The Beast out of the Sea

13 The dragon[a] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.(A) It had ten horns and seven heads,(B) with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.(C) The beast I saw resembled a leopard,(D) but had feet like those of a bear(E) and a mouth like that of a lion.(F) The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.(G) One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.(H) The whole world was filled with wonder(I) and followed the beast. People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like(J) the beast? Who can wage war against it?”

The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies(K) and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.(L) It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.(M) It was given power to wage war(N) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(O) All inhabitants of the earth(P) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(Q) the Lamb(R) who was slain from the creation of the world.[b](S)

Whoever has ears, let them hear.(T)

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[c] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[d](U)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(V) on the part of God’s people.(W)

The Beast out of the Earth

11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.(X) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.(Y) 12 It exercised all the authority(Z) of the first beast on its behalf,(AA) and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,(AB) whose fatal wound had been healed.(AC) 13 And it performed great signs,(AD) even causing fire to come down from heaven(AE) to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs(AF) it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived(AG) the inhabitants of the earth.(AH) It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.(AI) 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship(AJ) the image to be killed.(AK) 16 It also forced all people, great and small,(AL) rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,(AM) 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,(AN) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.(AO)

18 This calls for wisdom.(AP) Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[e](AQ) That number is 666.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:1 Some manuscripts And I
  2. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain
  3. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  4. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2
  5. Revelation 13:18 Or is humanity’s number

The Beast from the Sea

13 Then [a]I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw (A)a beast rising up out of the sea, (B)having [b]seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a (C)blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The (D)dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads (E)as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And (F)all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, (G)“Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

And he was given (H)a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to [c]continue for (I)forty-two months. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, (J)His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him (K)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And (L)authority was given him over every [d]tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, (M)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain (N)from the foundation of the world.

(O)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 (P)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; (Q)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. (R)Here is the [e]patience and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

11 Then I saw another beast (S)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, (T)whose deadly wound was healed. 13 (U)He performs great signs, (V)so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 (W)And he deceives [f]those who dwell on the earth (X)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword (Y)and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak (Z)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, (AA)to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has [g]the mark or (AB)the name of the beast, (AC)or the number of his name.

18 (AD)Here is wisdom. Let him who has (AE)understanding calculate (AF)the number of the beast, (AG)for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:1 NU he
  2. Revelation 13:1 NU, M ten horns and seven heads
  3. Revelation 13:5 M make war
  4. Revelation 13:7 NU, M add and people
  5. Revelation 13:10 perseverance
  6. Revelation 13:14 M my own people
  7. Revelation 13:17 NU, M the mark, the name

The First Beast

13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, (A)with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and (B)blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was (C)like a leopard; its feet were like (D)a bear's, and its mouth was like (E)a lion's mouth. And to it (F)the dragon gave his power and (G)his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and (H)the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, (I)“Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

And the beast was given (J)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for (K)forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed (L)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[b] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all (M)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in (N)the book of life of (O)the Lamb (P)who was slain. (Q)If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

10 (R)If anyone is to be taken captive,
    to captivity he goes;
(S)if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
    with the sword must he be slain.

(T)Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

The Second Beast

11 Then (U)I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,[c] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, (V)whose mortal wound was healed. 13 (W)It performs great signs, even (X)making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[d] the beast (Y)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (Z)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not (AA)worship the image of the beast (AB)to be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,[e] (AC)to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, (AD)the name of the beast or (AE)the number of its name. 18 (AF)This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number (AG)of a man, and his number is 666.[f]

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:6 Or tabernacle
  2. Revelation 13:7 Some manuscripts omit this sentence
  3. Revelation 13:12 Or on its behalf
  4. Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of
  5. Revelation 13:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
  6. Revelation 13:18 Some manuscripts 616

Ang Mabangis na Hayop Mula sa Dagat

13 At ako ay tumayo sa buhanginan sa tabing dagat. Nakita kong umaahon ang isang mabangis na hayop mula sa dagat. Ito ay may pitong ulo at sampung sungay at sa bawat sungay ay may sampung pangharing korona at sa kaniyang korona ay may mapamusong na pangalan.

Ang mabangis na hayop na aking nakita ay katulad sa isang leopardo. Ang mga paa nito ay katulad ng mga paa ng oso. Ang bibig nito ay katulad ng mga bibig ng leon. Ibinigay ng dragon ang kaniyang kapangyarihan at isang luklukan at dakilang kapamahalaan sa mabangis na hayop. At nakita ko na ang isa sa mga ulo ay nasugatan na maaring ikamatay. Ang sugat na ikamamatay ay gumaling. At ang lahat ng mga tao ay nanggi­lalas sa mabangis na hayop at sumunod dito. Sinamba nila ang dragon na nagbigay ng kapamahalaan sa mabangis na hayop. Sinamba nila ang mabangis na hayop. Sinabi nila: Sino ang katulad ng mabangis na hayop? Sino ang maaaring makipaglaban dito?

Binigyan siya ng isang bibig na nagsasalita ng dakilang salita at mga pamumusong. Binigyan siya ng kapamahalaan upang magpatuloy sa loob ng apatnapu’t dalawang buwan. At binuksan niya ang kaniyang bibig na namumusong laban sa Diyos at laban sa kaniyang pangalan at sa tabernakulo at sa mga nananahan sa langit. Binigyan ito ng kapamahalaan upang makipagdigma laban sa mga banal at upang lupigin sila. Binigyan niya ito ng kapamahalaan sa bawat lipi at wika at bansa. Ang lahat ng mga nakatira sa lupa ay sasamba sa kaniya, sila na ang kanilang mga pangalan ay hindi nakasulat sa aklat ng buhay ng Kordero. Ito ang Korderong pinatay mula ng itatag ang sanlibutan.

Ang may pandinig ay makinig: 10 Ang sinumang magpapa­bihag ay dadalhin siya sa pagkabihag. Ang sinumang pumatay sa tabak ay sa tabak din sila papatayin. Ito ay nanganga­hulugan na ang mga banal ay dapat magkaroon ng pagtitiis at pananampalataya.

Ang Mabangis na Hayop Mula sa Lupa

11 At nakita ko ang isa pang mabangis na hayop na umahon mula sa lupa. Ito ay may dalawang sungay katulad ng isang kordero at kung magsalita ay katulad ng isang dragon.

12 Ginagamit nito ang lahat ng kapamahalaan ng mabangis na hayop na naunang lumabas sa kaniya. Pinasasamba nito ang lupa at ang mga tao na nananahan rito sa unang mabangis na hayop na ang nakakamatay na sugat ay gumaling. 13 Ang ikalawang mabangis na hayop ay gumawa nga ng mga dakilang tanda. Pinababa nito ang apoy na mula sa langit sa lupa at sa harapan ng mga tao. 14 Inililigaw nito ang mga nananahan sa lupa. Ginawa niya ito sa pamamagitan ng mga tanda na ipinagawa sa kaniya sa harapan ng unang mabangis na hayop. Sinabi nito sa mga tao na nakatira sa lupa, na gumawa sila ng isang larawan ng unang mabangis na hayop na nasugatan ng tabak at nabuhay ito. 15 Binigyan ito ng kapangyarihan ang ikalawang mabangis na hayop upang bigyan niya ng hininga ang larawan ng mabangis na hayop. Ang larawan ng mabangis na hayop ay magsasalita at ipapapatay niya sa mga tao ang mga hindi sumasamba sa larawan ng mabangis na hayop. 16 Ang mga dakila at mga hindi dakilang tao, ang mayayaman at mahihirap, ang mga malaya at ang mga alipin ay ipapa­tatakan niya sa kanilang kanang kamay o sa kanilang noo. 17 Ang may tatak lamang ng mabangis na hayop ang makakabili o ang makakapagbili. Dapat ay taglay nila ang tatak o ang pangalan o ang bilang ng pangalawang mabangis na hayop.

18 Ito ang kaalaman: Ang may pang-unawa ay dapat bilangin ang bilang ng mabangis na hayop. Ang dahilan, ito ang bilang ng isang tao. Ang bilang ay anim na raan at animnapu’t anim.