< Revelation 13 >

1 The dragon stood on the ocean shore. I saw a beast that was coming up out of the ocean. It had ten horns and seven heads. On each [of] its horns there was a royal crown. On [each] of its heads there was a name that insulted [God].
Shesho onzoha ahemeleye pamwanya pesanga mnshenje mnsombi. Shesho nalola omnyama afuma mnsombi. Alina mapeta ilongo na matwe saba. Hu mpeta zyakwe hwali ne taji ilongo, nahwitwe lyakwe hwali nenongwa eyakufulu wa Ngolobhe.
2 The beast that I saw was like a leopard. But its feet were like the feet of a bear, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast [power]. From his own throne he also gave it authority [to rule people] [DOU].
Ono omnyama yehalolile nashi engoya. Amanamagakwe gali nanshi egedobi, nilomu yakwe lyalinanshi elye sama ola onzoha. Wapela enguvu, nahwitengo elyeshimwene, namadalaka ege nguvu sana eya tabhale.
3 One of the heads of the beast had been wounded {[The Lord] had wounded one of the heads of the beast}, causing the beast to almost die. But its wound was healed. [As a result, nearly] all [the people of] the earth [HYP, MTY] marveled at the beast and became his disciples.
Hwe elyemnyama omowakwe yabheneshe aje nibhazi igosi lyashele lyenza gasababisye efwa yakwe. Lelo ibhazi lyakwe lyapona nensi yonti yaswiga yafwata omnyama.
4 They worshipped the dragon, because he had given to the beast authority [to rule people]. They also worshipped the beast, saying, “No one is [as powerful] as the beast!/ [RHQ] (No one would dare to fight against it!/Who would dare to fight against it?)” [RHQ]
Nantele bhaputa onzoha, yani apie amadalaka ola onyama. Bhaputa omnyama nantele, bhendelela ayanje, “Wenu nanshi onyama? na “Wenu yabhakhomane nawo?”
5 The beast was allowed {[God] allowed the beast} to speak [MTY] in a boastful way and to insult [God]. [It was also] allowed {[God] also allowed it} to rule [over people] for 42 months.
Onyama wapata ilomu aje ayanje enongwa ezya wizuvwe nendigo aluhusiwe abhe namadalaka humezi amalago gane nazibhele.
6 It [MTY] insulted God, insulted the place where he lives, and insulted everyone who lives with him in heaven.
Esho omnyama ahiguye ilomlyakwe ayanje endigo hwa Ngolobhe, waliliga itawa lyakwe, ieneo lyashele alikhala nabhala bhabhakhala amwanya.
7 [It was] allowed {[God] allowed it} to fight against God’s people and to conquer them. [It was] allowed {[God] allowed it} to have authority [to rule] over every tribe, over every people-[group], over [speakers of] every language [MTY], and over every nation.
Umnyama aluhusiwe alwe na abhelweteshelo nabhamene. Nantele, apete amadalaka pamwanya yashila likabela, na bantu, enjango ni taifa.
8 Most of [HYP] the [people] living on earth worshipped it. They were people whose names were not written in a book by the [one who is like a] lamb, the one who had been killed. Since the beginning of the world [he wrote in it the names of the people who] will have [eternal] life.
Bhonti bhabhakheye mnsi bhaiputa omwene, shila omo yashele itawa lyakwe selisimbilwe, afume abhombwe hunsi, hushitabu eshewomi shashele sha Mwana Ngole, yashele abholilwe.
9 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to [this message from God]:
Yabha yayonti alini kutu, atejezye.
10 If [God has determined] that some people will be captured by their [enemies], they will be captured. If [God has determined that] some people will be killed with a sword, they will be killed with a sword. So God’s people [must be] steadfast, and remain faithful [to him].
Nkashele omowakwe ayegwilwe bhatejile nebhema teka abhabhale. Nkashele ome wakwe abhagogwe wipanga, hwipanga abhagogwe. Ohwu wito wapome nagolele nahweteshe hwebho bhabhali bhinza.
11 I saw another beast, which was coming up from the earth. It had two small horns [on its head] like a sheep has. But it spoke [things to deceive people], like the dragon does.
Nantele nalola omnyama ohwamwabho. Ahwenza afume pansi aliwepeta zibhele nashi ilomu nawayanga nashi izoha.
12 While the first beast watched, it used all the [same] authority [to rule people that the first beast had]. It forced the people who live on the earth [MTY, DOU] to worship the first beast, that is, the one who was healed of the wound that had caused it to almost die.
Alanjile amadalaka gonti humnyama ola owahwande hwahuhweli hwakwe na abhombe mnsi nabhala bhabhakheye bhali bhahuputa alini bhazi lyakwe lyaliponile.
13 The second beast performed awesome miracles, even causing fire from the sky to fall to earth while people watched.
Wabhomba amanjele ege nguvu, hata wabhomba omwoto gishe afume amwanya hwitagalila hwa bhantu,
14 He performed miracles (on behalf of/with the authority of) the [first] beast. By doing that he deceived the [unbelieving] people on the earth so that they [believed that they should worship the first beast. But this happened only because God] allowed [it to happen]. The second beast told the people living on earth to make an image of the [first] beast, the one that [people] had almost killed with a sword and that then came back to life again.
na kwa ishara aliruhusiwa kufanya, akawadanganya hao wakaao katika dunia, akiwaambia kutengeneza sanamu kwa heshima ya mnyama ambaye alikuwa amejeruhiwa kwa upanga, lakini bado aliishi.
15 The image of the [first] beast was allowed to breathe, in order that it might speak and in order that [it might command that] whoever refused to worship its image should be killed {that [people] should kill whoever refused to worship its image}.
Aluhusiwe afumie omwoi walila isanamu lyamnyama aje isanamu ewezye ayanje nasababisye bhala bhonti bhabhakhene apute omnyama bhagogwe.
16 [The second beast] required also that [the first beast’s name] be marked {[its agents] mark [the first beast’s name]} on the right hand or on the forehead of everyone, those of little [social importance] and of great [social importance], the rich and the poor, free [people] and slaves. [Everyone]!
Nantele walazimisya shila omo yashele sagali nesamani nabhe ne nguvu, ne nguvu, otajili, nopena yalipalaha nosontezehwo aposhele eshilango hukhono ogwishilume olwenje humonji.
17 They did this in order that people could not buy [anything] or sell [anything] if they did not have the mark, which represents the name of the beast or the number of its name, [on their foreheads].
Shali sheshiwezehene hwamtu ahwande olwenje akale hwahulango hwa mnyama, ene namba eya longozezye itawa lyakwe.
18 You must [think] wisely to understand [the meaning of the mark]. Anyone who thinks wisely should calculate from the number of the beast what the man’s name is. That number is 666.
Ene ehwanziwa empyana. Aje yoyonti ali no welewa, leshe awezye abhombe embazyo ye namba ya mnyama. Maana namba ya shibhantu. Enamba yakwe yayene 666.

< Revelation 13 >