Apocalipse 18

1 After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory. 2 He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury."

4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues, 5 for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. 7 However much she glorified herself and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’ 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire, for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

9 The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning, 10 standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’ 11 The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more: 12 merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls. 14 The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you. All things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, 16 saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away, 18 and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’ 19 They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!’ For she is made desolate in one hour.

20 "Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has judged your judgment on her."

21 A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all. 22 The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman of whatever craft will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you. 23 The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you, for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth."

Te Horo a Papurōna

1 Ā muri iho i ēnei mea ka kite ahau i tētahi atu anahera e heke iho ana i te rangi, he mana nui tōna; mārama tonu hoki te ao i tōna korōria. 2 He nui hoki tōna reo ki te karanga, ki te mea:

"Kua horo, kua horo a Papurōna nui.

Kua meinga hei kāinga rēwera,

hei whare herehere hoki mō ngā wairua poke katoa,

hei whare herehere mō ngā manu poke katoa,

mō ngā manu whakarihariha.

3 Nā te wāina hoki o te riri o tōna moepuku i horo ai ngā tauiwi katoa;

i moepuku hoki ngā kīngi o te whenua ki a ia,

ā, kua whiwhi nui ngā kaihoko o te ao i te taonga

i te nui o āna mea whakaahuareka."

4 I rongo anō ahau i tētahi atu reo i te rangi, e mea ana:

"Puta mai koutou i roto i a ia,

e tōku iwi, kei uru tahi koutou ki ōna hara,

kei pāngia koutou e ōna whiu.

5 Kua tutuki hoki ōna hara ki te rangi,

kua mahara te Atua ki āna mahi hē.

6 Hoatu ki a ia tāna i hōmai ai ki a koutou,

takiruatia ngā mea mōna, kia rite ki āna mahi.

Ko te kapu i whakakīia e ia

kia rua ā koutou whakakīnga mōna.

7 Nā, kia rite ki tāna whakanuinga i a ia,

ki tōna tōreretanga ki āna mea whakaahuareka,

kia pērā anō te mamae me te pōuri e hoatu e koutou ki a ia.

E mea ana hoki ia i tōna ngākau:

‘E noho ana ahau hei kuīni!

Ehara hoki ahau i te pouaru,

e kore anō hoki ahau e kite i te pōuri.’

8 Mō konei anō ka tae mai ōna whiu i te rā kotahi,

te mate, te pōuri, te matekai;

ā, ka tahuna ia kia pau rawa i te ahi.

He kaha hoki te Ariki, te Atua, e whakawā nei i a ia."

9 Ā, ko ngā kīngi o te ao i moepuku nei ki a ia, i tōrere ngātahi nei ki āna mea whakaahuareka, tērā e tangi ki a ia, e auē ki a ia, ina kite rātou i te paoa o tōna tahunga. 10 Ka tū mai rātou i tawhiti i te wehi ki tōna whakamamae, ka mea,

"Auē, auē, te pā nui, Papurōna, te pā kaha!

Kua tae mai hoki tōu whakawā i te hāora kotahi."

11 Ka tangi anō hoki ngā kaihoko o te whenua, ka auē ki a ia; nō te mea kāhore atu he tangata hei hoko i tā rātou utanga; 12 i te utanga o te kōura, o te hiriwa, o te kōhatu utu nui, o te peara, o te rīnena pai, o te pāpura, o te hiraka, o te kahu whero; me ngā rākau taina katoa, me ngā tini oko rei, me ngā tini oko rākau utu nui whakaharahara, oko parāhi, rino, mapere, 13 me te hinamona, me ngā mea kakara, me te hinu kakara, me te parakihe, me te wāina, me te hinu, me te parāoa pai, me te wīti, me ngā kararehe, me ngā hipi; me te utanga o ngā hōiho, o ngā hāriata, o ngā pononga; me ngā wairua tāngata.

14 "Heoi, ko ngā hua i matea nuitia e tōu ngākau kua mawehe atu i a koe, ā, kua mahue hoki koe i ngā mea reka katoa, i ngā mea papai, ā, heoi anō te kitenga o aua mea e te tangata."

15 Ko ngā kaihoko o ēnei mea, kua whai taonga nei i a ia, ka tū mai rātou i tawhiti i te wehi ki tōna whakamamae, me te tangi, me te auē anō rātou, 16 me te kī:

"Auē, auē, te pā nui,

i kākahuria ki te rīnena pai, ki te pāpura,

ki te whero, i tātaitia ki te kōura,

ki te kōhatu utu nui, ki ngā peara!

17 Kotahi tonu hoki te hāora a mōtī rawa iho taua taonga nui."

Nā, ko ngā rangatira kaipuke katoa, ko te hunga katoa e rere ana rā te kaipuke ki ia wāhi, ko ngā kaiwhakatere kaipuke, me te hunga katoa anō kei te moana ā rātou mahi, tū mai ana rātou i tawhiti, 18 me te karanga anō rātou i tō rātou kitenga i te paoa o tōna tahunga, me te kī, "Ko tēhea pā i rite ki tēnei pā nui?" 19 Opehia ana hoki e rātou he puehu ki ō rātou māhunga, kei te karanga rātou, me te tangi, me te auē, kei te mea,

"Auē, auē, te pā nui,

i whai taonga ai i ōna utu nui te hunga katoa

he kaipuke a rātou i te moana!

Kotahi tonu nei hoki te hāora ā mōtī rawa iho!

20 Kia hari ki a ia, e te rangi,

e te hunga tapu, e ngā āpōtoro, e ngā poropiti anō hoki;

kua whakaritea nei hoki e te Atua tā koutou whakawā i a ia!"

21 Kātahi, ka hāpaingia ake e tētahi anahera kaha he kāmaka i rite nei ki tētahi kāmaka rahi nō te mira, ā, makā ana e ia ki te moana, me te kī anō ia:

"Ka pēneitia a Papurōna, te pā nui,

ka makā whakareretia atu,

e kore anō hoki e kitea i muri nei.

22 Nā, heoi anō, rongonga i roto i a koe ki te reo o ngā kaiwhakatangi hāpa,

o ngā kaiwhakatakoto rangi waiata,

o ngā kaiwhakatangi i ngā pūtōrino, i ngā tētere;

e kore anō hoki e kitea i ngā wā i muri nei tētahi kaimahi o ngā tini mahi i roto i a koe;

e kore anō hoki e rangona i ngā wā i muri nei

te haruru o te kōhatu mira i roto i a koe.

23 E kore anō hoki e whiti i ngā wā i muri nei te mārama o te rama i roto i a koe;

e kore anō hoki e rangona i ngā wā i muri nei te reo o te tāne mārena hou,

o te wahine mārena hou, i roto i a koe;

ōu kaihokohoko hoki ko ngā tāngata nunui o te ao;

nā āu mahi mākutu anō hoki i pōhēhē ai ngā iwi katoa.

24 I kitea anō hoki i roto i a ia ngā toto o ngā poropiti, o te hunga tapu,

o te hunga katoa hoki i whakamatea ki runga ki te whenua."