Apocalypsis Ioannis, 17

1. Et venit unus de septem angelis, qui habebant septem phialas, et locutus est mecum dicens: “Veni, ostendam tibi damnationem meretricis magnae, quae sedet super aquas multas,

1. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who is seated upon many waters,

2. cum qua fornicati sunt reges terrae, et inebriati sunt, qui inhabitant terram, de vino prostitutionis eius”.

2. with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the dwellers on earth have become drunk."

3. Et abstulit me in desertum in spiritu. Et vidi mulierem sedentem super bestiam coccineam, plenam nominibus blasphemiae, habentem capita septem et cornua decem.

3. And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.

4. Et mulier erat circumdata purpura et coccino, et inaurata auro et lapide pretioso et margaritis, habens poculum aureum in manu sua plenum abominationibus et immunditiis fornicationis eius;

4. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication;

5. et in fronte eius nomen scriptum, mysterium: “Babylon magna, mater fornicationum et abominationum terrae”.

5. and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations."

6. Et vidi mulierem ebriam de sanguine sanctorum et de sanguine martyrum Iesu. Et miratus sum, cum vidissem illam, admiratione magna.

6. And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her I marveled greatly.

7. Et dixit mihi angelus. “Quare miraris? Ego tibi dicam mysterium mulieris et bestiae, quae portat eam, quae habet capita septem et decem cornua:

7. But the angel said to me, "Why marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

8. bestia, quam vidisti, fuit et non est, et ascensura est de abysso et in interitum ibit. Et mirabuntur inhabitantes terram, quorum non sunt scripta nomina in libro vitae a constitutione mundi, videntes bestiam, quia erat et non est et aderit.

8. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to perdition; and the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel to behold the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

9. Hic est sensus, qui habet sapientiam. Septem capita, septem montes sunt, super quos mulier sedet. Et reges septem sunt:

9. This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;

10. quinque ceciderunt, unus est, alius nondum venit; et, cum venerit, oportet illum breve tempus manere.

10. they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain only a little while.

11. Et bestia, quae erat et non est, et is octavus est et de septem est et in interitum vadit.

11. As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to perdition.

12. Et decem cornua, quae vidisti, decem reges sunt, qui regnum nondum acceperunt, sed potestatem tamquam reges una hora accipiunt cum bestia.

12. And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.

13. Hi unum consilium habent et virtutem et potestatem suam bestiae tradunt.

13. These are of one mind and give over their power and authority to the beast;

14. Hi cum Agno pugnabunt; et Agnus vincet illos, quoniam Dominus dominorum est et Rex regum, et qui cum illo sunt vocati et electi et fideles”.

14. they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful."

15. Et dicit mihi: “Aquae, quas vidisti, ubi meretrix sedet, populi et turbae sunt et gentes et linguae.

15. And he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the harlot is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

16. Et decem cornua, quae vidisti, et bestia, hi odient fornicariam et desolatam facient illam et nudam, et carnes eius manducabunt et ipsam igne concremabunt;

16. And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the harlot; they will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,

17. Deus enim dedit in corda eorum, ut faciant, quod illi placitum est, et faciant unum consilium et dent regnum suum bestiae, donec consummentur verba Dei.

17. for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and giving over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

18. Et mulier, quam vidisti, est civitas magna, quae habet regnum super reges terrae”.

18. And the woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth."