Καὶ ἦλθεν εἷς ἐκ τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλων τῶν ἐχόντων τὰς ἑπτὰ φιάλας, καὶ ἐλάλησεν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ, λέγων, ⸆ Δεῦρο, δείξω σοι τὸ κρίμα τῆς πόρνης τῆς μεγάλης, τῆς καθημένης ἐπὶ ⸂τῶν ὑδάτων τῶν πολλῶν·⸃ μεθ᾽ ἧς ἐπόρνευσαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐμεθύσθησαν ⸉οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς.⸊ Καὶ ἀπήνεγκέν με εἰς ἔρημον ἐν πνεύματι· καὶ εἶδον γυναῖκα καθημένην ἐπὶ θηρίον κόκκινον, ⸂γέμον ὀνόματα βλασφημίας, ἔχον⸃ κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ καὶ κέρατα δέκα. Καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ⸂ἦν⸃ περιβεβλημένη ⸂2πορφυροῦν καὶ κόκκινον,⸃ ⸆ κεχρυσωμένη ⸂3χρυσίῳ⸃ καὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ καὶ μαργαρίταις, ἔχουσα ⸉ποτήριον χρυσοῦν⸊ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆς, γέμον βδελυγμάτων καὶ ⸂4τὰ ἀκάθαρτα τῆς⸃ πορνείας αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῆς ὄνομα γεγραμμένον, Μυστήριον, Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν καὶ τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῆς γῆς. Καὶ εἶδον τὴν γυναῖκα μεθύουσαν ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν ἁγίων, ⸆ ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν μαρτύρων Ἰησοῦ. Καὶ ἐθαύμασα, ἰδὼν αὐτήν, θαῦμα μέγα. Καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὁ ἄγγελος, Διὰ τί ἐθαύμασας; Ἐγὼ ⸉ἐρῶ σοι⸊ τὸ μυστήριον τῆς γυναικός, καὶ τοῦ θηρίου τοῦ βαστάζοντος αὐτήν, τοῦ ἔχοντος τὰς ἑπτὰ κεφαλὰς καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα. ⸋Τὸ⸌ θηρίον, ὃ εἶδες, ἦν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, καὶ μέλλει ἀναβαίνειν ἐκ τῆς ἀβύσσου, καὶ εἰς ἀπώλειαν ⸂ὑπάγειν.⸃ Καὶ ⸂2θαυμάσονται⸃ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὧν οὐ γέγραπται ⸂3τὰ ὀνόματα⸃ ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, ⸂4βλεπόντων⸃ ⸉ὅτι ἦν τὸ θηρίον,⸊ ⸂5καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, καὶ παρέσται.⸃ Ὧδε ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἔχων σοφίαν. Αἱ ἑπτὰ κεφαλαὶ ⸉ἑπτὰ ὄρη εἰσίν,⸊ ὅπου ἡ γυνὴ κάθηται ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν. Καὶ βασιλεῖς ⸉εἰσιν ἑπτά·⸊ οἱ πέντε ἔπεσον, ⸆ ὁ εἷς ἔστιν, ὁ ἄλλος οὔπω ἦλθεν· καί, ὅταν ἔλθῃ, ὀλίγον ⸉2δεῖ αὐτὸν⸊ μεῖναι. Καὶ τὸ θηρίον ὃ ἦν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, καὶ ⸂αὐτὸς⸃ ὄγδοός ἐστιν, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἑπτά ἐστιν, καὶ εἰς ἀπώλειαν ὑπάγει. Καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα, ἃ εἶδες, δέκα βασιλεῖς εἰσίν, οἵτινες βασιλείαν οὔπω ἔλαβον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐξουσίαν ὡς βασιλεῖς μίαν ὥραν λαμβάνουσιν μετὰ τοῦ θηρίου. Οὗτοι μίαν ⸉ἔχουσιν γνώμην,⸊ ⸂καὶ τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν⸃ ⸂2αὐτῶν⸃ τῷ θηρίῳ ⸂3διδόασιν.⸃ Οὗτοι μετὰ τοῦ ἀρνίου πολεμήσουσιν, καὶ τὸ ἀρνίον νικήσει αὐτούς, ὅτι κύριος κυρίων ἐστὶν καὶ βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, κλητοὶ καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ πιστοί. Καὶ λέγει μοι, Τὰ ὕδατα, ἃ εἶδες, οὗ ἡ πόρνη κάθηται, λαοὶ καὶ ὄχλοι εἰσίν, καὶ ἔθνη καὶ γλῶσσαι. Καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα, ἃ εἶδες, ⸂καὶ⸃ τὸ θηρίον, οὗτοι μισήσουσιν τὴν πόρνην, ⸂2καὶ ἠρημωμένην ποιήσουσιν αὐτὴν καὶ γυμνὴν ποιήσουσιν αὐτήν,⸃ καὶ τὰς σάρκας αὐτῆς φάγονται, καὶ αὐτὴν κατακαύσουσιν ἐν πυρί. Ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἔδωκεν εἰς τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν ποιῆσαι τὴν γνώμην αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιῆσαι ⸉γνώμην μίαν,⸊ καὶ δοῦναι τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτῶν τῷ θηρίῳ, ἄχρι ⸂τελεσθῶσιν οἱ λόγοι⸃ τοῦ θεοῦ. Καὶ ἡ γυνή, ἣν εἶδες, ἐστὶν ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη, ἡ ἔχουσα βασιλείαν ἐπὶ τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς.
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