< Revelation 13 >
1 And he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.
Su njoka kagoloka mumpeku mwa bahali. Shakapanu numwoniti nkanyama mkalipa yumu pakalawa mubahali. Kaweriti na mituwi saba na magoli lilongu na kila ligoli liweriti na lijenjeri. Pamituwi yakuwi palembitwi litawu lya kumwigilanga Mlungu.
2 And the beast, which I saw, was like to a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his own strength, and great power.
Nkanyama mkalipa ulii yanumwoniti kaweriti gambira duma na magulu gakuwi gaweriti gambira nkanyama dubu, mlomu gwakuwi guweriti gambira mlomu gwa simba. Njoka ulii kamupananiti nkanyama ulii makakala gakuwi na shibanta shakuwi na uwezu mkulu.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to death: and his death’s wound was healed. And all the earth was in admiration after the beast.
Mtuwi gumu gwa nkanyama mkalipa ulii guwonikaniti gambira shironda shikulu shashijega kuhowa kumbiti shironda shilii shiponiti. Wantu woseri wa pasipanu walikangashiti na nkanyama mkalipa ulii na kumfata.
4 And they adored the dragon, which gave power to the beast: and they adored the beast, saying: Who is like to the beast? and who shall be able to fight with him?
Wantu woseri wamguwiriti njoka ulii toziya kamupananiti nkanyama mkalipa ulii uwezu wakuwi. Wamguwiriti vilaa nkanyama mkalipa ulii pawalonga, “Hashi, gaa yakawera gambira nkanyama mkalipa ayu? Hashi, gaa yakaweza kulikoma nayu?”
5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do two and forty months.
Shakapanu nkanyama mkalipa ulii kalekeziwa kutakula visoweru vya mtiti na kumwigilanga Mlungu, kalekeziwa kuwera na uwezu kwa shipindi sha myezi malongu msheshi na mawili.
6 And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Su kanjiti kumwigilanga Mlungu na kuligilanga litawu lya Mlungu na pahala pakalikala na woseri yawalikala kumpindi kwa Mlungu.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. And power was given him over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation.
Kalekeziyitwi kuwakoma ngondu na kuwakanka wantu wa Mlungu. Kampananiti uwezu kwa wantu wa kila likabira na isi na ntambu ya wantu yawalonga na lukolu.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb, which was slain from the beginning of the world.
Woseri yawalikala pasipanu hawamguwiri, wantu awa ndo walii matawu gawu galembitwi ndiri pamberi pa kunyawa pasipanu, mushintola sha ukomu sha Mwanakondolu yakalikitulitwi.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
“Yakawera na makutu, kapikaniri.
10 He that shall lead into captivity, shall go into captivity: he that shall kill by the sword, must be killed by the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Yawampangiliti kutolwa kuwera mloporwa mpaka katolwi kuwera mloporwa na ulii yakapangilitwi kulagwa kwa upanga hakalagwi kwa upanga. Su wantu wa Mlungu waweri na uhepeleru na njimiru.”
11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns, like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.
Shakapanu numwoniti nkanyama mkalipa yumonga kankulawa pasipanu. Kaweriti na magoli mawili gambira magoli ga mwanakondolu na kayoweriti gambira njoka.
12 And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight; and he caused the earth, and them that dwell therein, to adore the first beast, whose wound to death was healed.
Kaweriti na uwezu woseri kulawa kwa nkanyama mkalipa ulii gwa kwanja na kautendiriti uwezu ulii pahala pa nkanyama mkalipa gwa kwanja. Su katenda pasipanu poseri na woseri yawaweramu kumguwira nkanyama mkalipa ayu gwa kwanja mweni kaweriti na shironda sha kuhowa shashiponiti.
13 And he did great signs, so that he made also fire to come down from heaven unto the earth in the sight of men.
Su nkanyama mkalipa ayu gwa pili katenditi mauzauza ga kulikangasha, kalaviyiziti motu kulawa kumpindi gusuluki pasipanu palongolu pa wantu.
14 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs, which were given him to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make the image of the beast, which had the wound by the sword, and lived.
Kawapotoziyiti yawalikala pasipanu kwa mauzauza galii gakapananitwi kugatenda pahala pa nkanyama mkalipa gwa kwanja. Kawagambiriti yawalikala pasipanu wanyawi shinyagu kwa ligoya lya nkanyama mkalipa ulii yakatenduwitwi kwa upanga kumbiti kalikaliti kayi.
15 And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast, and that the image of the beast should speak; and should cause, that whosoever will not adore the image of the beast, should be slain.
Nkanyama mkalipa gwa pili kapananitwi uwezu kushitenda shipumuli shinyagu shilii sha nkanyama mkalipa gwa kwanja, su shinyagu shiweziti kutakula na kuwatenda wantu woseri yawalemiti kushiguwira shinyagu shilii, walagwi.
16 And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand, or on their foreheads.
Kawatenditi woseri watulwi shimaniziwu mumawoku gawu ga kumliwu na musheni zyawu, yawamanika na yawamanika ndiri, walunda na wahushu, wantu walekeru na wamanda.
17 And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Na muntu yoseri hapeni kawezi kuhemera ama kuwuza shintu mpaka kaweri na shimaniziwu shilii. Shimaniziwu shiweriti na litawu lya nkanyama mkalipa ama walanga ya litawu lilii.
18 Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.
Peni panu pafiruwa luhala! Yakawera na mahala kaweza kuvimana mana ya walanga ya nkanyama mkalipa ayu, toziya walanga ayi iwera walanga ya muntu. Walanga ayi ndo miya sita malongu sita na sita.