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

¹And I stood upon the sand of the sea; and I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.

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

²And the beast which I saw was like to a leopardess, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as a lion's mouth; and the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority;

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

³and one of his heads [was] as slain to death, and his wound of death had been healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast.

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

⁴And they did homage to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and they did homage to the beast, saying, Who [is] like to the beast? and who can make war with it?

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

⁵And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.

⁶እግዚአብሔርንም ለመሳደብ ስሙንና ማደሪያውንም በሰማይም የሚያድሩትን ሊሳደብ አፉን ከፈተ።

⁶And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who have their tabernacle in the heaven.

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

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 people, and tongue, and nation;

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

⁸and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, [every one] whose name had not been written from [the] founding of [the] world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.

⁹ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ።

⁹If any one has an ear, let him hear.

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

¹⁰If any one [leads] into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with [the] sword, he must with [the] sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

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

¹¹And I saw another beast rising out of the earth; and it had two horns like to a lamb, and spake as a dragon;

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

¹²and it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it, and causes the earth and those that dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose wound of death was healed.

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

¹³And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men.

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

¹⁴And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.

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

¹⁵And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.

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

¹⁶And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;

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

¹⁷and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

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

¹⁸Here is wisdom. He that has understanding let him count the number of the beast: for it is a man's number; and its number [is] six hundred [and] sixty-six.