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,

¹(G12-18) Na likajisimamia ukingoni mwa bahari. (G13-1) Kisha nikaona mnyama mmoja akitoka baharini. Alikuwa na vichwa saba na pembe kumi, na kila pembe ilikuwa na taji. Jina la kashfa lilikuwa limeandikwa juu ya vichwa hivyo.

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.

²Mnyama huyo niliyemwona alikuwa kama chui; miguu yake ilikuwa kama ya dubu, na kinywa chake kama cha simba. Lile joka likampa huyo mnyama nguvu yake, kiti chake cha enzi na uwezo mkuu.

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,

³Kichwa kimojawapo cha huyo mnyama kilionekana kama kilikwisha jeruhiwa vibaya sana, lakini jeraha hilo lilikuwa limepona. Dunia nzima ilishangazwa na huyo mnyama na kumfuata.

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?`

⁴Watu wote wakaliabudu lile joka kwa sababu lilimpa huyo mnyama uwezo wake. Wakamwabudu pia huyo mnyama wakisema, "Nani aliye kama huyu mnyama? Ni nani awezaye kupigana naye?"

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,

⁵Kisha huyo mnyama akaruhusiwa kusema maneno ya kujigamba na kumkufuru Mungu; akaruhusiwa kuwa na mamlaka kwa muda wa miezi arobaini na miwili.

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,

⁶Basi, akaanza kumtukana Mungu, kulitukana jina lake, makao yake, na wote wakaao mbinguni.

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.

⁷Aliruhusiwa kuwapiga vita na kuwashinda watu wa Mungu. Alipewa mamlaka juu ya watu wa kila kabila, ukoo, lugha na taifa.

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;

⁸Wote waishio duniani watamwabudu isipokuwa tu wale ambao majina yao yameandikwa tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu katika kitabu cha uzima cha Mwanakondoo aliyechinjwa.

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

⁹"Aliye na masikio, na asikie!

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.

¹⁰Waliokusudiwa kuchukuliwa mateka lazima watatekwa; waliokusudiwa kuuawa kwa upanga lazima watauawa kwa upanga. Kutokana na hayo ni lazima watu wa Mungu wawe na uvumilivu na imani."

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,

¹¹Kisha nikamwona mnyama mwingine anatoka ardhini. Alikuwa na pembe mbili kama pembe za kondoo, na aliongea kama joka.

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,

¹²Alikuwa na mamlaka kamili kutoka kwa yule mnyama wa kwanza, na akautumia uwezo huo mbele ya huyo mnyama. Akailazimisha dunia yote na wote waliomo humo kumwabudu huyo mnyama wa kwanza ambaye alikuwa na jeraha la kifo lililokuwa limepona.

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

¹³Basi, huyu mnyama wa pili akafanya miujiza mikubwa hata akasababisha moto kutoka mbinguni ushuke duniani mbele ya watu.

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,

¹⁴Aliwapotosha wakazi wa dunia kwa miujiza hiyo aliyojaliwa kutenda mbele ya mnyama wa kwanza. Aliwaambia wakazi wa dunia watengeneze sanamu kwa heshima ya yule mnyama aliyekuwa amejeruhiwa kwa upanga lakini akaishi tena.

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.

¹⁵Kisha alijaliwa kuipulizia uhai hiyo sanamu ya yule mnyama wa kwanza, hata ikaweza kuongea na kuwaua watu wote ambao hawakuiabudu.

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,

¹⁶Aliwalazimisha wote, wadogo na wakubwa, matajiri na maskini, watu huru na watumwa, watiwe alama juu ya mikono yao ya kulia au juu ya paji za nyuso zao.

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.

¹⁷Akapiga marufuku mtu yeyote kununua au kuuza kitu isipokuwa tu mtu aliyetiwa alama hiyo, yaani jina la yule mnyama au tarakimu ya jina hilo.

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.

¹⁸Hapa ni lazima kutumia ujasiri! Mwenye akili anaweza kufafanua maana ya tarakimu ya mnyama huyo, maana ni tarakimu yenye maana ya mtu fulani. Tarakimu hiyo ni mia sita sitini na sita.