1 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.

2 And 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;

3 and 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.

4 And 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?

5 And 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.

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

7 And 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;

8 and 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.

9 If any one has an ear, let him hear.

10 If 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.

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

12 and 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.

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

14 And 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.

15 And 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.

16 And 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;

17 and 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.

18 Here 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.

1 Ja ma nägin metsalist tõusvat merest. Sel oli seitse pead ja kümme sarve ja tema sarvede peal kümme ehissidet ja tema peade peal Jumala pilkenimesid.

2 Ja metsaline, keda ma nägin, oli pantri sarnane, ja tema jalad olid nagu karu jalad ja tema suu nagu lõukoera suu, ja lohe andis temale oma väe ja oma aujärje ja suure võimu.

3 Ja ma nägin ühe tema peadest olevat nagu surmavalt haavatud; ja tema surmahaav paranes. Ja kogu ilmamaa imetles jälgides metsalist,

4 ja nad kummardasid lohet, et ta metsalisele oli andnud selle võimu, ja kummardasid metsalist ning ütlesid: „Kes on metsalise sarnane ja kes suudab sõdida tema vastu?"

5 Ja temale anti suu rääkida suurustamise ja jumalapilke sõnu, ja temale anti meelevald tegutseda nelikümmend ja kaks kuud.

6 Ja ta avas oma suu pilkamiseks Jumala vastu, et pilgata Tema nime ja tema telki, neid, kes taevas elavad.

7 Ja temale anti võimus pidada sõda pühadega ja nad ära võita; ja temale anti meelevald iga suguharu ja rahva ja keele ja rahvahõimu üle.

8 Ja teda hakkavad kummardama kõik, kes maa peal elavad, kelle nimed maailma algusest ei ole kirjutatud tapetud Talle eluraamatusse.

9 Kui kellelgi on kõrv, siis ta kuulgu!

10 Kui keegi viib vangi, siis ta ise satub vangi; kui keegi tapab mõõgaga, siis tapetakse teda ennast mõõgaga. Siin on pühade kannatlikkus ja usk.

11 Ja ma nägin teist metsalist tõusvat maa seest; ja sel oli kaks sarve otsekui tallel ja ta rääkis nagu lohe.

12 Ja ta teeb kõik esimese metsalise võimuga tema ees. Ja ta teeb, et maa ja need, kes seal peal elavad, kummardavad esimest metsalist, kelle surmahaav oli paranenud.

13 Ja ta teeb suuri tunnustähti, nõnda et ta inimeste ees laseb tuldki tulla taevast alla maa peale.

14 Ja ta eksitab neid, kes maa peal elavad, tunnustähtedega, mis temale on antud teha esimese metsalise ees, ning käsib neid, kes maa peal elavad, teha kuju metsalisele, kellel oli mõõga haav ja kes virgus ellu.

15 Ja temale anti meelevald anda metsalise kujule vaim, et ka metsalise kuju räägiks ja teeks, et need, kes iialgi ei kummarda metsalise kuju, ära tapetaks.

16 Ja tema teeb, et kõik, nii pisukesed kui suured, nii rikkad kui vaesed, nii vabad kui orjad, võtavad märgi oma parema käe peale või oma otsaesisele,

17 ja et ükski muu ei saa osta ega müüa kui aga see, kellel on see märk: metsalise nimi või tema nime arv.

18 Siin on tarkus! Kellel on mõistust, see arvaku ära metsalise arv; sest see on inimese arv. Ja tema arv on kuussada kuuskümmend kuus.