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第十三章

海中的兽和地上的兽
1 我又看见一只兽从海里上来，有十角七头，十角上戴着十个皇冠，七头上有亵渎的名号。
2 我所看见的兽，样子好像豹，脚像熊的脚，口像狮子的口。龙把自己的能力、王位和大权柄，都交给了它。
3 兽的七头中有一个似乎受了致命伤，但那致命伤却医好了。全地的人都很惊奇，跟从那兽。
4 因为龙把权柄交给了兽，大家就拜龙，也拜兽，说：“有谁可以跟这兽相比？有谁能与它作战呢？”
5 龙又给了那兽一张说夸大和亵渎话的嘴巴，也给了它权柄可以任意而行四十二个月。
6 兽就开口向　神说亵渎的话，亵渎他的名和他的帐幕，以及那些住在天上的。
7 它得了允许能跟圣徒作战，并且能胜过他们；又有权柄给了它，可以管辖各支派、各民族、各方言、各邦国。
8 所有住在地上的人，名字没有记在创世以来被杀的羊羔之生命册上的，都要拜它。
9 凡有耳的，就应当听！
10 如果人应该被俘掳，就必被俘掳；如果人应该被刀杀，就必被刀杀。在这里圣徒要有忍耐和信心！
11 我又看见另一只兽从地里上来。它有两个角好像羊羔，说话好像龙。
12 它在头一只兽面前，行使头一只兽的一切权柄。它使全地和住在地上的人，都拜那受过致命伤而医好了的头一只兽。
13 它又行大奇事，甚至在人面前叫火从天上降在地上。
14 它得了能力，在头一只兽面前能行奇事，迷惑了住在地上的人，吩咐住在地上的人，要为那受过刀伤而还活着的兽做个像。
15 又有能力赐给它，可以把气息给兽像，使兽像能够说话，并且能够杀害那些不拜兽像的人。
16 那从地里上来的兽，又要所有的人，无论大小贫富，自由的和作奴隶的，都在右手或额上，给自己作个记号。
17 这记号就是兽的名字或兽名的数字，除了那有记号的，谁也不能买，谁也不能卖。
18 在这里要有智慧。有悟性的人，就让他计算兽的数字，因为这是人的数字，它的数字是六百六十六。

1 And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.
4 Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?"
5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months.
6 He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.
7 He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
9 He who has an ear, let him hear.
10 If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.
11 Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
12 He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
13 And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men.
14 Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
15 He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
16 He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.