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].
In stal sem na morskem pesku in videl zvernika dvigniti se iz morja, ki je imel sedem glav ter deset rogov in na svojih rogovih deset kron in na svojih glavah bogokletno ime.
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].
In zvernik, ki sem ga videl, je bil podoben leopardu in njegova stopala so bila kakor medvedja stopala in njegova usta kakor levja usta. In zmaj mu je dal svojo moč in svoj prestol ter veliko oblast.
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.
In videl sem eno izmed njegovih glav, kot bi bila ranjena do smrti in njegova smrtna rana je bila ozdravljena in ves svet se je spraševal o zverniku.
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]
In oboževali so zmaja, ki je dal oblast zverniku in oboževali so zvernika, rekoč: »Kdo je podoben zverniku? Kdo se je zmožen bojevati z njim?«
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.
In dana so mu bila usta, ki so govorila velike stvari ter bogokletja in dana mu je bila oblast, da nadaljuje dvainštirideset mesecev.
6 It [MTY] insulted God, insulted the place where he lives, and insulted everyone who lives with him in heaven.
In svoja usta je odprl v bogokletju proti Bogu, da preklinja njegovo ime in njegovo šotorsko svetišče in te, ki prebivajo v nebesih.
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.
In dano mu je bilo, da se vojskuje s svetimi in da jih premaga in dana mu je bila oblast nad vsemi sorodstvi in jeziki in narodi.
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.
In oboževali ga bodo vsi, ki prebivajo na zemlji, katerih imena že od ustanovitve sveta niso zapisana v knjigi življenja zaklanega Jagnjeta.
9 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to [this message from God]:
Če ima katerikoli človek uho, naj sliši.
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].
Kdor vodi v ujetništvo, bo šel v ujetništvo. Kdor ubija z mečem, mora biti ubit z mečem. Tukaj je potrpežljivost in vera svetih.
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.
In zagledal sem še enega zvernika prihajati gor iz zemlje in imel je dva rogova, podobna jagnjetovim, govoril pa je kakor zmaj.
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.
In izvajal je vso oblast prvega zvernika pred njim in povzroča zemlji in tistim, ki prebivajo na njej, da obožujejo prvega zvernika, katerega smrtna rana se je pozdravila.
13 The second beast performed awesome miracles, even causing fire from the sky to fall to earth while people watched.
In dela velike čudeže, tako da naredi pred očmi ljudi, da pride ogenj z neba na zemljo
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.
in zavaja te, ki prebivajo na zemlji, s pomočjo teh čudežev, za katere je imel oblast, da jih je delal pred očmi zvernika, rekoč tistim, ki prebivajo na zemlji, da bi morali narediti podobo zvernika, ki je imel rano od meča in je oživel.
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}.
In imel je moč, da dá življenje podobi zvernika, da naj bi podoba zvernika tako govorila kakor povzročila, da naj bi bili pobiti vsi, ki ne bi oboževali podobe zvernika.
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]!
In povzroči vsem, tako malim kakor velikim, bogatim in revnim, svobodnim in sužnjem, da sprejmejo znamenje v svojo desnico ali v svoja čela
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].
in da noben človek ne bi smel kupovati ali prodajati, razen, kdor je imel znamenje ali ime zvernika ali število njegovega imena.
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.
Tukaj je modrost. Naj tisti, ki ima razum, prešteje število zvernika; kajti to je število človeka in njegovo število je šeststo šestinšestdeset.
