Tshenolo 13
1 Mme aanong mo ponatshegelong ya me, ka bona sebatana se se sa tlwaelesegang se tlhatloga mo lewatleng. Se ne se na le ditlhogo di supa le dinaka di le some, gape se na le dirwalo di le some mo dinakeng tsa sone. Mme mo tlhogong nngwe le nngwe go kwadilwe maina a tlhapatso, a kgoba ebile a nyenyefatsa Modimo.
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].
2 Sebatana se, se ne se tshwana le lengau mme se na le maroo a a tshwanang le a bera le molomo o tshwana le lengau mme se na le moroo a a tshwanang le a bera le molomo o tshwana le wa tau! Mme kgogela ya se naya nonofo ya yone le setilo sa bogosi le taolo e kgolo.
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].
3 Mme ka bona tlhogo nngwe ya sone ekete e bolaisegile mo e neng ekete ga e kake ya tlhola e fola, mme ntho e e maswe thata eo ya fola! Mme batho ba lefatshe ba gakgamalela kgakgamatso e mme ba sala sebatana se morago ka therego.
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.
4 Ba obamela kgogela ka go se naya nonofo e e kalo, mme ba obamela sebatana se se sa tlwaelesegang. Ba goa ba re, “Ke kae kwa go nang le mongwe yo mogolo jaaka sone? Ke mang yo o ka kgonang go se tlhabantsha?”
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]
5 Mme kgogela ya tlhotlheletsa sebatana go tlhapatsa Morena; mme ya se naya taolo go laola lefatshe selekanyo sa dikgwedi di le masome a mane le bobedi.
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.
6 Ka nako eo yotlhe sa tlhapatsa leina la tempele ya gagwe le botlhe ba ba nnang kwa legodimong.
It [MTY] insulted God, insulted the place where he lives, and insulted everyone who lives with him in heaven.
7 Mme kgogela ya se naya nonofo go tlhabantsha batho ba Modimo le go ba fenya, le go busa dichaba tsotlhe le dipuo mo lefatsheng lothe.
[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.
8 Le batho botlhe ba maina a bone a neng a sa kwalwa pele ga tshimologo ya lefatshe mo lokwalong lwa Botshelo lwa Kwana e e tlhabilweng, ba obamela sebatana se se bosula.
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.
9 A mongwe yo o nang le ditsebe, a reetse ka kelotlhoko.
Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to [this message from God]:
10 Batho ba Modimo ba ba laoletsweng kgolegelo ba tlaa tshwarwa mme ba tsewe; ba ba laoletsweng loso ba tlaa bolawa. Mme lo se ka lwa kgobega marapo, gonne lo ke lobaka lwa go itshoka le go ikanyega.
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].
11 Mme ka bona sebatana se sengwe se se sa tlwaelesegang se sone se neng se tswa mo lefatsheng, se na le dinaka tse di potlana di le pedi jaaka tsa Kwana mme se na le lentswe le le boifisang jaaka la kgogela.
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.
12 Se ne sa dirisa nonofo yotlhe ya sebatana se ntho ya sone e e maswe e fodileng, se se neng sa batla gore batho ba lefatshe botlhe ba se obamele.
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.
13 Mme sa dira dikgakgamatso tse motho ope a neng a se ka ke a di dumela jaaka go folosetsa molelo mo lefatsheng o tswa kwa legodimong, mongwe le mongwe a lebile.
The second beast performed awesome miracles, even causing fire from the sky to fall to earth while people watched.
14 Ka go dira dikgakgamatso tse, sa tsietsa batho gongwe le gongwe, se ne se dira dikgakgamatso tse fela fa sebatana sa ntlha se le teng go se lebelela. Mme sa laela batho ba lefatshe go dira setshwantsho sa leje se segolo sa sebatana sa ntlha, se se neng se bolaisegile thata, mme sa tloga sa rula.
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.
15 Se ne sa letlelelwa go naya setshwano se sa leje mowa le go dira gore se bue! Hong setshwantsho se sa leje sa laela gore mongwe le mongwe yo o ganang go se obamela o tshwanetse go swa!
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}.
16 Mme sa pateletsa mongwe le mongwe, bagolo le bannye, bahumi le bahumanegi, magolegwa le ba ba golotsweng, go tshwaiwa ka lotshwao longwe mo letsogong le legolo kgotsa mo phatleng.
[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]!
17 Mme ga bo go se ope yo o ka bonang tiro kgotsa le fa e le go reka mo marekelong kwa ntle ga gore a bo a na le lotshwao loo, lo e neng e le leina la sebatana kgotsa palo ya leina la sone.
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].
18 Jaanong malepa ke a, a a tlhokang kelotlhoko go rarabololwa. A ba ba kgonang, ba ranole palo e: dipalo tse mo leineng la gagwe di dira makgolo a marataro le masome a marataro le borataro!
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.
