¹[Ny amin'ny biby roa izay mpanompon'ny dragona] Ary hitako fa, indro, nisy bibi-dia niakatra avy tamin'ny ranomasina, nanan-tandroka folo sy loha fito, ary tamin'ny tandrony dia nisy diadema folo; ary tamin'ny lohany dia nisy anarana fitenenan-dratsy. [ Gr. blasfemia; izahao Mat. IX, 3]

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,

²Ary ny bibi-dia izay efa hitako dia tahaka ny leoparda, ary ny tongony tahaka ny an'ny bera, ary ny vavany tahaka ny vavan'ny liona; ary ilay dragona nanome azy ny heriny sy ny seza fiandrianany ary fahefana lehibe.

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.

³Ary hitako ny lohany anankiray, izay toa voa ka efa ho faty; nefa sitrana ihany ilay feriny saiky nahafaty azy; ary gaga ny tany rehetra nanaraka ilay bibi-dia.

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,

⁴Ary dia niankohoka teo anoloan'ilay dragona ireo, satria izy no nanome ny fahefana ho an'ny bibi-dia; ary niankohoka teo anoloan'ny bibi-dia koa ireo ka nanao hoe: Iza no tahaka ny bibi-dia? ary iza no mahay miady aminy?

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?`

⁵Dia nomena lela miteny zavatra mihoapampana sy fitenenan-dratsy izy, ary nomena fahefana mba hiasa roa amby efa-polo volana. [ Gr. vava] [ Gr. manao blasfemia; izahao Mat. IX. 3] [ Na: haharitra]

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,

⁶Ary nanokatra ny vavany hiteny ratsy an'Andriamanitra izy, dia ny hiteny ratsy ny anarany sy ny tabernakeliny, dia ireo mitoetra any an-danitra. [ Gr. manao blasfemia; izahao Mat. IX. 3]

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,

⁷Ary navela hiady tamin'ny olona masina izy ka haharesy azy; ary nomena fahefana tamin'ny fokom-pirenena sy ny olona sy ny samy hafa fiteny ary ny firenena rehetra iry.

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.

⁸Ary hiankohoka eo anoloany ny olona rehetra monina ambonin'ny tany, dia izay tsy manana ny anarany voasoratra eo amin'ny bokin'ny fiainan'ny Zanak'ondry, izay voavono hatramin'ny nanorenana izao tontolo izao.

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;

⁹Raha misy manan-tsofina, aoka izy hihaino.

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

¹⁰Raha misy mamabo, dia mba hobaboina kosa izy; ary raha misy mamono amin'ny sabatra, dia tsy maintsy hovonoina amin'ny sabatra kosa izy. Indro ny faharetana sy ny finoan'ny olona masina. [ Na: Raha misy ho amin'ny fahababoana, dia ho amin'ny fahababoana izy]

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.

¹¹Ary hitako fa, indro, nisy bibi-dia iray koa niakatra avy tamin'ny tany; ary nanan-tandroka roa tahaka ny an'ny zanak'ondry izy sady niteny tahaka ny dragona.

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,

¹²Ary ny fahefana rehetra nananan'ilay bibi-dia voalohany dia asehony eo anatrehany, ary ny tany mbamin'izay monina eo dia asainy miankohoka eo alohan'ilay bibi-dia voalohany, izay efa sitrana tamin'ilay feriny saiky nahafaty azy.

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,

¹³Ary manao famantarana lehibe izy, ka dia mampidina afo avy any an-danitra ho amin'ny tany eo imason'ny olona aza.

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

¹⁴Ary mamitaka izay monina ambonin'ny tany izy amin'ny famantarana izay nomena ary hatao eo imason'ny bibi-dia, sady milaza amin'izay monina ambonin'ny tany koa mba hanao sary ho an'ny bibi-dia, izay voan'ny sabatra, nefa velona ihany.

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,

¹⁵Ary navela hanisy aina ny sarin'ny bibi-dia izy, mba hahateny ny sarin'ny bibi-dia, ary hampamono izay rehetra tsy mety miankohoka eo anoloan'ny sarin'ny bibi-dia.

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.

¹⁶Ary ny olona rehetra, na ny kely na ny lehibe, na ny manan-karena na ny malahelo, na ny tsy andevo na ny andevo, dia ampandraisiny marika eo amin'ny tànany ankavanana na eo amin'ny handriny avokoa,

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,

¹⁷mba tsy hisy hahazo hividy na hivarotra, afa-tsy izay manana ny marika, dia ny anaran'ny bibi-dia, na ny isan'ny anarany.Indro ny fahendrena. Aoka izay manan-tsaina hanisa ny isan'ny bibi-dia, fa fanisan'olona izany; ary enina amby enim-polo amby enin-jato no isany.

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.

¹⁸Indro ny fahendrena. Aoka izay manan-tsaina hanisa ny isan'ny bibi-dia, fa fanisan'olona izany; ary enina amby enim-polo amby enin-jato no isany.

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.