The Fall of Babylon
1 After this I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and his splendor brightened the whole earth. 2 He cried out in a loud voice: “She has fallen! Great Babylon has fallen! She is now haunted by demons and unclean spirits; all kinds of filthy and hateful birds live in her. 3 For all the nations have drunk her wine—the strong wine of her immoral lust. The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the world grew rich from her unrestrained lust.”
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
“Come out, my people! Come out from her!
You must not take part in her sins;
you must not share in her punishment!
5 For her sins are piled up as high as heaven,
and God remembers her wicked ways.
6 Treat her exactly as she has treated you;
pay her back double for all she has done.
Fill her cup with a drink twice as strong
as the drink she prepared for you.
7 Give her as much suffering and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
For she keeps telling herself:
‘Here I sit, a queen!
I am no widow,
I will never know grief!’
8 Because of this, in one day she will be struck with plagues—
disease, grief, and famine.
And she will be burned with fire,
because the Lord God, who judges her, is mighty.”
9 The kings of the earth who took part in her immorality and lust will cry and weep over the city when they see the smoke from the flames that consume her. 10 They stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They say, “How terrible! How awful! This great and mighty city Babylon! In just one hour you have been punished!”
11 The merchants of the earth also cry and mourn for her, because no one buys their goods any longer; 12 no one buys their gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; their goods of linen, purple cloth, silk, and scarlet cloth; all kinds of rare woods and all kinds of objects made of ivory and of expensive wood, of bronze, iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine and oil, flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and carriages, slaves, and even human lives. 14 The merchants say to her, “All the good things you longed to own have disappeared, and all your wealth and glamor are gone, and you will never find them again!” 15 The merchants, who became rich from doing business in that city, will stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They will cry and mourn, 16 and say, “How terrible! How awful for the great city! She used to dress herself in linen, purple, and scarlet, and cover herself with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls! 17 And in one hour she has lost all this wealth!”
All the ships' captains and passengers, the sailors and all others who earn their living on the sea, stood a long way off, 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke from the flames that consumed her: “There never has been another city like this great city!” 19 They threw dust on their heads, they cried and mourned, saying, “How terrible! How awful for the great city! She is the city where all who have ships sailing the seas became rich on her wealth! And in one hour she has lost everything!”
20 Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God's people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!
21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “This is how the great city Babylon will be violently thrown down and will never be seen again. 22 The music of harps and of human voices, of players of the flute and the trumpet, will never be heard in you again! No workman in any trade will ever be found in you again; and the sound of the millstone will be heard no more! 23 Never again will the light of a lamp be seen in you; no more will the voices of brides and grooms be heard in you. Your merchants were the most powerful in all the world, and with your false magic you deceived all the peoples of the world!”
24 Babylon was punished because the blood of prophets and of God's people was found in the city; yes, the blood of all those who have been killed on earth.
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1 Pēc tam es redzēju cytu engeli nūkōpam nu dabasim; jam beja lela vara un nu jō spūžuma beja apgaismōta zeme. 2 Jys lelā bolsā sauce: Sabruka, sabruka lelō Babilona; jei palyka par demonu mitekli, par nūmetni visim naškeistajim gorim, par nūmetni visim nateirajim un rībeigajim putnim. 3 Vysas tautas dzēre jōs bezkauneibas veinu, vērszemes kēneni ar jū dareja naceisteibu un vērszemes tērgotōji nu jōs lelōs pōrmēreibas palyka bogōti.
4 Un es dzērdēju cytu bolsu nu dabasim saucam: Dūdīs prūjom, muna tauta, lai tu najimtu daleibas jōs grākūs un nacīstu nu mēra. 5 Jōs grāki snādzās leidz pat dabasim, un Dīvs pīmiņ jōs nataisneibas. 6 Atdūdit jai tū, kū jei (jums) ir davuse un pēc jōs dorbim atdūdit jai divkōrši. Kausu, kuru jei jums lēja, pīlejit jai divkōrši. 7 Tik pat daudz, cik jei sevi augstynōja un uzdzeivōja, tik dūdit jai cīsšonu un bādu. Jei sovā sirdī dūmoj: Es sēžu te kai kēninīne, es naasmu atraitne un bādu napazeistu. 8 Tōpēc vīnā dīnā nōks jōs cīsšonas: nōve, bādas un bods un jū sadadzynōs gunī, jo Dīvs, kas jū tīsōs ir vareigs Kungs.
9 Un vērszemes kēneni jū apraudōs un vaimaņōs tī, kas ar jū pīkūpe naceisteibu un uzdzeivōja, kad jī īraudzeis jōs degšonas dyumus. 10 Jī stōvēs nu tōlīnes bailēs pret jōs cīsšonom un saceis: Bāda, bāda, tu lelō Babilona, tu varenō piļsāta! Un tīsa par tevi ir nōkuse vīnā pošā stundē.
11 Arī vērszemes tērgōtōji tū apraudōs un skums, jo nikas vairs jūs preču napērks. 12 Ni zalta preču, ni sudobra, ni dōrgakmiņu, ni perļu, ni dōrgūs audumu, ni purpura, ni zeida, ni samta, ni kaidu smaržeigu kūku, nikaidu zylūņkaula trauku, nikaidu dōrgō kūka trauku, ni arī kapara, dzeļža un marmora; 13 ni cinamonu (ni smaržu), ni kyupynojamūs trauku, ni myrras, ni kyupynojamō, ni veina, ni eleja, ni smolkmyltu, ni kvīšu, ni vēršu, ni vušku, ni zyrgu, ni pajyugu, ni vērgu, ni cylvāku dvēseļu.
14 Tī augli, pēc kurim slōpst tova sirds, nu tevis ir atjimti, vyss tovs skaistums un daiļums ir iznicis un jys vairs nav atrūnams. 15 Šytūs lītu tērgōtōji, kas nu tevis ir palykuši bogōti, bailēs pret cīsšonom stōvēs nu tolīnes un raudōdami un bādōdamīs 16 sauks: Bāda, bāda, tu lelō, dōrgūs audumūs, purpurā un samtā gārbtō un ar zaltu, dōrgakminim un pērlem puškōtō piļsāta! 17 Vīnas stundes laikā pazuda tik lelas bogōteibas.
Kugu vadeitōji, visi pīkrastes braucēji, laivinīki un visi jyuras braucēji nūstōja nu tolīnes 18 un klīdze itkai radzātu sova guņsgrāka dyumus saceidami: Vai ir kaida cyta leidzeiga šai lelajai piļsātai? 19 Jī bēre putekli sev uz golvas un raudōdami un vaimaņōdami sauce: Bāda, bāda, tu lelō piļsāta! Nu tovim dōrgumim palyka bogōti visi tī, kam uz jyuras ir kugi. Un jei iznyka vīnā pošā stundē.
20 Līksmojit par tū dabasi, jyus svātī, jyus apostoli un pravīši, jo Dīvs ir uzajēmīs jyusus pret jū aizstōvēt.
21 Vīns spēceigs engeļs pacēlis akmini, dzērnovu akmiņa lelumā, īsvīde jū jyurā saceidams: Ar taidu trūksni izniks Babilona, tei lelō piļsāta un jei vairs nabyus atrūnama. 22 Nivīnas kūklātōju, ni skaņu mōkslinīku, ni fleitistu, ni taurātōju skaņas nikas tevī vairs nadzērdēs; nivīns mōkslinīks naatrass tevī nikaidas mōkslas, nivīna dzērnovu trūkšņa nikas vairs tevī nadzērdēs 23 nivīnas lampas gaisma vairs tevī naspeidēs, nivīna leigovaiņa vai leigovas bolss vairs tevī naskanēs. Tovi tērgōtōji beja tī vērszemes lelī, tova būršonas mōksla maldynōja vysas tautas. 24 Tevī ir atrosts pravīšu un svātūs asnis, jā, vysu, kas vērs zemes ir nūnōvāti.
