¹And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

¹አንድም አውሬ ከባሕር ሲወጣ አየሁ፤ አሥር ቀንዶችና ሰባት ራሶች ነበሩት፥ በቀንዶቹም ላይ አሥር ዘውዶች በራሶቹም ላይ የስድብ ስም ነበረ።

²And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

²ያየሁትም አውሬ ነብር ይመስል ነበር፥ እግሮቹም እንደ ድብ እግሮች፥ አፉም እንደ አንበሳ አፍ ነበሩ። ዘንዶውም ኃይሉንና ዙፋኑን ትልቅም ሥልጣን ሰጠው።

³And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

³ከራሶቹም ለሞት እንደ ታረደ ሆኖ አንዱን አየሁ፥ ለሞቱ የሆነውም ቍስል ተፈወሰ። ምድርም ሁሉ አውሬውን እየተከተለ ተደነቀ፥

⁴And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

⁴ለዘንዶውም ሰገዱለት፥ ለአውሬው ሥልጣንን ሰጥቶታልና፤ ለአውሬውም። አውሬውን ማን ይመስለዋል፥ እርሱንስ ሊዋጋ ማን ይችላል? እያሉ ሰገዱለት።

⁵And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

⁵ታላቅንም ነገርና ስድብን የሚናገርበት አፍ ተሰጠው፥ በአርባ ሁለት ወርም እንዲሠራ ሥልጣን ተሰጠው።

⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

⁶እግዚአብሔርንም ለመሳደብ ስሙንና ማደሪያውንም በሰማይም የሚያድሩትን ሊሳደብ አፉን ከፈተ።

⁷And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

⁷ቅዱሳንንም ይዋጋ ዘንድ ድልም ያደርጋቸው ዘንድ ተሰጠው፥ በነገድና በወገንም በቋንቋም በሕዝብም ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ተሰጠው።

⁸And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

⁸ከዓለምም ፍጥረት ጀምሮ በታረደው በግ ሕይወት መጽሐፍ ስሞቻቸው ያልተጻፉ በምድር የሚኖሩ ሁሉ ይሰግዱለታል።

⁹If any man have an ear, let him hear.

⁹ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ።

¹⁰He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹⁰ይማረክ ዘንድ ያለው ማንም ቢኖር ወደ ምርኮነት ይሄዳል፤ በሰይፍ የሚገድል ማንም ቢኖር ራሱ በሰይፍ እንዲገደል ይገባዋል። የቅዱሳን ትዕግሥትና እምነት በዚህ ነው።

¹¹And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

¹¹ሌላም አውሬ ከምድር ሲወጣ አየሁ፥ የበግ ቀንዶችን የሚመስሉ ሁለት ቀንዶችም ነበሩት እንደ ዘንዶም ይናገር ነበር።

¹²And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

¹²በፊተኛውም አውሬ ሥልጣን በእርሱ ፊት ሁሉን ያደርጋል። ለሞቱ የሆነውም ቍስል ተፈወሰለት ለፊተኛው አውሬ ምድርና በእርሱ የሚኖሩት እንዲሰግዱለት ያደርጋል።

¹³And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

¹³እሳትንም እንኳ ከሰማይ ወደ ምድር በሰው ፊት እስኪያወርድ ድረስ ታላላቆችን ምልክቶች ያደርጋል።

¹⁴And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

¹⁴በአውሬውም ፊት ያደርግ ዘንድ ከተሰጡት ምልክቶች የተነሣ በምድር የሚኖሩትን ያስታል፤ የሰይፍም ቍስል ለነበረውና በሕይወት ለኖረው ለአውሬው ምስልን እንዲያደርጉ በምድር የሚኖሩትን ይናገራል።

¹⁵And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

¹⁵የአውሬው ምስል ሊናገር እንኳ ለአውሬውም ምስል የማይሰግዱለትን ሁሉ ሊያስገድላቸው፥ ለአውሬው ምስል ትንፋሽ እንዲሰጠው ተሰጠው።

¹⁶And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

¹⁶ታናናሾችና ታላላቆችም ባለ ጠጋዎችና ድሆችም ጌታዎችና ባሪያዎችም ሁሉ በቀኝ እጃቸው ወይም በግምባራቸው ምልክትን እንዲቀበሉ፥

¹⁷And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

¹⁷የአውሬውም ስም ወይም የስሙ ቍጥር ያለው ምልክት የሌለበት ማንም ሊገዛ ወይም ሊሸጥ እንዳይችል ያደርጋል። ጥበብ በዚህ አለ።

¹⁸Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

¹⁸አእምሮ ያለው የአውሬውን ቍጥር ይቍጠረው፤ ቍጥሩ የሰው ቍጥር ነውና፥ ቍጥሩም ስድስት መቶ ስድሳ ስድስት ነው።