Then the angel spoke to me.“ You saw the waters the prostitute sits on,” he said.“ They stand for all the nations of the world, no matter what their race or language is.

天使又对我说：“你所看见那淫妇坐的众水，就是多民、多人、多国、多方。

天使又对我说：“你所看见那淫妇坐的众水，就是许多民族、人民、邦国、语言。

天使又对我说：“你所看见那淫妇坐的众水，就是许多民族、人民、邦国、语言。

天使又对我说：“你看见的那淫妇所坐的众水象征来自各民族、各国家、各语言族群的人。

天使又对我说：“你所看见那淫妇坐着的众水，就是多种民族、群众、邦国，方言的人。

天使又对我说：“你所看见的众水，那淫妇所坐的地方，就是许多民族、人群、国家和语言群体。

天使又對我說：「你所看見那淫婦坐的眾水，就是多民、多人、多國、多方。

天使又對我說：「你所看見那淫婦坐的眾水，就是許多民族、人民、邦國、語言。

天使又對我說：「你所看見那淫婦坐的眾水，就是許多民族、人民、邦國、語言。

天使又對我說：「你看見的那淫婦所坐的眾水象徵來自各民族、各國家、各語言族群的人。

天使又對我說：“你所看見那淫婦坐著的眾水，就是多種民族、群眾、邦國，方言的人。

天使對我說：『你所看見的、淫婦所坐的眾水、就是許多民族、許多羣眾、許多邦國、許多種語言的人。

天使又對我說：「你所看見的眾水，那淫婦所坐的地方，就是許多民族、人群、國家和語言群體。

使者又謂我曰、爾見妓所坐之水、乃諸民諸部諸邦諸方、

天使又曰、爾見淫婦所居之眾水、乃列國眾民族姓、

天使又語我曰、爾見淫婦所坐之諸水、乃諸民諸國諸族諸方、

天神又語予曰：「爾所見大娼坐鎮之諸川、乃列國、兆民、萬族、重譯也。

Then the angel said to me,“ The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.

And the angel said to me,“ The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.

Then the angel said to me,“ The waters where the prostitute is ruling represent masses of people of every nation and language.

He also said to me,“ The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

And he* said to me,“ The waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages.

Then he said to me,“ The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

He also said to me,“ The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Then the angel said to me,“ The waters you saw( where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

He said to me,“ The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came to me. He said,“ Come. I will show you how the great prostitute will be punished. She is the one who sits by many waters.

I will destroy Babylon. I will put an end to all its noise. Waves of enemies will sweep through it like great waters. The roar of their voices will fill the air.

Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice. They have lifted up their pounding waves.But Lord, you are more powerful than the roar of the ocean. You are stronger than the waves of the sea. Lord, you are powerful in heaven.

You who live by the rivers of Babylon, your end has come. You who are rich in treasures, it is time for you to be destroyed.

For three and a half days, people will stare at their bodies. These people will be from every tribe and nation, no matter what language they speak. They will refuse to bury them.

You calmed the oceans and their roaring waves. You calmed the angry words and actions of the nations.

So I am about to bring against these people the king of Assyria and his whole army. The Assyrians will be like the mighty Euphrates River when it is flooding. They will run over everything in their path.They will sweep on into Judah like a flood. They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem. Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle. Their wings will spread out and cover it.”

The beast was allowed to make war against God’s holy people and to overcome them. It was given authority over every tribe, people and nation, no matter what language they spoke.Many people who live on the earth will worship the beast. They are the ones whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the one whose death was planned before the world was created.

Then I was told,“ You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”

Babylon’s enemies will sweep over it like an ocean. Like roaring waves they will cover it.

The ropes of death were almost wrapped around me. A destroying flood swept over me.