启示录 17

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

大淫妇的下场

17 拿着七碗的七位天使中有一位前来对我说：“你过来！我要让你看那坐在众水之上的大淫妇将要遭受的刑罚。 ²地上的君王与她行淫，地上其他人也因喝了她淫乱的酒而酩酊大醉。”

³那时，我被圣灵感动，被天使带到旷野，在那里见到一个妇人骑着一只朱红色的怪兽。怪兽有七头十角，浑身写满亵渎上帝的名号。 ⁴那妇人身穿紫色和朱红色的袍子，用黄金、宝石及珍珠装扮自己。她手中拿着金杯，里面盛满了她淫乱的污秽、可憎之物。 ⁵在她额上还写了一个神秘的名号：“大巴比伦——地上淫妇及可憎事物之母”。 ⁶我又见她醉了，因她喝了众圣徒的血，就是为耶稣做见证之人的血。

我看见她，非常惊奇。 ⁷天使对我说：“你为什么这样惊奇呢？我要将这妇人和她骑的七头十角怪兽的奥秘告诉你。 ⁸你看见的这怪兽以前出现过，现今没有出现，将来要从无底坑上来，然后走向灭亡。那些住在地上、自创世以来名字没有记在生命册上的人，都因见到这只从前出现过、现今没有出现、将来会再出现的怪兽而感到惊奇。 ⁹这里需要智慧才能明白，它的七个头代表那妇人坐镇的七座山，又代表七个王。 ¹⁰其中五个已经衰亡，一个还在，另外一个还未来到，他来后只能短暂存留。 ¹¹那从前出现过、现今没有出现的怪兽是第八个王，他是七个王之一，也要走向灭亡。 ¹²你看见的那十个角象征另外十个还没有得势的王，他们将取得王权和那怪兽一同统治短暂的一段时期。 ¹³他们一致同意把自己所有的能力和权柄交给那怪兽。 ¹⁴他们将与羔羊交战，但羔羊必胜过他们，因为羔羊是万主之主，万王之王。那些跟随羔羊的是被呼召、蒙拣选、忠心耿耿的人。”

¹⁵天使又对我说：“你看见的那淫妇所坐的众水象征来自各民族、各国家、各语言族群的人。 ¹⁶怪兽和它头上的十角必憎恨那淫妇，使她赤身露体、景况凄凉。它们要吃她的肉，最后用火将她烧尽。 ¹⁷因为上帝使众王定意这样做，好完成祂的旨意。他们便同心将政权交给那怪兽，直到上帝的话得到实现。 ¹⁸你看见的那妇人就是那掌管世上众王的大城。”

Revelation 17

Contemporary English Version

The Prostitute and the Beast

17 ^(A) One of the seven angels who had emptied the bowls came over and said to me, “Come on! I will show you how God will punish that shameless prostitute who sits on many oceans. ²^(B) Every king on earth has slept with her, and her shameless ways are like wine that has made everyone on earth drunk.”

³^(C) With the help of the Spirit, the angel took me into a desert, where I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. The beast was covered with names that were an insult to God, and it had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴^(D) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet robes, and she wore jewelry made of gold, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup filled with the filthy and nasty things she had done. ⁵On her forehead a mysterious name was written:

I AM THE GREAT CITY OF BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF EVERY IMMORAL AND FILTHY THING ON EARTH.

⁶I could tell that the woman was drunk on the blood of God's people who had given their lives for Jesus. This surprising sight amazed me, ⁷and the angel said:

Why are you so amazed? I will explain the mystery about this woman and about the beast she is sitting on, with its seven heads and ten horns. ⁸^(E) The beast you saw is one that used to be and no longer is. It will come back from the deep pit, but only to be destroyed. Everyone on earth whose names were not written in the book of life^[a] before the time of creation will be amazed. They will see this beast that used to be and no longer is, but will be once more.

⁹Anyone with wisdom can figure this out. The seven heads that the woman is sitting on stand for seven hills. These heads are also seven kings. ¹⁰Five of the kings are dead. One is ruling now, and the other one has not yet come. But when he does, he will rule for only a little while.

¹¹You also saw a beast that used to be and no longer is. That beast is one of the seven kings who will return as the eighth king, but only to be destroyed.

¹²^(F) The ten horns you saw are ten more kings, who have not yet come into power, and they will rule with the beast for only a short time. ¹³They all think alike and will give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴^(G) These kings will go to war against the Lamb. But he will defeat them, because he is Lord over all lords and King over all kings. His followers are chosen and special and faithful.

¹⁵The oceans you saw the prostitute sitting on are crowds of people from all races and languages. ¹⁶The ten horns and the beast will start hating the shameless woman. They will strip off her clothes and leave her naked. Then they will eat her flesh and throw the rest of her body into a fire. ¹⁷God is the one who made these kings all think alike and decide to give their power to the beast. And they will do this until what God has said comes true.

¹⁸The woman you saw is the great city that rules over all kings on earth.

Footnotes

17.8 book of life: See the note at 3.5.

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