Revelation 17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Great Whore and the Beast
17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot[a] who is seated upon many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication[b] the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” 3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5 and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth’s abominations.” 6 And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
When I saw her I marveled greatly. 7 But the angel said to me, “Why marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to perdition; and the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel to behold the beast, because it was and is not and is to come. 9 This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven hills on which the woman is seated; 10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain only a little while. 11 As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to perdition. 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind and give over their power and authority to the beast; 14 they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
15 And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the harlot is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the harlot; they will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, 17 for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and giving over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
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Žena koja sjedi na Zvijeri
17 Tada je došao jedan od sedmorice anđela koji su imali sedam posuda. Rekao mi je: »Dođi i pokazat ću ti kaznu koja će biti dosuđena velikoj bludnici koja sjedi na mnogim vodama! 2 Zemaljski su kraljevi počinili preljub s njom. Oni koji žive na Zemlji opili su se vinom njezinog preljuba.«
3 Tada me Duh zahvatio i anđeo me odnio u pustinju. Tamo sam vidio neku ženu kako sjedi na grimiznocrvenoj Zvijeri. Zvijer je bila puna bogohulnih imena i imala je sedam glava i deset rogova. 4 Žena je bila obučena u purpurnu i grimiznu odjeću. Bila je ukrašena zlatom, dragim kamenjem i biserima. U ruci je držala zlatnu čašu punu odvratnosti i prljavštine svojega preljuba. 5 Na njezinom je čelu bilo napisano ime koje je imalo skriveno značenje: »Veliki Babilon, majka prostitutki i zemaljskih gadosti.«
6 Vidio sam da je žena bila pijana od krvi Božjih ljudi i od krvi onih koji su umrli svjedočeći o Isusu. Kad sam je vidio, jako sam se začudio. 7 Anđeo me upitao: »Čemu se čudiš? Ja ću ti objasniti skriveno značenje žene i Zvijeri sa sedam glava i deset rogova na kojoj jaše. 8 Zvijer koju si vidio jednom je bila živa, ali više nije. Pa, ipak, treba opet doći iz bezdana i otići prema svom uništenju. Ljudi, koji žive na Zemlji a čija imena nisu od početka svijeta zapisana u Knjizi života, začudit će se kad vide Zvijer, jer je Zvijer bila živa a više nije, no opet će se pojaviti.
9 Ovdje treba biti mudar. Sedam glava jest sedam brda na kojima sjedi žena. To je i sedmorica kraljeva. 10 Prvih su petorica kraljeva pala. Jedan još vlada, a drugi još nije došao. Kad on dođe, treba ostati tek kratko. 11 Zvijer, koja je bila ali više nije, osmi je kralj. On je također jedan od sedmorice i ide prema svom uništenju.
12 Deset rogova, koje si vidio, desetorica su kraljeva koji još nisu počeli vladati. Primit će kraljevsku vlast na jedan sat zajedno sa Zvijeri. 13 Svih desetorica kraljeva imaju isti cilj. Svoju moć i vlast predat će Zvijeri. 14 Oni će se boriti protiv Janjeta, no Janje i njegovi pozvani, odabrani i vjerni sljedbenici porazit će ih. Jer, Janje je Gospodar gospodara i Kralj kraljeva.«
15 Onda mi je anđeo rekao: »Vode, koje si vidio tamo gdje sjedi bludnica, razne su rase, mnoštva, narodi i jezici. 16 Deset rogova i Zvijer, koje si vidio, zamrzit će bludnicu. Uzet će joj sve što ima i ostaviti je golu. Pojest će njezino tijelo i spaliti je vatrom. 17 Bog im je usadio želju u srce da ostvare njegovu zamisao, da svi budu složni i predaju Zvijeri svoju kraljevsku vlast dok se ne ispune Božje riječi. 18 Žena koju si vidio jest taj veliki grad koji vlada zemaljskim kraljevima.«
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