Uppenbarelseboken 17
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Den prostituerade kvinnan
17 En av de sju änglarna som hade de sju skålarna kom nu fram och talade till mig. Han sa: ”Kom, så ska jag visa dig domen som ska drabba den stora prostituerade kvinnan som sitter vid många vatten. 2 Kungarna på jorden har legat med henne, och jordens invånare har berusat sig av vinet från hennes sexuella lössläppthet.[a]”
3 Sedan förde ängeln mig i anden ut i öknen. Där fick jag se en kvinna som satt på ett lysande rött odjur[b] som var täckt av hädiska namn, och det hade sju huvuden och tio horn. 4 Kvinnan bar kläder av purpur och lysande rött[c] tyg, och hon var smyckad med guld, ädelstenar och pärlor. I sin hand höll hon en guldbägare som var fylld av vidrigheter och smutsen från hennes sexuella lössläppthet. 5 På hennes panna stod det skrivet ett namn, en hemlighet:
Det stora Babylon
Modern till all prostituerade
Och alla skamligheter på jorden.
6 Jag såg också att kvinnan var berusad av blodet från de heliga och från Jesus vittnen.
Jag såg på henne med stor förvåning. 7 ”Varför är du så förvånad?” frågade ängeln. ”Jag ska tala om för dig hemligheten med kvinnan och odjuret som hon rider på, det som har sju huvuden och tio horn. 8 Odjuret som du såg har varit och är inte längre, men det ska komma upp ur avgrunden och sedan gå under. De av jordens invånare vilkas namn inte sedan världens skapelse står skrivna i livets bok[d] ska bli mycket förvånade när de ser att odjuret, som har varit och inte längre är, kommer igen.
9 Här krävs både vishet och förstånd. De sju huvudena är sju berg som kvinnan sitter på, men de är samtidigt sju kungar. 10 Fem har redan fallit, en finns nu, och en har inte kommit än men ska komma och bara stanna en kort tid. 11 Odjuret som har varit och inte längre är, det är den åttonde men ändå en av de sju, och han ska gå under.
12 De tio hornen som du såg är tio kungar som ännu inte har börjat regera. De ska under en timme få regera tillsammans med odjuret. 13 De har en och samma målsättning och ger sin makt och myndighet åt odjuret. 14 De ska sedan strida mot Lammet. Men Lammet ska, tillsammans med sina kallade, utvalda och trogna, besegra dem, för han är herrarnas Herre och kungarnas Kung.”
15 Sedan sa han till mig: ”Vattnen som du såg, där den prostituerade bor, är länder och människomassor och folk och språk. 16 Odjuret och de tio hornen som du såg ska hata den prostituerade och göra henne barskrapad och naken, äta hennes kött och bränna upp henne i eld. 17 Detta har Gud ingett dem i hjärtat, så att de fullföljer hans plan med en och samma målsättning och överlåter sitt rike åt odjuret, ända tills Guds ord har gått i uppfyllelse. 18 Kvinnan som du såg är den stora staden, den som regerar över kungarna på jorden.”
Revelation 17
Easy-to-Read Version
The Woman on the Red Beast
17 One of the seven angels came and spoke to me. This was one of the angels that had the seven bowls. The angel said, “Come, and I will show you the punishment that will be given to the famous prostitute. She is the one sitting over many waters. 2 The rulers of the earth sinned sexually with her. The people of the earth became drunk from the wine of her sexual sin.”
3 Then the angel carried me away by the Spirit to the desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. The beast was covered with evil names. It had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was dressed in purple and red. She was shining with the gold, jewels, and pearls that she was wearing. She had a golden cup in her hand. This cup was filled with terribly evil things and the filth of her sexual sin. 5 She had a title written on her forehead. This title has a hidden meaning. This is what was written:
the great babylon
mother of prostitutes
and the evil things of the earth
6 I saw that the woman was drunk. She was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. She was drunk with the blood of those who told about their faith in Jesus.
When I saw the woman, I was fully amazed. 7 Then the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the hidden meaning of this woman and the beast she rides—the beast with seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast you saw was once alive, but now it is not. However, it will come up out of the bottomless pit and go away to be destroyed. The people who live on the earth will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was once alive, is no longer living, but will come again. These are the people whose names have never been written in the book of life since the beginning of the world.
9 “You need wisdom to understand this. The seven heads on the beast are the seven hills where the woman sits. They are also seven rulers. 10 Five of the rulers have already died. One of the rulers lives now, and the last ruler is coming. When he comes, he will stay only a short time. 11 The beast that was once alive but is no longer living is an eighth ruler. This eighth ruler also belongs to the first seven rulers. And he will go away to be destroyed.
12 “The ten horns you saw are ten rulers. These ten rulers have not yet received their kingdom, but they will receive power to rule with the beast for one hour. 13 All ten of these rulers have the same purpose. And they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. And with him will be his chosen and faithful followers—the people he has called to be his.”
15 Then the angel said to me, “You saw the waters where the prostitute sits. These waters are the many peoples, the different races, nations, and languages in the world. 16 The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will take everything she has and leave her naked. They will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire. 17 God put the idea in their minds to do what would complete his purpose. They agreed to give the beast their power to rule until what God has said is completed. 18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
Revelation 17
King James Version
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:
2 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.
3 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.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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