¹海中的兽和地上的兽

¹And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking,

²我所看见的兽，样子好像豹，脚像熊的脚，口像狮子的口。龙把自己的能力、王位和大权柄，都交给了它。

²and 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 did give to it his power, and his throne, and great authority.

³兽的七头中有一个似乎受了致命伤，但那致命伤却医好了。全地的人都很惊奇，跟从那兽。

³And I saw one of its heads as slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after the beast,

⁴因为龙把权柄交给了兽，大家就拜龙，也拜兽，说：“有谁可以跟这兽相比？有谁能与它作战呢？”

⁴and they did bow before the dragon who did give authority to the beast, and they did bow before the beast, saying, `Who [is] like to the beast? who is able to war with it?`

⁵龙又给了那兽一张说夸大和亵渎话的嘴巴，也给了它权柄可以任意而行四十二个月。

⁵And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

⁶兽就开口向　神说亵渎的话，亵渎他的名和他的帐幕，以及那些住在天上的。

⁶and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,

⁷它得了允许能跟圣徒作战，并且能胜过他们；又有权柄给了它，可以管辖各支派、各民族、各方言、各邦国。

⁷and there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.

⁸所有住在地上的人，名字没有记在创世以来被杀的羊羔之生命册上的，都要拜它。

⁸And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;

⁹凡有耳的，就应当听！

⁹if any one hath an ear — let him hear:

¹⁰如果人应该被俘掳，就必被俘掳；如果人应该被刀杀，就必被刀杀。在这里圣徒要有忍耐和信心！

¹⁰if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

¹¹我又看见另一只兽从地里上来。它有两个角好像羊羔，说话好像龙。

¹¹And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon,

¹²它在头一只兽面前，行使头一只兽的一切权柄。它使全地和住在地上的人，都拜那受过致命伤而医好了的头一只兽。

¹²and all the authority of the first beast doth it do before it, and it maketh the land and those dwelling in it that they shall bow before the first beast, whose deadly stroke was healed,

¹³它又行大奇事，甚至在人面前叫火从天上降在地上。

¹³and it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before men,

¹⁴它得了能力，在头一只兽面前能行奇事，迷惑了住在地上的人，吩咐住在地上的人，要为那受过刀伤而还活着的兽做个像。

¹⁴and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,

¹⁵又有能力赐给它，可以把气息给兽像，使兽像能够说话，并且能够杀害那些不拜兽像的人。

¹⁵and 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 [that] it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may be killed.

¹⁶那从地里上来的兽，又要所有的人，无论大小贫富，自由的和作奴隶的，都在右手或额上，给自己作个记号。

¹⁶And it maketh 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 upon their right hand or upon their foreheads,

¹⁷这记号就是兽的名字或兽名的数字，除了那有记号的，谁也不能买，谁也不能卖。

¹⁷and 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在这里要有智慧。有悟性的人，就让他计算兽的数字，因为这是人的数字，它的数字是六百六十六。

¹⁸Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number [is] 666.