启示录 13
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
海中的獸和地上的獸
13 我又看見一隻獸從海裡上來，有十角七頭，十角上戴著十個皇冠，七頭上有褻瀆的名號。 2 我所看見的獸，樣子好像豹，腳像熊的腳，口像獅子的口。龍把自己的能力、王位和大權柄，都交給了牠。 3 獸的七頭中有一個似乎受了致命傷，但那致命傷卻醫好了。全地的人都很驚奇，跟從那獸。 4 因為龍把權柄交給了獸，大家就拜龍，也拜獸，說：“有誰可以跟這獸相比？有誰能與牠作戰呢？”
5 龍又給了那獸一張說誇大和褻瀆話的嘴巴，也給了牠權柄可以任意而行四十二個月。 6 獸就開口向 神說褻瀆的話，褻瀆他的名和他的帳幕，以及那些住在天上的。 7 牠得了允許能跟聖徒作戰，並且能勝過他們；又有權柄給了牠，可以管轄各支派、各民族、各方言、各邦國。 8 所有住在地上的人，名字沒有記在創世以來被殺的羊羔之生命冊上的，都要拜牠。
9 凡有耳的，就應當聽！
10 如果人應該被俘擄，
就必被俘擄；
如果人應該被刀殺，
就必被刀殺。
在這裡聖徒要有忍耐和信心！
11 我又看見另一隻獸從地裡上來。牠有兩個角，好像羊羔，說話好像龍。 12 牠在頭一隻獸面前，行使頭一隻獸的一切權柄。牠使全地和住在地上的人，都拜那受過致命傷而醫好了的頭一隻獸。 13 牠又行大奇事，甚至在人面前叫火從天上降在地上。 14 牠得了能力，在頭一隻獸面前能行奇事，迷惑了住在地上的人，吩咐住在地上的人，要為那受過刀傷而還活著的獸做個像。 15 又有能力賜給牠，可以把氣息給獸像，使獸像能夠說話，並且能夠殺害那些不拜獸像的人。 16 那從地裡上來的獸，又要所有的人，無論大小貧富，自由的和作奴隸的，都在右手或額上，給自己作個記號。 17 這記號就是獸的名字或獸名的數字，除了那有記號的，誰也不能買，誰也不能賣。 18 在這裡要有智慧。有悟性的人，就讓他計算獸的數字，因為這是人的數字，它的數字是六百六十六。
Revelation 13
The Message
The Beast from the Sea
13 1-2 And the Dragon stood on the shore of the sea. I saw a Beast rising from the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads—on each horn a crown, and each head inscribed with a blasphemous name. The Beast I saw looked like a leopard with bear paws and a lion’s mouth. The Dragon turned over its power to it, its throne and great authority.
3-4 One of the Beast’s heads looked as if it had been struck a deathblow, and then healed. The whole earth was agog, gaping at the Beast. They worshiped the Dragon who gave the Beast authority, and they worshiped the Beast, exclaiming, “There’s never been anything like the Beast! No one would dare go to war with the Beast!”
5-8 The Beast had a loud mouth, boastful and blasphemous. It could do anything it wanted for forty-two months. It yelled blasphemies against God, blasphemed his Name, blasphemed his Church, especially those already dwelling with God in Heaven. It was permitted to make war on God’s holy people and conquer them. It held absolute sway over all tribes and peoples, tongues and races. Everyone on earth whose name was not written from the world’s foundation in the slaughtered Lamb’s Book of Life will worship the Beast.
9-10 Are you listening to this? They’ve made their bed; now they must lie in it. Anyone marked for prison goes straight to prison; anyone pulling a sword goes down by the sword. Meanwhile, God’s holy people passionately and faithfully stand their ground.
The Beast from Under the Ground
11-12 I saw another Beast rising out of the ground. It had two horns like a lamb but sounded like a dragon when it spoke. It was a puppet of the first Beast, made earth and everyone in it worship the first Beast, which had been healed of its deathblow.
13-17 This second Beast worked magical signs, dazzling people by making fire come down from Heaven. It used the magic it got from the Beast to dupe earth dwellers, getting them to make an image of the Beast that received the deathblow and lived. It was able to animate the image of the Beast so that it talked, and then arrange that anyone not worshiping the Beast would be killed. It forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark on the right hand or forehead. Without the mark of the name of the Beast or the number of its name, it was impossible to buy or sell anything.
18 Solve a riddle: Put your heads together and figure out the meaning of the number of the Beast. It’s a human number: 666.
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
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