Revelation 13
1 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
於是牠就站在海灘上。 看見從海裏上來一隻獸，牠有十隻角和七個頭，角上有十個王冠，頭上有褻聖的名號。
2 The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
我所看見的那獸，相似豹子，牠的腳像熊腳，牠的口像獅子口；那龍遂把自己的能力、寶座和大權交給了牠。
3 One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.
我看見那獸的頭中，有一個似乎受了致死的傷，但牠那致死的傷卻治好了；故此全地的人都驚奇，而跟隨了那獸。
4 They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”
世人遂都朝拜那龍，因為牠把權柄賜給了那獸；世人朝拜那獸說：「誰可與這獸相比？誰能和牠交戰？」
5 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
又賜給了那獸一張說大話和褻聖的口，並且賜給了牠可妄為四十二個月的權柄；
6 And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
牠便張開自己的口，向天主說褻瀆的話，褻瀆他的聖名、他的帳幕和那些居住在天上的人。
7 Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
又允許牠可與聖徒們交戰，且戰勝他們；又賜給牠制服各支派、各民族、各異語和各邦國的權柄。
8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
地上的居民，凡名字從創造之初沒有記錄在被宰殺的羔羊生命冊中的人，都要朝拜牠。
9 He who has an ear, let him hear:
誰若有耳朵，就聽罷！
10 “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
誰若該被俘擄，就去受俘擄；誰若該受刀殺，就去受刀殺：聖徒們的堅忍和忠信即在於此。
11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
以後我看見另一隻獸由地中上來，牠有兩隻相似羔羊的角，說話卻相似龍。
12 And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.
牠在那前一隻獸面前，施行前一隻獸所有的一切權柄，使大地和居住在地上的人，朝拜前一隻獸，就是那隻受過致死的傷而被治好的獸。
13 And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
牠又行大奇蹟，甚至在眾人面前使火從天降到地上。
14 Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
牠因著在那獸面前所行的那些奇蹟，迷惑了地上的居民，便勸告地上的居民，給那那受過刀傷而還活著的獸，立一個像。
15 The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
牠又得了能力，把生氣賦給那獸像，甚至叫那獸像說話，並使那些凡不朝拜獸像的人死亡。
16 And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
牠給所有的人，無論大小貧富，自主的和為奴的，都在他們的右手上，或在他們的額上，打了一個印號；
17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.
如此，除非有這印號的，就是有那獸的名字或牠名字的數字的，誰也不能買，誰也不能賣。
18 Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
在這裏應有智慧：凡有明悟的，就讓他計算一下那獸的數字，因為是人的數字，牠的數字是六百六十六。
