1 And 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. 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 ta jäi seisma mere liivale. Lohe seisis mere kaldal. Ja ma nägin, kuidas merest tõusis metsaline, kellel oli seitse pead ja kümme sarve. Iga sarve otsas oli diadeem ja iga pea peal Jumalat teotav nimi. 2 Metsaline, keda ma nägin, oli pantri sarnane, kuid tal olid jalad nagu karul ja suu nagu lõvil. Lohe andis temale oma väe, oma trooni ja suure meelevalla. 3 Metsalise üks peadest oli nagu surmavalt haavatud, kuid tema surmahaav paranes. Kogu maailm oli täis imestust ja järgis metsalist. 4 Inimesed kummardasid lohet, et see oli andnud metsalisele meelevalla. Nad kummardasid ka metsalist ning küsisid: „Kes on metsalise sarnane ja kes suudab temaga sõdida?"

5 Talle anti suu rääkida suuri asju ja teotada Jumalat ning talle anti vabadus tegutseda nelikümmend kaks kuud. 6 Ta avas suu Jumala teotamiseks, et teotada tema nime ja elupaika, kõiki, kes elavad taevas. 7 Tal lubati sõdida Jumala rahva vastu ja neid võita ning talle anti meelevald kõigi suguharude, rahvaste, keelte ja hõimude üle. 8 Teda hakkavad kummardama kõik maailma elanikud, kelle nime ei ole maailma rajamisest peale kirjutatud tapetud Talle eluraamatusse.

9 Kellel on kõrvad, see kuulgu:

10 „kui keegi peab minema vangi,

siis vangi ta ka läheb.

Kui keegi peab tapetama mõõgaga,

siis mõõgaga ta tapetakse."

Siin olgu Jumala pühadel kannatlikkust ja ustavust!

11 Siis ma nägin teist metsalist, kes tõusis üles maa seest. Tal oli kaks sarve nagu Tallel, aga ta rääkis nagu lohe. 12 Ta kasutas esimese metsalise nimel tema meelevalda ning pani maa ja selle elanikud kummardama esimest metsalist, kelle surmahaav oli paranenud. 13 Ta tegi vägevaid tunnustähti ja lasi tuldki inimeste nähes taevast maa peale tulla, 14 ning ta pettis maa elanikke tunnustähtedega, mis talle oli antud teha metsalise ees. Ta käskis maa elanikel valmistada kuju metsalise auks, kellel oli mõõgahaav ja kes siiski jäi ellu. 15 Talle anti ka võime panna metsalise kujusse eluvaim, nii et metsalise kuju rääkis ja laskis tappa kõik, kes metsalise kuju ei kummarda. 16 Ta sundis kõiki inimesi – väikeseid ja suuri, rikkaid ja vaeseid, vabu ja orje – saama märgi nende paremale käele või nende otsaette, 17 et keegi muu ei saaks midagi osta ega müüa, kui vaid see, kelle on see märk, mis on metsalise nimi või tema nime arv.

18 Siin on vaja tarkust! Kes on arukas, arvutagu välja, mida tähendab metsalise arv, sest see on inimese arv – tema arv on kuussada kuuskümmend kuus.