di Società Biblica di Ginevra1Dopo queste cose vidi scendere dal cielo un altro angelo che aveva una grande autorità, e la terra fu illuminata dal suo splendore.2Egli gridò con voce potente: «È caduta, è caduta Babilonia la grande! È diventata ricettacolo di demòni, covo di ogni spirito immondo, rifugio di ogni uccello impuro e abominevole.3Perché tutte le nazioni hanno bevuto del vino della sua prostituzione furente, e i re della terra hanno fornicato con lei, e i mercanti della terra si sono arricchiti con gli eccessi del suo lusso».4Poi udii un’altra voce dal cielo che diceva: «Uscite da essa, o popolo mio[1], affinché non siate complici dei suoi peccati e non siate coinvolti nei suoi castighi;5perché i suoi peccati si sono accumulati fino al cielo e Dio si è ricordato delle sue iniquità.6Usatele il trattamento che lei ha usato, datele doppia retribuzione per le sue opere; nel calice in cui ha versato ad altri, versatele il doppio.7Datele tormento e afflizione nella stessa misura in cui ha glorificato se stessa e vissuto nel lusso. Poiché dice in cuor suo: “Io sono regina, non sono vedova e non vedrò mai lutto”.8Perciò in uno stesso giorno verranno i suoi flagelli: morte, lutto e fame, e sarà consumata dal fuoco; poiché potente è Dio, il Signore che l’ha giudicata.9I re della terra, che fornicavano e vivevano in lascivie con lei, quando vedranno il fumo del suo incendio piangeranno e faranno cordoglio per lei.10Spaventati dai suoi tormenti se ne staranno lontani e diranno: “Ahi! ahi! Babilonia, la grande città, la potente città! Il tuo giudizio è venuto in un momento!”11I mercanti della terra piangeranno e faranno cordoglio per lei, perché nessuno compra più le loro merci:12oro, argento, pietre preziose, perle, lino pregiato, porpora, seta, scarlatto, ogni varietà di legno odoroso, ogni varietà di oggetti d’avorio e di legno preziosissimo, bronzo, ferro, marmo,13cannella, spezie, profumi, unguenti, incenso, vino, olio, fior di farina, grano, buoi, pecore, cavalli, carri e persino i corpi e le anime di uomini.14I frutti che l’anima tua desiderava sono andati lontano da te; tutte le cose delicate e sontuose sono perdute per te, e non si troveranno mai più.15I mercanti di queste cose che sono stati arricchiti da lei se ne staranno lontani per timore del suo tormento, piangeranno e faranno cordoglio, dicendo:16“Ahi! ahi! La grande città che era vestita di lino fino, di porpora e di scarlatto, adorna d’oro, di pietre preziose e di perle! In un attimo una ricchezza così grande è stata distrutta”.17Tutti i piloti, tutti i naviganti, i marinai e quanti trafficano sul mare se ne staranno lontano18e vedendo il fumo del suo incendio esclameranno: “Quale città fu mai simile a questa grande città?”19E si getteranno della polvere sul capo e grideranno, piangeranno e faranno cordoglio, dicendo: “Ahi! ahi! La grande città nella quale tutti quelli che avevano navi in mare si erano arricchiti con la sua opulenza! In un attimo è stata ridotta a un deserto”.20Rallègrati, o cielo, per la sua rovina! E voi, santi, apostoli e profeti, rallegratevi perché Dio, giudicandola, vi ha reso giustizia».21Poi un potente angelo sollevò una pietra grossa come una grande macina e la gettò nel mare, dicendo: «Così, con violenza, sarà precipitata Babilonia, la grande città, e non sarà più trovata.22In te non si udranno più le armonie degli arpisti, né dei musicisti, né dei flautisti, né dei suonatori di tromba; né sarà più trovato in te artefice di qualunque arte, e non si udrà più in te rumore di macina.23In te non brillerà più luce di lampada, e non si udrà più in te voce di sposo e di sposa; perché i tuoi mercanti erano i prìncipi della terra e perché tutte le nazioni sono state sedotte dalle tue magie.24In lei è stato trovato il sangue dei profeti e dei santi e di tutti quelli che sono stati uccisi sulla terra».
1After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. (Ez 43,2; Ap 17,1; Ap 17,7)2And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. (Is 13,21; Is 14,23; Is 34,11; Is 34,14; Ger 50,39; Ger 51,37; So 2,14; Ap 14,8; Ap 16,13)3For all nations have drunk[1] the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.” (Ez 27,33; Ap 14,8; Ap 17,2; Ap 18,9; Ap 18,11; Ap 18,15)4Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; (Is 48,20; 2Co 6,17)5for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. (Gen 18,20; Esd 9,6; Ger 51,9; Gion 1,2; Ap 16,19)6Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed. (Sal 137,8; Ger 16,18; Ger 50,15; Ger 50,29; Ger 51,24; Ger 51,49; Ap 14,10; Ap 16,19; Ap 17,4)7As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.’ (Is 47,7; Ez 28,2; So 2,15; Ap 3,17)8For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.” (Is 47,9; Ger 50,34; Ap 17,16; Ap 18,10)9And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning. (Ger 50,46; Ez 26,16; Ap 17,2; Ap 18,3; Ap 18,18; Ap 19,3)10They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, “Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” (Ap 14,8; Ap 18,8; Ap 18,15; Ap 18,17; Ap 18,19)11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, (Ez 27,36; Ap 18,3; Ap 18,15)12cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,13cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.[2]14“The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your delicacies and your splendors are lost to you, never to be found again!”15The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud, (Ap 18,3; Ap 18,10; Ap 18,11)16“Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls! (Ap 17,4)17For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.” And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off (Ez 27,28; Ap 17,16; Ap 18,10; Ap 18,19)18and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, “What city was like the great city?” (Ez 27,30; Ez 27,32; Ap 13,4; Ap 18,9)19And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, “Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste. (Gios 7,6; Giob 2,12; Ap 18,3; Ap 18,10; Ap 18,15; Ap 18,17)20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!” (De 32,43; Ger 51,48; Lu 11,49; Ap 12,12; Ap 19,2)21Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more; (Ger 51,63; Ap 5,2; Ap 10,1; Ap 18,10)22and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more, (Ec 12,4; Is 14,11; Is 24,8; Ger 25,10; Ez 26,13)23and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery. (Is 23,8; Ger 7,34; Ger 16,9; Ger 33,11; Na 3,4)24And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.” (Ger 51,49; Mat 23,35; Ap 17,6)
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1And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.11And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,13And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.14And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.15The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,16And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!17For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.22And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.24And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.