Apocalypsis Ioannis, 17

1. et venit unus de septem angelis qui habebant septem fialas et locutus est mecum dicens veni ostendam tibi damnationem meretricis magnæ quæ sedet super aquas multas

1. And there came one of the seven angels, who had the seven vials, and spoke with me, saying: Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters,

2. cum qua fornicati sunt reges terræ et inebriati sunt qui inhabitant terram de vino prostitutionis ejus

2. With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they who inhabit the earth, have been made drunk with the whine of her whoredom.

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

3. And he took me away in spirit into the desert. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having 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 abominationum et inmunditia fornicationis ejus

4. And the woman was clothed round about with purple and scarlet, and gilt with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication.

5. et in fronte ejus nomen scriptum mysterium Babylon magna mater fornicationum et abominationum terræ

5. And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery; Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications, and the abominations of the earth.

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

6. And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration.

7. et dixit mihi angelus quare miraris ego tibi dicam sacramentum mulieris et bestiæ quæ portat eam quæ habet capita septem et decem cornua

7. And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

8. bestiam 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 vitæ a constitutione mundi videntes bestiam quia erat et non est

8. The beast, which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall come up out of the bottomless pit, and go into destruction: and the inhabitants on the earth (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) shall wonder, seeing the beast that was, and is not.

9. et hic est sensus qui habet sapientiam septem capita septem montes sunt super quos mulier sedet et reges septem sunt

9. And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings:

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

10. Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time.

11. et bestia quæ erat et non est et ipsa octava est et de septem est et in interitum vadit

11. And the beast which was, and is not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.

12. et decem cornua quæ vidisti decem reges sunt qui regnum nondum acceperunt sed potestatem tamquam reges una hora accipiunt post bestiam

12. And the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive power as kings one hour after the beast.

13. hii unum consilium habent et virtutem et potestatem suam bestiæ tradunt

13. These have one design: and their strength and power they shall deliver to the beast.

14. hii 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. These shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and they that are with him are called, and elect, and faithful.

15. et dixit mihi aquas quas vidisti ubi meretrix sedet populi sunt et gentes et linguæ

15. And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and nations, and tongues.

16. et decem cornua quæ vidisti et bestiam hii odient fornicariam et desolatam facient illam et nudam et carnes ejus manducabunt et ipsam igni concremabunt

16. And the ten horns which thou sawest in the beast: these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire.

17. Deus enim dedit in corda eorum ut faciant quod illi placitum est ut dent regnum suum bestiæ donec consummentur verba Dei

17. For God hath given into their hearts to do that which pleaseth him: that they give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be fulfilled.

18. et mulier quam vidisti est civitas magna quæ habet regnum super reges terræ

18. And the woman which thou sawest, is the great city, which hath kingdom over the kings of the earth.