啟示錄 13
1 那時龍就站在海邊的沙上。 我又看見一個獸從海中上來，有十角七頭，在十角上戴着十個冠冕，七頭上有褻瀆的名號。
Then I saw rising up out of the sea a beast who had ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten diadems, and on his heads blasphemous titles.
2 我所看見的獸，形狀像豹，腳像熊的腳，口像獅子的口。那龍將自己的能力、座位，和大權柄都給了牠。
The beast I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were bear’s feet, and his mouth a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.
3 我看見獸的七頭中，有一個似乎受了死傷，那死傷卻醫好了。全地的人都希奇跟從那獸，
And I saw that one of his heads seemed to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth was following the beast, wondering.
4 又拜那龍－因為牠將自己的權柄給了獸，也拜獸，說：「誰能比這獸，誰能與牠交戰呢？」
Men worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying. "Who is like the beast? Who can fight with him?"
5 又賜給牠說誇大褻瀆話的口，又有權柄賜給牠，可以任意而行四十二個月。
And he was permitted to utter loud boasts and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty-two months.
6 獸就開口向上帝說褻瀆的話，褻瀆上帝的名並他的帳幕，以及那些住在天上的。
So he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle (those who live in his tabernacle in heaven).
7 又任憑牠與聖徒爭戰，並且得勝；也把權柄賜給牠，制伏各族、各民、各方、各國。
The beast was allowed to wage war upon the saints, and to conquer them; and there was given him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation;
8 凡住在地上、名字從創世以來沒有記在被殺之羔羊生命冊上的人，都要拜牠。
and each one whose name has not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who has been slain from the foundation of the world. All who dwell on the earth shall worship him.
9 凡有耳的，就應當聽！
Let him who has ears to hear, listen.
10 擄掠人的，必被擄掠； 用刀殺人的，必被刀殺。 聖徒的忍耐和信心就是在此。
Whoever is destined to go into captivity, goes into captivity. Whoever shall kill with the sword, shall surely be killed by the sword. (Here is the endurance and faith of the saints.)
11 我又看見另有一個獸從地中上來，有兩角如同羊羔，說話好像龍。
And I saw another beast ascending from the land; and he had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon;
12 牠在頭一個獸面前，施行頭一個獸所有的權柄，並且叫地和住在地上的人拜那死傷醫好的頭一個獸。
and he exerts the full authority of the first beast before him, and he makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast whose death-stroke was healed.
13 又行大奇事，甚至在人面前，叫火從天降在地上。
And he performs great miracles, so that he even causes fire to come down to the earth from the sky, before men’s eyes.
14 牠因賜給牠權柄在獸面前能行奇事，就迷惑住在地上的人，說：「要給那受刀傷還活着的獸作個像。」
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth, because of the miracles, which he is permitted to perform in the sight of the beast. He tells those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the sword-stroke, yet lived.
15 又有權柄賜給牠，叫獸像有生氣，並且能說話，又叫所有不拜獸像的人都被殺害。
And he was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should speak; and so that any one who would not worship the image of the beast should be put to death.
16 牠又叫眾人，無論大小、貧富、自主的、為奴的，都在右手上或是在額上受一個印記。
And he makes all men, low and high, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, to have a brand put upon their right hands or upon their brows,
17 除了那受印記、有了獸名或有獸名數目的，都不得做買賣。
so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the brand of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 在這裏有智慧：凡有聰明的，可以算計獸的數目；因為這是人的數目，它的數目是六百六十六。
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666.
