Revelation · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Revelation 17 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
1 ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُمُ ٱلسَّبْعَةُ ٱلْجَامَاتُ، وَتَكَلَّمَ مَعِي قَائِلًا لِي: «هَلُمَّ فَأُرِيَكَ دَيْنُونَةَ ٱلزَّانِيَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ ٱلْجَالِسَةِ عَلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ،
1 One 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,
2 ٱلَّتِي زَنَى مَعَهَا مُلُوكُ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَسَكِرَ سُكَّانُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنْ خَمْرِ زِنَاهَا».
2 with 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.”
3 فَمَضَى بِي بِٱلرُّوحِ إِلَى بَرِّيَّةٍ، فَرَأَيْتُ ٱمْرَأَةً جَالِسَةً عَلَى وَحْشٍ قِرْمِزِيٍّ مَمْلُوءٍ أَسْمَاءَ تَجْدِيفٍ، لَهُ سَبْعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وَعَشَرَةُ قُرُونٍ.
3 He 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.
4 وَٱلْمَرْأَةُ كَانَتْ مُتَسَرْبِلَةً بِأُرْجُوانٍ وَقِرْمِزٍ، وَمُتَحَلِّيَةً بِذَهَبٍ وَحِجَارَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ وَلُؤْلُؤٍ، وَمَعَهَا كَأْسٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي يَدِهَا مَمْلُوَّةٌ رَجَاسَاتٍ وَنَجَاسَاتِ زِنَاهَا،
4 The 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.
5 وَعَلَى جَبْهَتِهَا ٱسْمٌ مَكْتُوبٌ: «سِرٌّ. بَابِلُ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ أُمُّ ٱلزَّوَانِي وَرَجَاسَاتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ».
5 And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
6 وَرَأَيْتُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ سَكْرَى مِنْ دَمِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ وَمِنْ دَمِ شُهَدَاءِ يَسُوعَ. فَتَعَجَّبْتُ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُهَا تَعَجُّبًا عَظِيمًا!
6 I 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.
7 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي ٱلْمَلَاكُ: «لِمَاذَا تَعَجَّبْتَ؟ أَنَا أَقُولُ لَكَ سِرَّ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ وَٱلْوَحْشِ ٱلْحَامِلِ لَهَا، ٱلَّذِي لَهُ ٱلسَّبْعَةُ ٱلرُّؤُوسِ وَٱلْعَشَرَةُ ٱلْقُرُونِ:
7 The 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.
8 ٱلْوَحْشُ ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْتَ، كَانَ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ، وَهُوَ عَتِيدٌ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ مِنَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ وَيَمْضِيَ إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ. وَسَيَتَعَجَّبُ ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ مَكْتُوبَةً فِي سِفْرِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ ٱلْعَالَمِ، حِينَمَا يَرَوْنَ ٱلْوَحْشَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ كَائِنٌ.
8 The 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.
9 هُنَا ٱلذِّهْنُ ٱلَّذِي لَهُ حِكْمَةٌ! اَلسَّبْعَةُ ٱلرُّؤُوسِ هِيَ سَبْعَةُ جِبَالٍ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَرْأَةُ جَالِسَةً.
9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
10 وَسَبْعَةُ مُلُوكٍ: خَمْسَةٌ سَقَطُوا، وَوَاحِدٌ مَوْجُودٌ، وَٱلْآخَرُ لَمْ يَأْتِ بَعْدُ. وَمَتَى أَتَى يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَبْقَى قَلِيلًا.
10 They 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.
11 وَٱلْوَحْشُ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ فَهُوَ ثَامِنٌ، وَهُوَ مِنَ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ، وَيَمْضِي إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ.
11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
12 وَٱلْعَشَرَةُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلَّتِي رَأَيْتَ هِيَ عَشَرَةُ مُلُوكٍ لَمْ يَأْخُذُوا مُلْكًا بَعْدُ، لَكِنَّهُمْ يَأْخُذُونَ سُلْطَانَهُمْ كَمُلُوكٍ سَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً مَعَ ٱلْوَحْشِ.
12 The 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.
13 هَؤُلَاءِ لَهُمْ رَأْيٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَيُعْطُونَ ٱلْوَحْشَ قُدْرَتَهُمْ وَسُلْطَانَهُمْ.
13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
14 هَؤُلَاءِ سَيُحَارِبُونَ ٱلْخَرُوفَ، وَٱلْخَرُوفُ يَغْلِبُهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْأَرْبَابِ وَمَلِكُ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ مَدْعُوُّونَ وَمُخْتَارُونَ وَمُؤْمِنُونَ».
14 These 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.”
15 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ: «ٱلْمِيَاهُ ٱلَّتِي رَأَيْتَ حَيْثُ ٱلزَّانِيَةُ جَالِسَةٌ، هِيَ شُعُوبٌ وَجُمُوعٌ وَأُمَمٌ وَأَلْسِنَةٌ.
15 He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
16 وَأَمَّا ٱلْعَشَرَةُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلَّتِي رَأَيْتَ عَلَى ٱلْوَحْشِ فَهَؤُلَاءِ سَيُبْغِضُونَ ٱلزَّانِيَةَ، وَسَيَجْعَلُونَهَا خَرِبَةً وَعُرْيَانَةً، وَيَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمَهَا وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِٱلنَّارِ.
16 The 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.
17 لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ وَضَعَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ أَنْ يَصْنَعُوا رَأْيَهُ، وَأَنْ يَصْنَعُوا رَأْيًا وَاحِدًا، وَيُعْطُوا ٱلْوَحْشَ مُلْكَهُمْ حَتَّى تُكْمَلَ أَقْوَالُ ٱللهِ.
17 For 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.
18 وَٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلَّتِي رَأَيْتَ هِيَ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ ٱلَّتِي لَهَا مُلْكٌ عَلَى مُلُوكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ».
18 The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 19:2; Revelation 17:1–17; Jeremiah 51:13; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 21:9
- 2 Revelation 14:8; Jeremiah 51:7; Revelation 18:3; Revelation 18:9; Revelation 18:23
- 3 Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:1–6; Revelation 17:9–12; Revelation 17:18; Revelation 17:6–7
- 4 Jeremiah 51:7; Revelation 18:16; Revelation 19:2; Revelation 18:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10
- 5 Revelation 18:2; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 17:7; Revelation 16:19; Isaiah 3:9
- 6 Revelation 16:6; Revelation 13:15; Revelation 2:13; Daniel 7:25; Revelation 12:11
- 7 Revelation 17:1–6; Revelation 17:8
- 8 Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:11; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 9:1–2; Revelation 19:15–21
- 9 Revelation 13:18; Revelation 17:7; Daniel 12:4; Daniel 12:8–10; Matthew 24:15
- 11 Revelation 17:8
- 12 Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:1; Zechariah 1:18–21; Daniel 7:24; Revelation 17:16
- 13 Revelation 17:17; Ezekiel 38:10; Philippians 1:27; Philippians 2:2; Isaiah 10:5–7
- 14 Romans 8:30; 1 Timothy 6:15; Matthew 22:14; Revelation 3:21; Deuteronomy 10:17
- 15 Revelation 17:1; Jeremiah 51:13; Jeremiah 51:55; Isaiah 8:7–8; Psalm 65:7
- 16 Revelation 18:8; Ezekiel 16:37–44; Leviticus 21:9; Jeremiah 50:41–42; Revelation 18:16–17
- 17 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; 2 Corinthians 8:16; Proverbs 21:1; Revelation 10:7; Ezra 7:27
- 18 Revelation 16:19; Revelation 18:2; Daniel 7:23; Daniel 2:40–41
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For that peoples are signified under the name of waters the Apocalypse of John clearly indicates to us, where, after he had been shown many waters, and he had asked what they were, was answered that they were peoples. That water, then--namely, that people--was shut in by the five books of Moses, as by five porches.
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