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啟示錄-Revelation 第 17 章

17:1	拿著七碗的七位天使中，有一位來同我說話，說，你來，我要將坐在眾水之上的大妓女所要受的刑罰，指給你看。 And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come here; I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters,
17:2	地上的君王向來與她行淫，住在地上的人喝醉了她淫亂的酒。 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and those who dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
17:3	我在靈裏，天使帶我到曠野去；我就看見一個女人騎在朱紅色的獸上，那獸滿了褻瀆的名號，有七頭十角。 And he carried me away in spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
17:4	那女人穿著紫色和朱紅色的衣服，用金子、寶石、珍珠為妝飾，手中拿著金杯，盛滿了可憎之物，並她淫亂的汙穢。 And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication.
17:5	在她額上有名寫著：奧秘哉！大巴比倫，地上妓女和可憎之物的母。 And on her forehead there was a name written, MYSTERY, Babylon The Great, The MOTHER Of The HARLOTS And The ABOMINATIONS Of The EARTH.
17:6	我又看見那女人喝醉了聖徒的血，和耶穌見證人的血；我看見她，就大大的希奇。 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I marveled with great marvel when I saw her.
17:7	天使對我說，你為什麼希奇？我要將這女人，和馱著她的那七頭十角獸的奧秘告訴你。 And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast who bears her, who has the seven heads and the ten horns.
17:8	你所看見的獸，先前有，如今沒有；它將要從無底坑裏上來，又要去到滅亡。凡住在地上，名字從創世以來沒有記在生命冊上的，見那先前有，如今沒有，將來還要有的獸，就必希奇。 The beast that you saw was and is not and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into perdition. And those who dwell on the earth, those whose name is not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, will marvel when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will be present.
17:9	在此需要有智慧的心思。那七頭就是女人所坐的七座山， Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are the seven mountains where the woman sits
17:10	又是七位王。五位已經傾倒了，一位還在，另一位還沒有來到，他來的時候，必須存留片時。 And are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain only a short time.
17:11	那先前有，如今沒有的獸，就是第八位；它是出於那七位，且要去到滅亡。 And the beast who was and is not, he himself is also the eighth and is out of the seven and goes into perdition.
17:12	你所看見的那十角，就是十王，他們還沒有得國；但他們要和獸同得權柄，作王一個小時。 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom but receive authority as kings for one hour with the beast.
17:13	他們心意一致，將自己的能力權柄給那獸。 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
17:14	他們要與羔羊爭戰，羔羊必勝過他們，因為羔羊是萬主之主，萬王之王。同著羔羊的，就是蒙召被選忠信的人，也必得勝。 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and they who are with Him, the called and chosen and faithful, will also overcome them.
17:15	天使又對我說，你所看見那妓女坐著的眾水，就是多民族、多群眾、多邦國、多方言。 And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
17:16	你所看見的那十角與獸，必恨這妓女，使她荒涼赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火將她燒盡。 And the ten horns which you saw and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked and will eat her flesh and burn her utterly with fire.
17:17	因為神將意念放在諸王的心中，要他們行祂的心意，並心意一致，且把自己的國給那獸，直等到神的話都成就了。 For God has put it into their hearts to perform His mind and to perform one mind and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are accomplished.
17:18	你所看見的那女人，就是有國權轄管地上眾王的大城。 And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.

啟示錄-Revelation 第 17 章