Revelation 13
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
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 And the beast which I saw was like unto 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 power, and his seat, 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 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after 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 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
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 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two 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 he opened his mouth in blasphemy against YHWH, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that 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 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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 that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
誰若有耳朵，就聽罷！
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the 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 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as 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 he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was 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 he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
牠又行大奇蹟，甚至在眾人面前使火從天降到地上。
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
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 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should 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 he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his 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 wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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。
