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.

¹In postavi se na pesku morskem. In videl sem iz morja zver vzhajajočo, ki je imela deset rogov in sedem glav, in na rogovih njenih deset diademov in na glavah njenih imena preklinjevanja.

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.

²In zver, ki sem jo videl, je bila podobna pardalu, in noge njene kakor medvedove in usta njena kakor usta levova. In dal ji je zmaj moč svojo in prestol svoj in oblast veliko.

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.

³In videl sem eno izmed glav njenih kakor zaklano na smrt. In njena smrtna rana se je zacelila, in vsa zemlja se je čudila zadaj za zverjo;

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?

⁴in molili so zmaja, ker je bil dal oblast zveri, in molili so zver, govoreč: Kdo je zveri enak? In kdo se more vojskovati ž njo?

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.

⁵In dana so ji usta, govoreča stvari velike in preklinjevanja, in dana ji je bila oblast, da deluje štirideset mesecev in dva.

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

⁶In odprla je usta svoja v preklinjanje proti Bogu, preklinjajoča ime njegovo in šator njegov in nje, ki stanujejo v nebesih.

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.

⁷In dano ji je bilo napraviti vojsko s svetimi in jih premagati; in dana ji je oblast nad vsakim rodom in ljudstvom in jezikom in narodom.

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.

⁸In molili jo bodo vsi, ki prebivajo na zemlji, vsak, čigar ime ni zapisano v knjigi življenja Jagnjeta zaklanega od ustanovitve sveta.

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

⁹Če ima kdo uho, naj sliši.

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.

¹⁰Če kdo v robstvo vodi, v robstvo hodi. Če bo kdo z mečem moril, mora umorjen biti z mečem. Tukaj je stanovitnost in vera svetnikov.

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.

¹¹In videl sem drugo zver vzhajajočo iz zemlje, in imela je dva rogova, kakor jagnje, a govorila je kakor zmaj.

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.

¹²In vso oblast prve zveri izvršuje pred njo. In dela, da zemlja in prebivalci njeni molijo prvo zver, ki se ji je bila zacelila rana smrti njene.

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

¹³In dela znamenja velika, da napravi tudi, da šviga ogenj z neba na zemljo pred ljudmi.

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.

¹⁴In zapeljava prebivalce na zemlji z znamenji, katera ji je bilo dano delati pred zverjo, rekoč prebivalcem na zemlji, naj narede podobo zveri, ki je imela rano od meča in je oživela.

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.

¹⁵In dano ji je bilo vdihniti duha podobi zveri, da tudi govori podoba zveri in stori, da bodo pomorjeni, katerikoli ne molijo podobe zveri.

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:

¹⁶In stori, da si dado vsi, mali in veliki, bogati in ubogi, svobodni in hlapci, znamenje na desno roko ali na čelo,

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.

¹⁷in da nihče ne more kupovati ali prodajati, razen kdor ima znamenje, ime zveri ali število imena njenega.Tukaj je modrost. Kdor ima razum, naj izračuni število zveri; je namreč število človeka. In število njegovo je šeststo šestdeset in šest.

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.

¹⁸Tukaj je modrost. Kdor ima razum, naj izračuni število zveri; je namreč število človeka. In število njegovo je šeststo šestdeset in šest.