OET interlinear REV 17:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ κρίμα τῆς πόρνης τῆς μεγάλης

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἦλθεν εἱς ἐκ τῶν ἑπτά ἀγγέλων τῶν ἐχόντων τάς ἑπτά φιάλας καί ἐλάλησεν μετʼ ἐμοῦ λέγων Δεῦρο δείξω σοί τό κρίμα τῆς πόρνης τῆς μεγάλης τῆς καθημένης ἐπί ὑδάτων πολλῶν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [how God will judge the great prostitute]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

τῆς πόρνης τῆς μεγάλης τῆς καθημένης ἐπὶ ὑδάτων πολλῶν,

˱of˲_the prostitute ¬the great ¬which sitting (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἦλθεν εἱς ἐκ τῶν ἑπτά ἀγγέλων τῶν ἐχόντων τάς ἑπτά φιάλας καί ἐλάλησεν μετʼ ἐμοῦ λέγων Δεῦρο δείξω σοί τό κρίμα τῆς πόρνης τῆς μεγάλης τῆς καθημένης ἐπί ὑδάτων πολλῶν)

Since the angel explains the meaning of the great prostitute in verse 18 and the meaning of the waters in verse 15, you do not need to say anything in your translation about their meaning here.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τῆς καθημένης ἐπὶ ὑδάτων πολλῶν

˱of˲_the ¬the ¬which sitting (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἦλθεν εἱς ἐκ τῶν ἑπτά ἀγγέλων τῶν ἐχόντων τάς ἑπτά φιάλας καί ἐλάλησεν μετʼ ἐμοῦ λέγων Δεῦρο δείξω σοί τό κρίμα τῆς πόρνης τῆς μεγάλης τῆς καθημένης ἐπί ὑδάτων πολλῶν)

The angel is using the word waters to mean a specific body of water by association. The phrase sitting on many waters is an allusion to [Jeremiah 51:13](../jer/51/13.md), where the same phrase describes the ancient city of Babylon and its location on the great Euphrates River. (The Hebrew word that Jeremiah uses can mean both “sit” and “dwell.”) If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [who lives next to a great river]