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,

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

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.

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 its heads as slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after the beast,

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

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?`

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

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,

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

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,

⁶እግዚአብሔርንም ለመሳደብ ስሙንና ማደሪያውንም በሰማይም የሚያድሩትን ሊሳደብ አፉን ከፈተ።

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.

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

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;

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

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

⁹ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ።

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.

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

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,

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

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

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,

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

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.

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

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.

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