Ufunuo 13
1 Kisha joka alisimama juu ya mchanga ufukwe wa bahari. Kisha nikaona mnyama akitoka kwenye bahari. Alikuwa na pembe kumi na vichwa saba. Katika pembe zake kulikuwa na taji kumi, na katika kichwa chake kulikuwa na maneno ya kufuru kwa Mungu.
Then I saw rising up out of the sea a beast who had ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten diadems, and on his heads blasphemous titles.
2 Huyu mnyama niliyemuona ni kama chui. Miguu yake ilikuwa kama ya dubu, na mdomo wake ulikuwa kama wa simba. Yule joka akampa nguvu, na katika kiti chake cha enzi, na mamlaka yenye nguvu sana ya kutawala.
The beast I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were bear’s feet, and his mouth a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.
3 Kichwa cha mnyama mmojawapo kilionekana kuwa na jeraha kubwa ambalo lingesababisha mauti yake. Lakini jeraha lake likapona, na dunia yote ikashangazwa na ikamfuata mnyama.
And I saw that one of his heads seemed to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth was following the beast, wondering.
4 Pia wakamwabudu joka, maana alimpa mamlaka yule mnyama. Wakamwabudu mnyama pia, na wakaendelea kusema, “Nani kama mnyama? na “Nani atapigana naye?”
Men worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying. "Who is like the beast? Who can fight with him?"
5 Mnyama akapewa mdomo ili azungumze maneno ya kujisifu na matusi. Aliruhusiwa kuwa na mamlaka kwa miezi arobaini na miwili.
And he was permitted to utter loud boasts and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty-two months.
6 Hivyo mnyama alifungua mdomo wake kuongea matusi dhidi ya Mungu, akalitukana jina lake, eneo alililokuwa akiishi na wale wanaoishi mbinguni.
So he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle (those who live in his tabernacle in heaven).
7 Mnyama aliruhusiwa kufanya vita na waamini na kuwashinda. Pia, alipewa mamlaka juu ya kila kabila, watu, lugha na taifa.
The beast was allowed to wage war upon the saints, and to conquer them; and there was given him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation;
8 Wote walioishi duniani watamwabudu yeye, kila mmoja ambaye jina lake halijaandikwa, toka uumbaji wa dunia, katika kitabu cha uzima, ambacho ni cha Mwana Kondoo, ambaye alichinjwa.
and each one whose name has not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who has been slain from the foundation of the world. All who dwell on the earth shall worship him.
9 Ikiwa yeyote ana sikio, na asikilize.
Let him who has ears to hear, listen.
10 Ikiwa mmojawapo amechukuliwa mateka, na kwenye mateka ataenda. Ikiwa mmojawapo ataua kwa upanga, kwa upanga atauawa. Huu ni mwito wa utulivu na uvumilivu na imani kwa hao walio watakatifu.
Whoever is destined to go into captivity, goes into captivity. Whoever shall kill with the sword, shall surely be killed by the sword. (Here is the endurance and faith of the saints.)
11 Tena nikaona mnyama mwingine anakuja kutoka katika nchi. Alikuwa mwenye pembe mbili kama kondoo na akazungumza kama joka.
And I saw another beast ascending from the land; and he had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon;
12 Alionyesha mamlaka yote katika mnyama yule wa kwanza katika uwepo wake, na kufanya katika dunia na wale walioishi wakimuabudu yule mnyama wa kwanza, yule ambaye jeraha lake limepona.
and he exerts the full authority of the first beast before him, and he makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast whose death-stroke was healed.
13 Akafanya miujiza yenye nguvu, hata akafanya moto ushuke katika dunia kutoka mbinguni mbele ya watu,
And he performs great miracles, so that he even causes fire to come down to the earth from the sky, before men’s eyes.
14 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.
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth, because of the miracles, which he is permitted to perform in the sight of the beast. He tells those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the sword-stroke, yet lived.
15 Aliruhusiwa kutoa pumzi katika ile sanamu ya mnyama ili sanamu iweze kusema na kusababisha wale wote waliokataa kumwabudu mnyama wauawe.
And he was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should speak; and so that any one who would not worship the image of the beast should be put to death.
16 Pia akalazimisha kila mmoja, asiye na thamani na mwenye nguvu, tajiri na maskini, huru na mtumwa, kupokea alama katika mkono wa kuume au katika paji la uso.
And he makes all men, low and high, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, to have a brand put upon their right hands or upon their brows,
17 Ilikuwa haiwezekani kwa kila mtu kuuza au kununua isipokuwa mwenye alama ya mnyama, na hii ni namba yenye kuwakilisha jina lake.
so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the brand of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Hii inahitaji busara. Ikiwa yeyote ana ufahamu, mwache aweze kufanya hesabu ya namba ya mnyama. Maana ni namba ya kibinadamu. Namba yake ni 666.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666.
