Otkrivenje 17

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW JERUSALEM
1 I dođe jedan od sedam anđela što nose sedam čaša i prozbori mi: »Dođi, pokazat ću ti sud nad Bludnicom velikom što sjedi nad vodama velikim,	1 One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came to speak to me, and said, 'Come here and Iwil show you the punishment of the great prostitute who is enthroned beside abundant waters,
2 s kojom su bludničili kraljevi zemlje i pozemljari se opiše vinom bluda njezina.«	2 with whom al the kings of the earth have prostituted themselves, and who has made al the populationof the world drunk with the wine of her adultery.'
3 I odnese me u duhu u pustinju. Tu vidjeh Ženu koja sjede na skrletnu Zvijer, punu bogohulnih imena, sa sedam glava i deset rogova.	3 He took me in spirit to a desert, and there I saw a woman riding a scarlet beast which had sevenheads and ten horns and had blasphemous titles written al over it.
4 Žena bijaše odjevena u grimiz i skrlet, sva u zlatu, dragom kamenju i biserju. U ruci joj zlatna čaša puna gnusobe i nečisti bluda njezina.	4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet and glittered with gold and jewels and pearls, and shewas holding a gold winecup fil ed with the disgusting filth of her prostitution;
5 Na čelo joj napisano ime – tajna: »Babilon veliki, mati bludnicâ i gnusoba zemljinih.«	5 on her forehead was written a name, a cryptic name: 'Babylon the Great, the mother of al theprostitutes and all the filthy practices on the earth.'
6 I vidjeh: Žena je pijana od krvi svetih i od krvi svjedoka Isusovih. Kad je vidjeh, čudom se silnim začudih.	6 I saw that she was drunk, drunk with the blood of the saints, and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus;and when I saw her, I was completely mystified.
7 Nato će mi anđeo: »Što se čudiš? Ja ću ti kazati tajnu te žene i Zvijeri koja je nosi, Zvijeri sa sedam glava i deset rogova.«	7 The angel said to me, 'Do you not understand? I wil tel you the meaning of this woman, and of thebeast she is riding, with the seven heads and the ten horns.
8 »Zvijer koju vidje bijaše i više nije; zamalo izlazi iz Bezdana i ide u propast. I zapanjit će se pozemljari – oni kojima ime, od postanka svijeta, nije zapisano u knjigu života – kad vide da Zvijer bijaše i više nije, a opet je tu.	8 'The beast you have seen was once alive and is alive no longer; it is yet to come up from the Abyss,but only to go to its destruction. And the people of the world, whose names have not been written since thebeginning of the world in the book of life, wil be astonished when they see how the beast was once alive and isalive no longer, and is stil to come.
9 Tu se hoće mudre pameti! Sedam glava sedam je bregova na kojima žena sjedi. A i sedam kraljeva:	9 'This cal s for shrewdness. The seven heads are the seven hil s, on which the woman is sitting.
10 pet ih već pade, jedan jest, a jedan još ne dođe: kada dođe, ostati mu je zamalo.	10 The seven heads are also seven emperors. Five of them have already gone, one is here now, andone is yet to come; once here, he must stay for a short while.
11 I Zvijer koja bijaše i više nije, osma je, a iz broja je njih sedmero, i ide u propast.	11 The beast, who was alive and is alive no longer, is at the same time the eighth and one of the seven,and he is going to his destruction.
12 Deset rogova što ih vidje deset je kraljeva; oni još ne primiše kraljevstva, ali će – samo za jedan sat – primiti vlast kao kraljevi zajedno sa Zvijeri.	12 'The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet been given their royal power but willhave royal authority only for a single hour and in association with the beast.
13 Jèdne su misli: svu svoju silu i vlast predati Zvijeri.	13 They are all of one mind in putting their strength and their powers at the beast's disposal,
14 Ratovat će protiv Jaganjca, ali će ih pobijediti Jaganjac – i njegovi pozvanici, izabranici, vjernici – jer on je Gospodar gospodarâ i Kralj kraljeva.«	14 and they wil go to war against the Lamb; but because the Lamb is Lord of lords and King of kings, hewil defeat them, he and his fol owers, the cal ed, the chosen, the trustworthy.'
15 I reče mi anđeo: »Vode što ih vidje, na kojima Bludnica sjedi, to su puci i mnoštva i narodi i jezici.	15 The angel continued, 'The waters you saw, beside which the prostitute was sitting, are al thepeoples, the populations, the nations and the languages.
16 I onih deset rogova što ih vidje i Zvijer – oni će zamrziti Bludnicu, opustošiti je i ogoliti, najesti se mesa njezina i ognjem je spaliti.	16 But the ten horns and the beast will turn against the prostitute, and tear off her clothes and leave herstark naked; then they wil eat her flesh and burn the remains in the fire.
17 Jer Bog im u srce stavi izvršiti naum njegov: da jednodušno predadu kraljevstvo svoje Zvijeri dok se ne ispune riječi Božje.	17 In fact, God has influenced their minds to do what he intends, to agree together to put their royalpowers at the beast's disposal until the time when God's words shal be fulfilled.
18 Žena koju vidje grad je veliki što kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim.«	18 The woman you saw is the great city which has authority over all the rulers on earth.'