Revelation, 17

1. And one of the seven Angels, those who hold the seven bowls, approached and spoke with me, saying: “Come, I will show you the condemnation of the great harlot, who sits upon many waters.

1. I doðe jedan od sedam anðela što nose sedam èaša i prozbori mi: "Doði pokazat æu ti sud nad Bludnicom velikom što sjedi nad vodama velikim,

2. With her, the kings of the earth have fornicated. And those who inhabit the earth have been inebriated by the wine of her prostitution.”

2. s kojom su bludnièili kraljevi zemlje i pozemljari se opiše vinom bluda njezina."

3. And he carried me away in spirit to the desert. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

3. I odnese me u duhu u pustinju. Tu vidjeh Ženu koja sjede na skrletnu Zvijer, punu bogohulnih imena, sa sedam glava i deset rogova.

4. And the woman was clothed all around with purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, filled with the abomination and with the filth of her fornication.

4. Žena bijaše odjevena u grimiz i skrlet, sva u zlatu, dragom kamenju i biserju. U ruci joj zlatna èaša puna gnusobe i neèisti bluda njezina.

5. And a name was written upon her forehead: Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth.

5. Na èelo joj napisano ime - tajna: "Babilon veliki, mati bludnica i gnusoba zemljinih."

6. And I saw that the woman was inebriated from the blood of the saints and from the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I was amazed, when I had seen her, with a great wonder.

6. I vidjeh: Žena je pijana od krvi svetih i od krvi svjedoka Isusovih. Kad je vidjeh, èudom se silnim zaèudih.

7. And the 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 seven heads and ten horns.

7. Nato æe mi anðeo: "Što se èudiš? Ja æu ti kazati tajnu te žene i Zvijeri koja je nosi, Zvijeri sa sedam glava i deset rogova."

8. The beast that you saw, was, and is not, and is soon to ascend from the abyss. And he goes forth unto destruction. And the inhabitants upon the earth (those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world) shall be amazed upon seeing the beast who was and is not.

8. "Zvijer koju vidje bijaše i više nije; zamalo izlazi iz Bezdana i ide u propast. I zapanjit æe se pozemljari - oni kojima ime, od postanka svijeta, nije zapisano u knjigu života - kad vide da Zvijer bijaše i više nije, a opet je tu.

9. And this is for one who understands, who has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sits, and they are seven kings.

9. Tu se hoæe mudre pameti! Sedam glava sedam je bregova na kojima žena sjedi. A i sedam kraljeva:

10. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet arrived. And when he arrives, he must remain for a brief time.

10. pet ih veæ pade, jedan jest, a jedan još ne doðe: kada doðe, ostati mu je zamalo.

11. And the beast who was, and is not, the same is also the eighth, and he is of the seven, and he goes forth unto destruction.

11. I Zvijer koja bijaše i više nije, osma je, a iz broja je njih sedmero, i ide u propast.

12. And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings; these have not yet received a kingdom, but they shall receive authority, as if they were kings, for one hour, after the beast.

12. Deset rogova što ih vidje deset je kraljeva; oni još ne primiše kraljevstva, ali æe - samo za jedan sat - primiti vlast kao kraljevi zajedno sa Zvijeri.

13. These hold to one plan, and they shall hand over their power and authority to the beast.

13. Jedne su misli: svu svoju silu i vlast predati Zvijeri.

14. These shall fight against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them. For he is the Lord of lords and the King of kings. And those who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

14. Ratovat æe protiv Jaganjca, ali æe ih pobijediti Jaganjac - i njegovi pozvanici, izabranici, vjernici - jer on je Gospodar gospodara i Kralj kraljeva."

15. And he said to me: “The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and nations and languages.

15. I reèe mi anðeo: "Vode što ih vidje, na kojima Bludnica sjedi, to su puci i mnoštva i narodi i jezici.

16. And the ten horns that you saw on the beast, these shall hate the woman who fornicates, and they shall make her desolate and naked, and they shall chew her flesh, and they shall burn her completely with fire.

16. I onih deset rogova što ih vidje i Zvijer - oni æe zamrziti Bludnicu, opustošiti je i ogoliti, najesti se mesa njezina i ognjem je spaliti.

17. For God has granted to their hearts that they may do to her whatever is pleasing, so that they may give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God may be completed.

17. Jer Bog im u srce stavi izvršiti naum njegov: da jednodušno predadu kraljevstvo svoje Zvijeri dok se ne ispune rijeèi Božje.

18. And the woman that you saw is the great City, which holds a kingdom above that of the kings of the earth.”

18. Žena koju vidje grad je veliki što kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim."