Nyaɖeɖefia 13
1 Ale ʋɔ driba la nɔ tsitre ɖe atsiaƒu la to. Tete mekpɔ lã wɔadã aɖe wòdo go tso atsiaƒu me gbɔna. Eto dzo ewo kple ta adre; fiakuku ewo nɔ dzoawo dzi, eye woŋlɔ busuŋkɔwo ɖe ta adreawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe ŋu.
And I stood on the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and ten crowns on its horns, and on its heads names of slander,
2 Lã wɔadã si mekpɔ la ɖi lãkle, gake eƒe afɔwo nɔ abe sisiblisi tɔwo ene, eye eƒe nu le abe dzata tɔ ene. Ʋɔ driba la tsɔ eƒe ŋusẽ, fiazikpui kple dziɖuɖuŋusẽ na lã wɔadã la.
and the beast that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority.
3 Edze abe lã wɔadã la ƒe tawo dometɔ ɖeka ɖe wòxɔ abi vevie ene, gake abi gã si wòxɔ la ku. Xexea me katã ƒe nu ku, eye wodze lã wɔadã la yome.
And I saw one of its heads as slain to death, and its deadly wound was healed, and all the earth wondered after the beast,
4 Amewo subɔ ʋɔ driba la, elabena etsɔ dziɖuɖu ƒe ŋusẽ na lã wɔadã la, eye wosubɔ lã wɔadã la hã hebia be, “Ame kae le abe lã wɔadã la ene? Ame kae ate ŋu awɔ aʋa kplii?”
and they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who [is] like to the beast? Who is able to war with it?”
5 Wona nu lã wɔadã la be wòagblɔ adegbeƒonyawo kple busunyawo, eye be wòaɖu dzi hena ɣleti blaene-vɔ-eve.
And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and slanders, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,
6 Eke eƒe nu be yeagblɔ busunya ɖe Mawu ŋu, eye yeaƒo ɖi eƒe ŋkɔ, eƒe nɔƒe kple ame siwo katã li kplii le dziƒo la.
and it opened its mouth for slander toward God, to slander His Name, and of His dwelling place, and of those who dwell in Heaven,
7 Wona ŋusẽe be wòawɔ aʋa kple ame kɔkɔeawo, eye wòaɖu wo dzi. Nenema ke wona dziɖuɖuŋusẽe ɖe to sia to, ƒome sia ƒome, gbegbɔgblɔ sia gbegbɔgblɔ kple dukɔ sia dukɔ dzi.
and there was given to it to make war with the holy ones, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.
8 Anyigbadzitɔwo katã asubɔ lã wɔadã la, ame siwo ƒe ŋkɔwo womeŋlɔ ɖe Alẽvi si wowu tso xexea me ƒe gɔmedzedze ke la ƒe agbegbalẽ la me o.
And all who are dwelling on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Scroll of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;
9 Ame si to senu li na la nesee.
if anyone has an ear—let him hear:
10 “Ne ame aɖe ayi aboyo me la, aboyo mee wòayi. Ne woawu ame aɖe kple yi la, yie woatsɔ awui.” Esia hiã na dzigbɔɖi le dzidodo me kple nuteƒewɔwɔ le ame kɔkɔeawo ƒe akpa dzi.
if anyone [goes] into captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone is to be killed with sword, it is necessary of him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the holy ones.
11 Eye mekpɔ lã wɔadã bubu wònɔ dodom tso anyigba ƒe tume. Eto dzo eve abe agbovi ene, gake enɔ nu ƒom abe ʋɔ driba ene.
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon,
12 Ewɔ lã wɔadã gbãtɔ ƒe dziɖuɖuŋusẽwo katã ŋu dɔ ɖe lã wɔadã gbãtɔ teƒe, eye wòna be anyigba kple edzinɔlawo katã nasubɔ lã wɔadã gbãtɔ, ame si ƒe kubi wowɔ wòku la.
and all the authority of the first beast does it do before it, and it makes the earth and those dwelling in it that they will worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed,
13 Ewɔ dzesi kple nukunu gãwo, eye wòna be dzo gɔ̃ hã ge tso dziƒo va dze anyi le amewo ƒe ŋkume.
and it does great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the sky to the earth before men,
14 Le ŋusẽ si wonae be wòawɔ nukunuwo ɖe lã wɔadã gbãtɔ teƒe ta la, eble anyigbadzitɔwo katã. Ede se na wo be woali legba abe bubudede lã wɔadã si ŋu wode abi kple yi, eye wògale agbe la ŋu ene.
and it leads astray those dwelling on the earth, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast that has the wound of the sword and lived,
15 Wona ŋusẽe be wòade gbɔgbɔ lã wɔadã gbãtɔ ƒe legba me, ale be legba la nate ŋu aƒo nu, eye be woawu ame siwo katã gbe be yewomasubɔ lã wɔadã la ƒe legba o la.
and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and it may cause as many as will not worship the image of the beast, that they may be killed.
16 Nenema ke wòzi ame sia ame, suewo kple gãwo, kesinɔtɔwo kple ame dahewo, ablɔɖeviwo kple kluviwo dzi be woade dzesi woƒe nuɖusibɔ alo woƒe ŋgonu,
And it makes all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
17 ale be ame aɖeke mate ŋu aƒle nu alo adzra nu o, negbe ɖe wòxɔ dzesi si nye lã wɔadã la ƒe ŋkɔ alo xexlẽme si nye eƒe ŋkɔ la hafi.
and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Esia hiã nunya. Ne sidzedze le ame aɖe si la, nebu lã wɔadã la ƒe xexlẽme kpɔ, elabena enye ame ƒe xexlẽme ƒe dzesi. Eƒe xexlẽme ƒe dzesie nye alafa ade blaade-vɔ-ade.
Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and its number: six hundred sixty-six.
