The Two Beasts
1 Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads; on each of its horns there was a crown, and on each of its heads there was a name that was insulting to God. 2 The beast looked like a leopard, with feet like a bear's feet and a mouth like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave the beast his own power, his throne, and his vast authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have been fatally wounded, but the wound had healed. The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast. 4 Everyone worshiped the dragon because he had given his authority to the beast. They worshiped the beast also, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?”
5 The beast was allowed to make proud claims which were insulting to God, and it was permitted to have authority for forty-two months. 6 It began to curse God, his name, the place where he lives, and all those who live in heaven. 7 It was allowed to fight against God's people and to defeat them, and it was given authority over every tribe, nation, language, and race. 8 All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.
9 “Listen, then, if you have ears! 10 Whoever is meant to be captured will surely be captured; whoever is meant to be killed by the sword will surely be killed by the sword. This calls for endurance and faith on the part of God's people.”
11 Then I saw another beast, which came up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb's horns, and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It used the vast authority of the first beast in its presence. It forced the earth and all who live on it to worship the first beast, whose wound had healed. 13 This second beast performed great miracles; it made fire come down out of heaven to earth in the sight of everyone. 14 And it deceived all the people living on earth by means of the miracles which it was allowed to perform in the presence of the first beast. The beast told them to build an image in honor of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The second beast was allowed to breathe life into the image of the first beast, so that the image could talk and put to death all those who would not worship it. 16 The beast forced all the people, small and great, rich and poor, slave and free, to have a mark placed on their right hands or on their foreheads. 17 No one could buy or sell without this mark, that is, the beast's name or the number that stands for the name.
18 This calls for wisdom. Whoever is intelligent can figure out the meaning of the number of the beast, because the number stands for the name of someone. Its number is 666.
1 Es redzēju izkāpjam no jūras zvēru, kam bija septiņas galvas un desmit ragi, un uz viņa ragiem desmit ķēniņa kroņi, un uz viņa galvām zaimu vārdi. 2 Šis zvērs, ko es redzēju, bija līdzīgs leopardam; viņa kājas bija kā lāča kājas un viņa mute kā lauvas mute. Pūķis deva tam savu spēku, savu troni un lielu varu. 3 Viena no viņa galvām bija kā uz nāvi ievainota, bet tā nāves brūce atkal tika dziedināta. Visa zeme noraudzījās uz zvēru ar izbrīnu. 4 Un viņi pielūdza pūķi, tādēļ ka tas zvēram devis varu; arī zvēru tie pielūdza, sacīdami: "Kas līdzinās zvēram, un kas var ar to karot?" 5 Tam tika dota mute runāt lielas lietas un zaimus un vara to darīt četrdesmit divi mēnešus ilgi. 6 Tad tas atvēra savu muti Dieva zaimošanai, lai zaimotu Viņa Vārdu un Viņa mājokli, tos, kas mājo debesīs. 7 Tam tika dots karot ar svētajiem un tos uzvarēt, un dota vara pār visām ciltīm un ļaudīm un valodām un tautām. 8 Un to pielūgs visi, kas dzīvo virs zemes, kuru vārdi nav rakstīti kopš pasaules radīšanas nokautā Jēra dzīvības grāmatā. 9 Kam ir ausis, tas lai dzird! 10 Kas ņem gūstā, aizies pats gūstā; kas nokauj ar zobenu, to nokaus pašu ar zobenu. Šeit parādās svēto izturība un ticība. 11 Tad es redzēju citu zvēru izkāpjam no zemes: tam bija divi ragi, tādi kā jēram, bet tas runāja kā pūķis. 12 Tam bija pirmā zvēra vara visā pilnībā viņa priekšā, un tas piespieda zemi un tās iedzīvotājus pielūgt pirmo zvēru, kura nāves brūce bija dziedināta. 13 Tas dara lielas brīnuma zīmes, uz viņa pavēli pat uguns krīt no debesīm uz zemi cilvēku acu priekšā. 14 Tas pieviļ zemes iedzīvotājus ar brīnuma zīmēm, kas viņam bija dots darīt zvēra priekšā; tas aicina zemes iedzīvotājus celt tēlu zvēram, kam ir zobena brūce un kas tomēr palicis dzīvs. 15 Tam bija dotas spējas iedot dzīvības garu zvēra tēlam, lai zvēra tēls varētu runāt un panāktu to, ka visi, kas nepielūgtu zvēra tēlu, tiktu nokauti. 16 Un viņš dara, ka visi, lielie un mazie, bagātie un nabagie, brīvie un vergi, uzspiež zīmi uz savas labās rokas vai uz pieres, 17 lai neviens nevarētu ne pirkt, ne pārdot, kam nav šīs zīmes - zvēra vārda vai viņa vārda skaitļa. 18 Šeit slēpjas gudrība. Kam ir saprašana, lai izdibina zvēra skaitli, jo tas ir cilvēka skaitlis; un viņa skaitlis ir seši simti sešdesmit seši.
