Apocalipse 13

Ngā Kararehe e Rua

1 Nā, i te tū ahau i te one o te moana. Ā, ka kite ahau i tētahi kararehe e haere ake ana i te moana, e whitu ōna māhunga, tekau ngā haona, tekau hoki ngā karauna i runga i ōna haona, i runga anō i ōna māhunga ko te ingoa kohukohu. 2 Rite tonu hoki te kararehe i kite ai ahau ki te reparo, ko ōna waewae kei o te pea, ko tōna māngai kei te māngai o te raiona. Ā, ka hoatu e te tarakona tōna kaha ki a ia, tōna torōna, me te mana nui. 3 I kite anō ahau i tētahi o ōna mātenga me te mea kua marū, he mea e mate rawa ai; heoi, kua ora ia i tōna patunga e mate ai ia. Nā, kei te mīharo te ao katoa i muri mai i te kararehe; 4 nā, koropiko ana rātou ki te tarakona nāna nei i hoatu te mana ki te kararehe. Koropiko ana hoki ki te kararehe; i mea rātou, "Ko wai te rite ana ki te kararehe? Ko wai te kaha ana ki te whawhai ki a ia?"

5 Ā, i hoatu ki a ia he māngai, e kōrero ana i ngā kōrero nunui, i ngā kohukohu; i hoatu hoki ki a ia he kaha, e mahi ai ia ā taka noa ngā marama e whā tekau mā rua. 6 Ā, ka puaki i tōna māngai he kohukohu ki te Atua, he kohukohu ki tōna ingoa, ki tōna nohoanga, ki te hunga hoki e noho ana i te rangi. 7 I tukua anō ki a ia kia whawhai ki te hunga tapu, kia taea hoki rātou e ia. I hoatu anō ki a ia he mana ki ngā hapū katoa, ki ngā reo, ki ngā iwi. 8 Ā, ko te hunga katoa e noho ana i te whenua, ka koropiko ki a ia, ngā tāngata katoa kāhore nei ō rātou ingoa i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka ora a te Reme, nō te tīmatanga iho rā anō o te ao tōna whakamatenga.

9 Ki te mea he taringa tō tētahi, kia rongo ia!

10 Ko te tangata hopu taurekareka,

ka riro anō ia hei taurekareka;

ko te tangata e patu ana ki te hoari,

ka patua anō ia ki te hoari.

Ko tēnei te manawanui me te whakapono o te hunga tapu.

11 I kite anō ahau i tētahi atu kararehe e haere ake ana i te whenua; e rua ōna haona rite tonu ki ō te reme, ko tāna kōrero hoki i rite ki tā te tarakona. 12 Kei a ia anō ngā mana katoa o te kararehe tuatahi hei mahi ki tōna aroaro, e mea ana hoki ia i te whenua me te hunga hoki e noho ana i reira kia koropiko ki te kararehe tuatahi, kua ora nei tōna patunga e mate ai ia. 13 He nui hoki ngā tohu e meatia ana e ia, e mea ana ia i te kāpura kia heke iho i te rangi ki te whenua i te tirohanga a ngā tāngata. 14 E whakapōhēhē ana hoki ia i te hunga e noho ana i te whenua, ki ngā tohu ka hoatu nei ki a ia kia mahia ki te aroaro o te kararehe; e mea ana ia ki te hunga e noho ana i te whenua, kia hangā he whakapakoko mō te kararehe i patua nei ki te hoari, ā, kua ora nei anō.

15 I hoatu anō ki a ia kia hoatu he wairua ora ki te whakapakoko o te kararehe, e kōrero ai te whakapakoko o te kararehe, e mea ai hoki i te hunga e kore e koropiko ki te whakapakoko o te kararehe kia whakamatea. 16 I mea anō hoki ia i te hunga katoa, i te iti, i te rahi, i te hunga whai taonga, i te hunga rawakore, i ngā rangatira, i ngā pononga, kia meatia ki a rātou he tohu ki ō rātou ringaringa matau, ki ō rātou rae rānei. 17 Kia kaua hoki tētahi e āhei te hoko mai te hoko atu rānei, ko te tangata anake kei a ia nei te tohu, te ingoa rānei o te kararehe, te whika rānei o tōna ingoa.

18 Tēnei te mātauranga. Mā te tangata whai whakaaro e tatau te whika o te kararehe! He whika tangata hoki. Nā, ko tōna whika, e ono rau e ono tekau mā ono.

1 and he stood upon the sand of the sea.

And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast; 4 and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? and who is able to war with him? 5 and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell in the heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain. 9 If any man hath an ear, let him hear. 10 If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed. 13 And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and lived. 15 And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead; 17 and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.