ja ustavad!"

15 Ja ta ütles mulle: „Veed, mis sa nägid seal, kus hoor istub, on rahvad ja rahvahulgad ja rahvahõimud ja keeled.

16 Ja need kümme sarve, mis sa nägid, ja metsaline, need vihkavad hoora ja teevad tema puupaljaks ja alasti ja söövad tema liha ja põletavad ta ära tulega.

17 Sest Jumal on neile andnud südamesse teha Tema nõu järgi ja heita ühte nõusse ning anda Oma kuninglik valitsus metsalise kätte, kuni täituvad Jumala sõnad.

18 Ja naine, keda sa nägid, on suur linn, kelle käes on valitsus ilmamaa kuningate üle!"

1 And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;

2 With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires.

3 And he took me away in the Spirit into a waste land: and I saw a woman seated on a bright red beast, full of evil names, having seven heads and ten horns,

4 And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;

5 And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.

6 And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.

7 And the angel said to me, Why were you surprised? I will make clear to you the secret of the woman, and of the beast on which she is seated, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

8 The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.

9 Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman is seated:

10 And they are seven kings; the five have come to an end, the one is, the other has not come; and when he comes, he will have to go on for a little time.

11 And the beast which was, and is not, is himself the eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes into destruction.

12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which still have been given no kingdom; but they are given authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.

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

14 These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.

15 And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.

16 And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will be turned against the evil woman, and will make her waste and uncovered, and will take her flesh for food, and will have her burned with fire.

17 Because God has put it in their hearts to do his purpose, and to be of one mind, giving their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God have effect and are complete.

18 And the woman whom you saw is the great town, which is ruling over the kings of the earth.