1 Καὶ*35 Mb,d,e,gpt,h⅓,ipt CP,TR ¦ --- Ma,e⅙,f,gpt,h⅔,ipt ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον ἄλλον ἄγγελον* ¦ ∼ 21 Mbpt,e⅕,f,i¼ ¦ 2 TR καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔχοντα ἐξουσίαν μεγάλην, καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐφωτίσθη ἐκ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. 2 Καὶ ἔκραξεν ἐν ἰσχυρᾷ φωνῇ*35 Md,hpt A,CP,OC,NU ¦ 123 μεγαλη Me⅕ ¦ 123 και μεγαλη Mi¼ ¦ 23 Ma⅗,b,d⅕,f,g⅕,h⅕,ipt ℵ,RP,HF ¦ 23 μεγαλη Mept ¦ 23 και μεγαλη Mh¼ ¦ ισχυραν φωνην Ma¼,g,i⅕ ¦ 1 ισχυι φωνη μεγαλη TR (The only real question is whether or not to read εν.) λέγων· «Ἔπεσεν, ἔπεσεν,*35 Mbpt,d,e,gpt,h,i⅓ A,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ επεσεν Ma,bpt,f,gpt,i⅔ ℵ,RP,HF (An easy case of homoioteleuton [or -arcton, or both]; since the result made good sense, there would be no need to question it.) Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, καὶ ἐγένετο κατοικητήριον δαιμόνων,* ¦ δαιμονιων ℵA,OC,NU καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς πνεύματος ἀκαθάρτου, καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς ὀρνέου ἀκαθάρτου καὶ μεμισημένου.*35 Ma,e⅓,fpt,gpt,hpt,ipt ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ 123 θηριου 567 A ¦ 1234567123 θηριου 5 Mbpt(⅓) ¦ 12345123 θηριου 567 [NU] ¦ 67 Md,e⅔,fpt,gpt,h¼,i⅕ 3 Ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ οἴνου*35 Mbpt,d,e,i⅕ CP ¦ ∼ 3412 Ma,bpt,f,g,h,i ℵ,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ 12 A τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς πέπωκεν*35 Mept CP,TR ¦ πεπωκασιν Ma¼,b,f,h⅓,i⅓ HF ¦ πεποτικεν Md ¦ πεπτωκασιν Ma,ept,g,hpt,ipt ℵ,RP ¦ πεπτωκαν A,C ¦ πεπωκαν OC,NU (For ‘drink’ we have f35 Ma¼,b,(d),ept,f,hpt,ipt; for ‘fall’ we have Ma,ept,g,hpt,ipt ℵA,C.) (Two cursives, 1828 and 2329, save the reading of OC,NU from being a morphological ‘patchwork quilt’.) πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς μετ᾿ αὐτῆς ἐπόρνευσαν, καὶ οἱ ἔμποροι τῆς γῆς ἐκ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ στρήνους αὐτῆς ἐπλούτησαν.»

4 Καὶ ἤκουσα ἄλλην φωνὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγουσαν· «Ἐξέλθετε*35 Ma⅐,d⅔,e,h⅓,ipt CP,TR ¦ εξελθε Ma,b,f,g,h⅔,ipt C,RP,HF,OC ¦ εξελθατε Md⅓ A,NU ¦ εξελθαται ℵ ἐξ αὐτῆς, ὁ λαός μου,* ¦ 45 Mept ¦ ∼ 34512 ℵC,NU ἵνα μὴ συγκοινωνήσητε ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν πληγῶν αὐτῆς ἵνα μὴ λάβητε·*d⅔) f35 Ma,b,d⅔,ept,f,g,h,i (ℵ)A(C)CP,RP,HF,NU ¦ ∼ 16782345 TR ¦ ∼ 16234578 OC ¦ 678 Md⅕,e¼ 5 ὅτι ἐκολλήθησαν* ¦ ηκολουθησαν TR αὐτῆς αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐμνημόνευσεν αὐτῆς*35 Ma⅔,bpt,i⅓ CP,HF ¦ --- Ma⅓,bpt,d,e,f,g,h,i⅔ ℵA,C,RP,OC,NU,TR (The pronoun seemed awkward or redundant.) ὁ Θεὸς τὰ ἀδικήματα αὐτῆς. 6 Ἀπόδοτε αὐτῇ ὡς καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπέδωκεν ὑμῖν,*35 Ma⅙,d,e,f,g¼,i⅓ CP,TR ¦ --- Ma,b,g,h,i⅔ ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU καὶ διπλώσατε αὐτῇ διπλᾶ*hpt) διπλα f35 Mb,d,e,f,g,hpt,i⅔ CP,RP,OC,TR ¦ τα 2 ℵ(C)NU ¦ τα 2 ως και 1 και Ma,e¼,i⅓ HF ¦ 2 Mhpt A κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῆς· ἐν τῷ ποτηρίῳ*35 Ma⅙,bpt,d,e,f,gpt,h⅔,i⅔ A,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 1 αυτης Ma,bpt,e¼,gpt,h⅓,i⅓ ℵ,HF ᾧ ἐκέρασεν, κεράσατε αὐτῇ διπλοῦν. 7 Ὅσα ἐδόξασεν ἑαυτὴν*35 Ma⅕,b,d,e⅔,f,g⅓,h,i CP,OC,TR ¦ αυτην Ma,e⅓,f⅕,g⅔,h¼,i¼ ℵA,C,RP,HF,NU καὶ ἐστρηνίασεν, τοσοῦτον δότε αὐτῇ βασανισμόν·*35 Mept CP ¦ 1 και πενθος Ma,b,d,ept,f,g,h,i ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (The woman’s statement, immediately below, may have suggested the phrase.) ὅτι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς λέγει ὅτι* ¦ --- Mept,g TR ‹Κάθημαι*35 Ma2/7,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,C,CP,RP,HF,NU,TR ¦ εγω 1 Mb ¦ 1 καθω OC ¦ καθως Ma (OC is in small print.) βασίλισσα, καὶ χήρα οὐκ εἰμί, καὶ πένθος οὐ μὴ ἴδω.› 8 Διὰ τοῦτο ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ἥξουσιν αἱ πληγαὶ αὐτῆς—θάνατος καὶ*35 Ma⅕,d,e,g,h,ipt ℵA,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ --- Ma,b,f,ipt HF πένθος καὶ λιμός—καὶ ἐν πυρὶ κατακαυθήσεται· ὅτι ἰσχυρὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ κρίνας*35 Ma,bpt,e⅔,g,h,i⅔ (ℵ)(A)C,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ κρινων Mbpt,e⅓,f,i⅓ TR ¦ παντοκρατωρ ο κρινων Md αὐτήν.

9 »Καὶ κλαύσουσιν*35 Ma,b,f,g,h,ipt C,CP,RP,HF,NU ¦ 1 αυτην Md,e⅓ OC ¦ κλαυσονται αυτην Me⅔ TR ¦ κλαυσονται Ma⅙,i¼ ℵA καὶ κόψονται ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν*35 Ma,b,e⅙,f,g⅔,i ℵC,CP,RP,HF,NU ¦ αυτη Md,e,g⅓,h A,OC,TR οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτῆς πορνεύσαντες καὶ στρηνιάσαντες, ὅταν βλέπωσιν τὸν καπνὸν τῆς πυρώσεως αὐτῆς, 10 ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἑστηκότες διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς, λέγοντες· ‹Οὐαί, οὐαί,* ¦ ουαι ουαι ουαι Mb ¦ ουαι Mept ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη Βαβυλών, ἡ πόλις ἡ ἰσχυρά, ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ* ¦ μιαν ωραν A ¦ εν 12 Mept,hpt TR ἦλθεν ἡ κρίσις σου.›

11 »Καὶ οἱ ἔμποροι τῆς γῆς κλαίουσιν καὶ πενθοῦσιν*35 Me,h ℵA(C)CP,NU,TR ¦ κλαυσουσιν 2 πενθησουσιν Ma,b,f,g⅓,i RP,HF,OC ¦ κλαυσονται Md¼ ¦ κλαυσουσιν Md⅕ ¦ 1 Mdpt,g⅔ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῇ,*35 Ma,bpt,e¼,f,gpt,h,i⅔ CP,RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ εν 2 A ¦ 1 αυτην Mb⅓,gpt,i⅕ ℵC,NU ¦ εφ εαυτους Me⅓ ¦ εφ εαυτοις Me⅖ ¦ εν εαυτοις Md ¦ four further readings ὅτι τὸν γόμον αὐτῶν οὐδεὶς ἀγοράζει οὐκέτι· 12 γόμον χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου, καὶ λίθου τιμίου καὶ μαργαρίτου,* ¦ μαργαριτων Mbpt,hpt ℵ,NU ¦ μαργαριτας C ¦ μαργαριταις A καὶ βύσσου*35 Ma⅙,d,e,ipt CP,TR ¦ βυσσινου Ma,b,f,g,h,ipt A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ βυσσινων ℵ καὶ πορφυροῦ*35 Ma,d,e⅔,f,ipt CP,RP,HF ¦ 1 πορφυρας Mb,e⅓,g,h,ipt ℵC,OC,NU,TR ¦ --- A (The use of the adjective as a noun was not appreciated, but it preserves the effect of a sequence of ου.) καὶ σηρικοῦ καὶ κοκκίνου,* ¦ σιρικου 23 ℵA,C,NU ¦ ∼ 32 συρικου Me⅓ καὶ πᾶν ξύλον θύϊνον καὶ πᾶν σκεῦος ἐλεφάντινον καὶ πᾶν σκεῦος ἐκ ξύλου τιμιωτάτου καὶ χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου καὶ μαρμάρου, 13 καὶ κινάμωμον*35 Ma⅔,b,d,e⅔,fpt,g¼,h¼,i⅔ ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ κινναμωμον Mb⅕,e⅙,h¼ A,C,NU ¦ κιναμωμου Ma¼,e⅙,fpt,g,hpt,i¼ καὶ*35 Ma,d⅓,e,f,g,hpt,i CP,RP,HF,TR ¦ 1 αμωμον 1 Mb,d⅔,e¼,f¼,hpt,i¼ ℵA,C,OC,NU θυμιάματα καὶ μύρον καὶ λίβανον, καὶ οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ σεμίδαλιν*35 Ma⅕,b⅕,d,e,h,ipt ℵA(C)CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ ∼ 54123 Mb⅓ ¦ ∼ 32145 Mbpt,f,i¼ ¦ 345 Ma,g,i⅕ καὶ σῖτον, καὶ κτήνη καὶ πρόβατα*35 Md,e,h ℵA,C,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ ∼ 321 Ma,b,f,g,i RP,HF καὶ ἵππων καὶ ῥαιδῶν,*35 Mapt,bpt,f,g,h,i CP,RP,HF ¦ ρεδων Mapt,bpt,d,e ℵA,C,OC,NU,TR καὶ σωμάτων καὶ ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπων.» 14 (‹Καί, ἡ ὀπώρα τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς σου* ¦ ∼ 51234 Mh¼ ℵA,C,NU ¦ 512345 Mbpt,h¼ ἀπῆλθεν* ¦ απωλετο OC ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὰ λιπαρὰ καὶ τὰ λαμπρὰ ἀπώλοντο*35 Mbpt,g,i¼ ℵ,CP ¦ απωλετο Ma,bpt,f,h,i⅔ A,C,RP,HF,NU ¦ απηλθεν Ma¼,d,e OC,TR (The plural is presumably correct.) ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ οὐκέτι οὐ μὴ εὑρήσεις αὐτά.›)*35 Mept,i⅕ CP ¦ ∼ 1243 OC ¦ 12 ευρησης 4 Ma⅕,ept,h⅖ TR ¦ 12 ευρης 4 Md,f(h⅓)i⅓ ¦ 12 ευρησουσιν 4 Mbpt ¦ ∼ 124 ευρησουσιν Mbpt,h¼ ℵA,NU ¦ ∼ 412 ευρης Ma¾,e¼,gpt(pt)i⅓ RP,HF ¦ ∼ 412 ευρησουσιν C (The evidence for the word order is adequate [f35Ma⅕,bpt,d,e,f,hpt,ipt]; in vs 14 an unidentified speaker addresses Babylon, so the verb must be 2nd sing.; the plural forms support the indicative; although ου μη usually takes the subjunctive, on occasion it takes the volitive future when the certainty of the statement is being emphasized, as here.) 15 «Οἱ ἔμποροι τούτων οἱ πλουτήσαντες ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς, ἀπὸ μακρόθεν στήσονται διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς,*35 Ma¼,b,d,e,f,g¼,h,i ℵA,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 1 και Ma,g HF κλαίοντες καὶ πενθοῦντες 16 καὶ λέγοντες·*35 Ma⅖,b,d,ept,f¼,g⅓,h⅔,i CP,RP,HF,TR ¦ 2 Mapt,f,h¼ ℵA,C,OC,NU ¦ --- Me⅓,gpt ‹Οὐαί, οὐαί,*35 Md,e,f,gpt,h,ipt ℵA,C,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ ουαι ουαι ουαι Mb ¦ ουαι Ma,gpt,ipt ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη, ἡ περιβεβλημένη βύσσινον*35 Ma⅙,b,d,e,f,gpt,h,i⅓ ℵA,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ βυσσον Ma,e⅙,gpt,i⅔ HF καὶ πορφυροῦν καὶ κόκκινον, καὶ κεχρυσωμένη ἐν χρυσῷ*35 Md,e,h⅓ ℵ,CP,TR ¦ 1 χρυσιω C,OC[NU] ¦ χρυσιω Ma,b,f,g,h⅓,i A,RP,HF ¦ 2 Mh⅓ καὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ καὶ μαργαρίταις·* ¦ μαργαριτη Mhpt ℵA,C,NU 17 ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος.›

»Καὶ πᾶς κυβερνήτης καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν πλοίων πλέων*35 Mb⅓,i⅓ CP ¦ 2345 Md⅔,ept,f ¦ 234 ομιλος Me¼ ¦ ∼ 2341 ομιλος TR ¦ 12 τοπον 5 Ma,bpt,g,hpt,ipt A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ 12 τον τοπον 5 Mhpt ℵ (ο επι is the best attested, by far [f35,a,b,g,h,i ℵA,C against d,e,f]; των πλοιων has better attestation than τοπον; the sequence πλοιων πλεων presumably gave rise to evasive action.)—καὶ ναῦται καὶ ὅσοι τὴν θάλασσαν ἐργάζονται—ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἔστησαν 18 καὶ ἔκραζον, βλέποντες* ¦ ορωντες TR τὸν καπνὸν τῆς πυρώσεως αὐτῆς λέγοντες, ‹Τίς ὁμοία τῇ πόλει τῇ μεγάλῃ;› 19 Καὶ ἔβαλον χοῦν ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκραζον, κλαίοντες καὶ πενθοῦντες καὶ*35 Ma,bpt,d⅕,e,f,g,i CP,RP,HF ¦ 123 Mbpt,d,e⅕,h ℵC,OC,NU,TR ¦ --- A λέγοντες· ‹Οὐαί, οὐαί, ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη, ἐν ᾗ ἐπλούτησαν πάντες οἱ ἔχοντες τὰ*35 Ma,bpt,e⅖,g,h,i ℵA,C,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ --- Mbpt,d,e⅗,f TR πλοῖα ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, ἐκ τῆς τιμιότητος αὐτῆς, ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη.›

20 »Εὐφραίνου ἐπ᾿ αὐτῇ,*35 Ma,bpt,d⅕,f,g,h,ipt ℵC,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ 1 αυτην Ma⅙,bpt,d,e,h¼,i⅓ TR ¦ εν 2 A Οὐρανέ, καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι καὶ οἱ* ¦ --- Mept,h¼ C,TR ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ προφῆται, ὅτι ἔκρινεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ κρῖμα ὑμῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς.» 21 Καὶ ἦρεν εἷς ἄγγελος ἰσχυρὸς λίθον ὡς μύλον* ¦ μυλινον A,NU ¦ μυλικον C ¦ λιθον ℵ μέγαν καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν λέγων·*35 ¦ 1 ουτως rell «Ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη πόλις, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἔτι. 22 Καὶ φωνὴ κιθαρῳδῶν καὶ μουσικῶν καὶ αὐλητῶν καὶ σαλπιστῶν οὐ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἐν σοὶ ἔτι. Καὶ πᾶς τεχνίτης πάσης τέχνης οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἐν σοὶ ἔτι. Καὶ φωνὴ μύλου οὐ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἐν σοὶ ἔτι.*b⅓,f) εν σοι ετι f35 Ma⅔,bpt,d,e,f,g,h,i A,C,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ --- Ma⅓,bpt,e¼,i¼ ℵ 23 Καὶ φῶς λύχνου οὐ μὴ φανῇ ἐν σοὶ ἔτι.*gpt, ευρεθη Me⅕) εν σοι ετι f35 Ma,b⅔,d⅖,e,f,g,h,i ℵ(C)CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ --- Mb⅓,d⅗ A Καὶ φωνὴ νυμφίου καὶ νύμφης οὐ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἐν σοὶ ἔτι. Ὅτι*35 Ma¼,b,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ --- Ma,i¼ HF οἱ ἔμποροί σου ἦσαν οἱ μεγιστᾶνες τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ* ¦ φαρμακια Mb⅓,ept,gpt ℵA,C σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.» 24 Καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ αἵματα*35 Ma,b,e,f,g,h¼,i CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ αιμα Md,h,i¼ ℵA,C,NU,TR προφητῶν καὶ ἁγίων εὑρέθη, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.