Ϯ⳰ⲀⲠⲞⲔⲀⲖⲨⳘⲮⲒⲤ 17
Coptic New Testament (Bohairic)Translation
Coptic New Testament (Bohairic)
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1ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲒ ⲚϪⲈⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲌ ⲚⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ϮⲌ ⲘⲪⲨⲀⲖⲎ ⲚⲦⲞⲦⲞⲨ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲈⲘⲎⲒ ⲈϤϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲘⲞⲨ ⲚⲦⲀⲦⲀⲘⲞⲔ ⲈⲠϨⲀⲠ ⲚϮⲚⲒϢϮ ⲘⲠⲞⲢⲚⲎ ⲐⲎ ⲈⲦϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ϨⲀⲚⲘⲎϢ ⲘⲘⲰⲞⲨ
1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
2ⲐⲎ ⲈⲦⲀ ⲚⲒⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ ⲈⲢⲚⲞⲂⲒ ⲚⲈⲘⲀⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨⲈⲢⲠⲞⲢⲚⲈⲨⲒⲚ ⲀⲨⲐⲒϦⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲎⲢⲠ ⲚⲦⲈⲦⲈⲤⲠⲞⲢⲚⲒⲀ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲎ ⲈⲦϢⲞⲠ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ
2with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. Those who dwell on the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”
3ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲞⲖⲦ ⲈⲠϢⲀϤⲈ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲠⲚⲈⲨⲘⲀⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲞⲨⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲈⲤϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ⲞⲨⲐⲎ ⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲔⲞⲔⲔⲞⲤ ⲈϤⲘⲈϨ ⲚⲢⲀⲚ ⲚϪⲈⲞⲨⲀ ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲌⲚⲀⲪⲈ ϨⲒϪⲰϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲒⲚⲦⲀⲠ.
3He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
4ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲚⲀⲤϪⲞⲖϨ ⲚⲞⲨϨⲂⲰⲤ ⲚϬⲎϪⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲔⲞⲔⲔⲞⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲤⲞⲒ ⲚⲒⲈⲂ ⲚⲚⲞⲨⲂ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲚⲞⲨⲂ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲰⲚⲒ ⲈⲦⲦⲀⲒⲎⲞⲨⲦ ⲚⲈⲘ ϨⲀⲚⲀⲚⲀⲘⲎⲒ ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲞⲨⲀⲪⲞⲦ ⲚⲚⲞⲨⲂ ϦⲈⲚⲦⲈⲤϪⲒϪ ⲈϤⲘⲈϨ ⲚⲤⲰϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲤⲰϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲦⲈⲤⲠⲞⲢⲚⲒⲀ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ ⲦⲎⲢϤ
4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
5ⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲞⲨⲢⲀⲚ ⲤϦⲎⲞⲨⲦ ϨⲒ ⲦⲈⲤⲦⲈϨⲚⲒ ϪⲈ ⲠⲒⲘⲨⲤⲦⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈⲐⲂⲀⲂⲨⲖⲰⲚ ⲐⲘⲀⲨ ⲚⲚⲒⲠⲞⲢⲚⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲤⲀϤϨⲎⲦ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ.
5And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
6ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲞⲨⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲈⲤⲐⲀϦⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲤⲚⲞϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲀⲄⲒⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲤⲚⲞϤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲘⲀⲢⲦⲨⲢⲞⲤ ⲚⲦⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲒⲈⲢϢⲪⲎⲢⲒ.
6I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
7ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲈ ⲠⲒⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ⲚⲎⲒ ϪⲈ ⲈⲐⲂⲈⲞⲨ ⲀⲔⲈⲢϢⲪⲎⲢⲒ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ϮⲚⲀⲦⲀⲘⲞⲔ ⲈⲠⲒⲘⲨⲤⲦⲎ ⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲈⲦϤⲀⲒ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ϮⲌ ⲚⲀⲪⲈ ϨⲒϪⲰϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲒ ⲚⲦⲀⲠ.
7The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
8ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲞϤ ⲈϤϢⲞⲠ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϤϢⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲈϤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲈϨⲢⲎⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲚⲞⲨⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈϤⲚⲀ ⲈⲠⲦⲀⲔⲞ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲨⲈⲈⲢϢⲪⲎ ⲢⲒ ⲦⲎⲢⲞⲨ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲎ ⲈⲦϢⲞⲠ ϨⲒϪⲈⲚ ⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲠⲞⲨⲢⲀⲚ ⲤϦⲎⲞⲨⲦ ⲀⲚ ϨⲒ ⲠϪⲰⲘ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲰⲚϦ ⲒⲤϪⲈⲚ ⲠϢⲀ ⲚⲤⲰⲚⲦ ⲘⲠⲒⲔⲞⲤⲘⲞⲤ ⲈⲨϪⲞⲨϢⲦ ⲈⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚⲎ ϪⲈ ϤϢⲞⲠ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϤϢⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤϨⲈⲒ
8The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.
9ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲞⲨⲞⲚ ϨⲎⲦ ⲘⲘⲞϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲤⲂⲰ ⲘⲀⲢⲈϤⲔⲀϮ ⲈϮⲌ ⲚⲀⲪⲈ ⲚⲦⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲈⲢⲈ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲰⲞⲨ
9Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
10ⲚⲀⲒ ⲌⲚⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲚⲈⲠⲒⲈ ⲀⲨϨⲈⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲬⲈⲦ ϤⲰⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲔⲈⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲘⲠⲀⲦⲈϤⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈϢⲰⲠ ⲀϤϢⲀⲚⲒ ϤⲚⲀⲞϨⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲔⲞⲨϪⲒ.
10They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
11ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲈⲚⲀϤϢⲞⲠ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚϤϢⲞⲠ ⲀⲚ ⲞⲨⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ϨⲰϤ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲌ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϤⲚⲀ ⲈⲠⲦⲀⲔⲞ.
11The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
12ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲒ ⲚⲦⲀⲠ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ Ⲓ- ⲚⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲚⲈⲚⲀⲒ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲘⲠⲀⲦⲞⲨϬⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲈⲢϢⲒϢⲒ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚϨⲀⲚⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲞⲨⲞⲨⲚⲞⲨ ⲈⲀⲨⲞⲨⲀϨⲞⲨ ⲘⲈⲚⲈⲚⲤⲀ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ.
12The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
13ⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲀⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲄⲚⲰⲘⲎ ⲚⲞⲨⲰⲦ ⲘⲘⲀⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨⲈⲢϢⲒϢⲒ ⲦⲞⲨϪⲞⲘ ⲤⲈⲚⲀⲦⲎⲒⲤ ⲘⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ.
13These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
14ⲚⲀⲒ ⲈⲨⲈⲂⲰⲦⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒϨⲒⲎⲂ ⲈϤϬⲢⲞ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ϪⲈ ⲚⲐⲞϤ ⲠⲈ ⲠϬⲞⲒⲤ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒϬⲞⲒⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲚⲦⲈⲚⲒⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲐⲀϨⲈⲘ ⲚⲈⲘⲀϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲤⲰⲦⲠ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲠⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ.
14These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
15ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲎⲒ ϪⲈ ⲚⲒⲘⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲢⲈ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ϨⲈⲘⲤⲒ ϨⲒϪⲰⲞⲨ ϨⲀⲚⲖⲀⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲚⲈⲘ ϨⲀⲚⲘⲎϢ ⲚⲈⲐⲚⲞⲤ.
15He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
16ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲒ ⲚⲦⲀⲠ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲒⲐⲎⲢⲒⲞⲚ ⲚⲀⲒ ⲈⲨⲈⲘⲈⲤⲦⲈ ϮⲠⲞⲢⲚⲎ ⲤⲈⲚⲀϢⲰϤ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ⲤⲈⲚⲀⲬⲀⲤ ⲈⲤⲂⲎϢ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲈⲤⲤⲀⲢⲜ ⲈⲨⲈⲞⲨⲞⲘⲞⲨ ⲈⲨⲈⲢⲞⲔϨⲤ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲬⲢⲰⲘ.
16The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
17ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲀϤⲦⲎⲒⲤ ⲈϨⲢⲎⲒ ⲈⲠⲞⲨϨⲎⲦ ⲈⲒⲢⲒ ⲚⲦⲈϤⲄⲚⲰⲘⲎ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲐⲢⲞⲨϢⲰⲠⲒ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲄⲚⲰⲘⲎ ⲚⲞⲨⲰⲦ ⲈϮ ⲚⲞⲨⲘⲈⲦⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲘⲠⲒⲐⲎ ⲢⲒⲞⲚ ϢⲀⲦⲞⲨϪⲰⲔ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ.
17For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
18ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϮⲤϨⲒⲘⲒ ⲈⲦⲀⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲞⲤ ϮⲚⲒϢϮ ⲘⲂⲀⲔⲒ ⲦⲈ ⲐⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲞⲨⲞⲚⲦⲈⲤ ⲘⲈⲦⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲈϪⲈⲚ ⲚⲒⲘⲈⲦⲞⲨⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲦⲎⲢⲞⲨ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲔⲀϨⲒ.
18The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
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