大淫妇和兽
拿着七个碗的七位天使中，有一位前来对我说：“来，我要让你看那坐在众水之上的大淫妇所要受的惩罚；
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地上的君王都曾与她行淫，住在地上的人也喝醉了她淫乱的酒。”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我在圣灵感动下，被天使带到旷野去，我看见一个女人骑在朱红色的兽上；那只兽有七个头十个角，遍体有亵渎的名号。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那女人穿着紫色和朱红色的衣服，用金子、宝石、珍珠作妆饰，手拿着金杯，杯中盛满了可憎之物和她淫乱的污秽。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在她额上写着奥秘的名字，说：“大巴比伦，世上的淫妇和一切可憎之物的母。”And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6我又看见那女人喝醉了圣徒的血和为耶稣作见证的人的血。我看见她，非常诧异。
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天使对我说：“你为什么诧异呢？我要把这女人和驮着她那七头十角的兽的奥秘告诉你。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你曾看见的兽，以前有，现在没有，将来要从无底坑里上来，又归于沉沦。凡住在地上、名字从创世以来没有记在生命册上的人看见那只兽都要诧异，因为它以前有，现在没有，以后再有。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在此要有智慧的心思：那七个头就是女人所坐的七座山；他们又是七个王，And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10五个已经倒了，一个还在，一个还没有来到；他来的时候必须只暂时停留。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那以前有、现在没有的兽就是第八个，他也和那七个同列，正归于沉沦。And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12你曾看见的那十个角就是十个王；他们还没有得到国度，但他们要和那只兽同得权柄作王一个时辰。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他们同心把自己的能力权柄交给那只兽。These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14他们将与羔羊作战，羔羊必胜过他们，因为羔羊是万主之主、万王之王，而同羔羊在一起的是蒙召、被选、忠心的人。”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天使又对我说：“你所看见那淫妇坐的众水，就是许多民族、人民、邦国、语言。And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16你所看见的那十个角与兽必恨这淫妇，他们要使她孤独赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火将她烧尽。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因为神使诸王同心执行他的旨意，把他们自己的国交给那只兽，直等到神的话都应验了。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你所看见的那女人就是管辖地上众王的大城。”And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.