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.
and he took his stand on the sea-shore. Then I saw, rising out of the sea, a wild Beast with ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.
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 that I saw was like a leopard; but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. The Dragon gave it his power and his throne, and wide dominion.
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.
One of its heads seemed to me to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth followed 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?”
and men worshiped the Dragon, because he had given his dominion to the Beast; while, as they worshiped the Beast, they said – ‘Who can compare with the Beast? And who can fight with it?’
5 Mnyama akapewa mdomo ili azungumze maneno ya kujisifu na matusi. Aliruhusiwa kuwa na mamlaka kwa miezi arobaini na miwili.
The Beast was given a mouth that spoke proudly and blasphemously, and it was empowered to work its will for forty-two months.
6 Hivyo mnyama alifungua mdomo wake kuongea matusi dhidi ya Mungu, akalitukana jina lake, eneo alililokuwa akiishi na wale wanaoishi mbinguni.
It opened its mouth only to blaspheme God, to blaspheme his name and his tent – those who live in his tent in heaven.
7 Mnyama aliruhusiwa kufanya vita na waamini na kuwashinda. Pia, alipewa mamlaka juu ya kila kabila, watu, lugha na taifa.
It had been permitted to fight with Christ’s people and to conquer them, and it had received power over men of every tribe, and people, and language, 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.
All who are living on earth will worship it – all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb that has been sacrificed from the foundation of the world.
9 Ikiwa yeyote ana sikio, na asikilize.
Let those who have ears hear.
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 for captivity goes into captivity. Whoever will kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. (Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ’s people.)
11 Tena nikaona mnyama mwingine anakuja kutoka katika nchi. Alikuwa mwenye pembe mbili kama kondoo na akazungumza kama joka.
Then I saw, rising out of the earth, another wild Beast. It had two horns like those of a lamb, and its voice was like a dragon’s.
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.
It exercises all the authority of the first Beast under its eyes; and it makes the earth and all who are living on it worship that first Beast, whose mortal wound was healed.
13 Akafanya miujiza yenye nguvu, hata akafanya moto ushuke katika dunia kutoka mbinguni mbele ya watu,
It performs great marvels, even causing fire to fall from the heavens to the earth, before people’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 in consequence of the marvels which it was allowed to perform under the eyes of the Beast, it is able to deceive all who are living on the earth. It tells those who live on the earth to make a statue in honor of the Beast, who, despite the wound from the sword, yet lived.
15 Aliruhusiwa kutoa pumzi katika ile sanamu ya mnyama ili sanamu iweze kusema na kusababisha wale wote waliokataa kumwabudu mnyama wauawe.
It was permitted to breathe life into the image of the Beast, so that the image of the Beast might speak; and it was also permitted to cause all who refused to worship the image of the Beast to 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.
High and low, rich and poor, free and enslaved – it causes a brand to be put on the right hand or on the forehead of every one of them,
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 is able to buy or sell, except those that bear this brand – either the name of the Beast or the number indicated by the letters 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 there is need for discernment.) The person with ability can compute the number of the Beast; for the number indicates a person’s name. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
