Offenbarung 18 | English Standard Version 圣经当代译本修订版

Offenbarung 18 | English Standard Version

The Fall of Babylon

1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. 2 And 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. 3 For all nations have drunk* 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.” 4 Then 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; 5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Pay 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. 7 As 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.’ 8 For 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.” 9 And 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. 10 They 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.” 11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo 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, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.* 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!” 15 The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud, 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! 17 For 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 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, “What city was like the great city?” 19 And 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. 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!” 21 Then 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; 22 and 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, 23 and 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. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”

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圣经当代译本修订版

巴比伦的下场

1 之后,我看见另一位执掌大权的天使从天降下,他的荣光照亮了大地。 2 他用强有力的声音喊着说: “巴比伦大城倒塌了!倒塌了! 她成了鬼魔的住处、 各样污鬼的监狱和一切可憎的不洁鸟兽的牢笼! 3 因为列国都被她荒淫的烈酒灌醉了。 地上的君王曾经与她通奸, 地上的商人也因她穷奢极侈的生活而发了财。” 4 我听见天上又有一个声音说: “我的子民啊,离开那城, 以免沾染她的罪恶, 受她所受的灾祸。 5 因为她已经罪恶滔天, 上帝没有忘记她一切的不义。 6 她怎样待人, 你们也要怎样待她, 要按她所做的加倍地报应她, 用她调酒的杯加倍地调给她喝。 7 她过去怎样自炫自耀、 奢华荒淫, 现在也要让她怎样痛苦哀伤。 因为她心里说, ‘我贵为女王,不是寡妇, 绝不会经历哀伤。’ 8 所以在一天之内, 她的灾祸,就是死亡、 哀伤和饥荒要同时临到她身上。 她要被火烧尽, 因为审判她的主上帝能力伟大。 9 “那些曾与她通奸享乐的君王目睹焚烧她的烟,必为她哭泣哀号。 10 他们对她所受的灾祸充满恐惧,就远远地站着说, “‘强大坚固的巴比伦城啊, 真悲惨!真悲惨! 因为审判顷刻间临到你了。’ 11 “地上的商人也为她哀伤,因为再也没有人购买他们的货物了。 12 他们的金、银、宝石、珍珠、细麻布、紫布、丝绸、朱红布、各样香木、象牙器具,贵重木材、铜、铁、大理石制品, 13 以及肉桂、豆蔻、香料、香膏、乳香、酒、油、细面粉、小麦、牛、羊、马、车、仆婢和人口都没有人购买了。 14 他们呼喊,‘巴比伦啊!你贪爱的美物已离你而去了,一切珍馐百味、奢侈华丽的东西都消失殆尽,无影无踪。’ 15 “靠贩卖这些货物给她而致富的商人对她所受的灾祸充满恐惧,就站在远处为她哀伤哭号, 16 说,‘身穿紫色和朱红色的细麻布衣服,以黄金、宝石、珍珠为装饰的大城啊,真悲惨!真悲惨! 17 因为顷刻间你这一切的繁华都化为乌有了。’所有船主、乘客、水手及靠海为生的人都远远地站着, 18 看见烧她的烟,就说,‘有哪一座城能与她相比呢?’ 19 他们又把尘土撒在头上,哀伤哭泣,喊着说, “‘这大城啊,真悲惨!真悲惨! 所有经营航运的都因她的奢华而发了财, 可是顷刻间她却沦为废墟了!’ 20 上天啊, 众圣徒、众使徒和众先知啊, 为她的下场欢乐吧! 因为上帝已经向她施行报应, 为你们申冤了。” 21 这时,有一位大力天使举起一块像大磨石的石头扔进海里,说: “巴比伦大城也必这样被用力扔下去, 消失得无影无踪。 22 在你那里, 再也听不见弹琴作乐、 鸣笛吹号的声音了, 再也找不到能工巧匠了, 再也听不到推磨的声音了, 23 再也看不到闪耀的灯光了, 再也听不见新婚夫妇的欢笑声了。 因为你的商人曾经趾高气扬, 你的邪术曾经迷惑万国, 24 你的城墙内流满了众先知、 众圣徒和地上一切被杀之人的血。”