Wahyu 14:9-11

14:9 A ¹  third angel ²  followed the first two, ³  declaring ⁴  in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, 14:10 that person ⁵  will also drink of the wine of God’s anger ⁶  that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur ⁷  in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 14:11 And the smoke from their ⁸  torture will go up ⁹  forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have ¹⁰  no rest day or night, along with ¹¹  anyone who receives the mark of his name.”

Wahyu 18:4-5

18:4 Then ¹²  I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues, 18:5 because her sins have piled ¹³  up all the way to heaven ¹⁴  and God has remembered ¹⁵  her crimes. ¹⁶ 

[14:9]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[14:9]  ² tn Grk “And another angel, a third.”

[14:9]  ³ tn Grk “followed them.”

[14:9]  ⁴ tn For the translation of λέγω (legw) as “declare,” see BDAG 590 s.v. 2.e.

[14:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “he himself.”

[14:10]  ⁶ tn The Greek word for “anger” here is θυμός (qumos), a wordplay on the “passion” (θυμός) of the personified city of Babylon in 14:8.

[14:10]  ⁷ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

[14:11]  ⁸ tn The Greek pronoun is plural here even though the verbs in the previous verse are singular.

[14:11]  ⁹ tn The present tense ἀναβαίνει (anabainei) has been translated as a futuristic present (ExSyn 535-36). This is also consistent with the future passive βασανισθήσεται (basanisqhsetai) in v. 10.

[14:11]  ¹⁰ tn The present tense ἔχουσιν (ecousin) has been translated as a futuristic present to keep the English tense consistent with the previous verb (see note on “will go up” earlier in this verse).

[14:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and.”

[18:4]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[18:5]  ¹³ tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”

[18:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[18:5]  ¹⁵ tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.

[18:5]  ¹⁶ tn Or “her sins.”