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And he cried [a]mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!
— Пала, пала великая блудница Вавилон120 и стала жилищем демонов, пристанищем для всякого нечистого духа и всякой нечистой и мерзкой птицы.121 Все народы пили доводящее до безумия вино ее разврата.
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the [b]abundance of her luxury.”
Сделайте ей то же, что она сделала другим, и отплатите ей вдвойне за ее дела. В той самой чаше, в которой она замешивала свое вино, замешайте ей напиток двойной крепости.
In the measure that she glorified herself and lived [e]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
Доставьте ей столько горя и страданий, сколько она позволяла себе славы и роскоши, потому что она хвалится в своем сердце: «Я не какая-нибудь вдова! Я сижу как царица! Я никогда не буду скорбеть!»
Therefore her plagues will come in one day — death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who [f]judges her.
standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’
merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
товаров из золота, серебра, драгоценных камней и жемчуга; тончайших льняных тканей, пурпура, шелка и алых материй; ароматической древесины; изделий из слоновой кости, ценной древесины, бронзы, железа и мрамора;
and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
корицы, пряностей, благовоний, ароматического масла и ладана,125 вина, оливкового масла, отборной муки и пшеницы, крупного скота и овец, коней и колесниц, тел и душ человеческих.126
The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have [g]gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.
For in one hour such great riches [h]came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance
“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she [i]is made desolate.’
Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.
Никогда уже в тебе не будет слышно голоса певцов, музыки арфистов, флейтистов и трубачей, никогда уже в тебе не отыщутся ремесленники, каким бы ремеслом они ни занимались, никогда уже не будет слышно в тебе шума мельничных жерновов.
The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
Никогда уже не будет гореть в тебе свет светильника, не будет слышно голосов жениха и невесты. Твои купцы были господами на земле, и все народы были обмануты твоим колдовством.