Babylon, the Prostitute on the Beast

17 One of the seven angels(A) who had the seven bowls(B) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment(C) of the great prostitute,(D) who sits by many waters.(E) With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”(F)

Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit(G) into a wilderness.(H) There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet(I) beast that was covered with blasphemous names(J) and had seven heads and ten horns.(K)

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Ang Reyna ng Kahalayan

17 At(A) dumating ang isa sa pitong anghel na may pitong mangkok at nagsalita sa akin na nagsasabi, “Halika. Ipapakita ko sa iyo ang hatol sa tanyag na mahalay na babae[a] na nakaupo sa ibabaw ng maraming tubig;

na(B) sa kanya'y nakiapid ang mga hari sa lupa, at ang mga naninirahan sa lupa ay nalasing sa alak ng kanyang pakikiapid.

At(C) ako'y kanyang dinalang nasa Espiritu sa isang ilang at nakita ko ang isang babae na nakasakay sa isang halimaw na pula, na punô ng mga pangalan ng kalapastanganan na may pitong ulo at sampung sungay.

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Footnotes

  1. Apocalipsis 17:1 o babaing nagbibili ng panandaliang aliw .

17 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

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