Revelation 13

The dragon^[a] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ نَفْسِي وَاقِفاً عَلَى رَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ، وَإذَا وَحْشٌ خَارِجٌ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ، لَهُ سَبْعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وَعَشَرَةُ قُرُونٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ قَرْنٍ مِنْهَا تَاجٌ، وَقَدْ كُتِبَ عَلَى كُلِّ رَأْسٍ اسْمُ تَجْدِيفٍ.

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.

وَبَدَا هَذَا الْوَحْشُ مِثْلَ النَّمِرِ وَلَهُ قَوَائِمُ كَقَوَائِمِ دُبٍّ وَفَمٌ كَفَمِ أَسَدٍ! وَأَعْطَاهُ التِّنِّينُ قُدْرَتَهُ وَعَرْشَهُ وَسُلْطَةً عَظِيمَةً.

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 filled with wonder and followed the beast.

وَبَدَا وَاحِدٌ مِنْ رُؤُوسِهِ كَأَنَّهُ ذُبِحَ ذَبْحاً مُمِيتاً، وَلكِنَّ الْجُرْحَ الْمُمِيتَ شُفِيَ، فَتَعَجَّبَ سُكَّانُ الأَرْضِ لِذَلِكَ، وَتَبِعُوا الْوَحْشَ.

People 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 wage war against it?”

وَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ لِلتِّنِّينِ لأَنَّهُ وَهَبَ الْوَحْشَ سُلْطَتَهُ، وَعَبَدُوا الْوَحْشَ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: «مَنْ مِثْلُ هَذَا الْوَحْشِ؟ وَمَنْ يَجْرُؤُ عَلَى مُحَارَبَتِهِ؟»

The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.

وَأَعْطَى التِّنِّينُ الْوَحْشَ فَماً يَنْطِقُ بِكَلامِ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالتَّجْدِيفِ، وَأَعْطَاهُ سُلْطَةَ الْعَمَلِ مُدَّةَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعِينَ شَهْراً.

It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.

فَأَخَذَ الْوَحْشُ يَشْتُمُ اسْمَ اللهِ، وَيَشْتُمُ بَيْتَهُ وَسُكَّانَ السَّمَاءِ.

It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.

وَأُعْطِيَ الْوَحْشُ قُدْرَةً عَلَى أَنْ يُحَارِبَ الْقِدِّيسِينَ وَيَهْزِمَهُمْ وَسُلْطَةً عَلَى كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ وَشَعْبٍ وَلُغَةٍ وَأُمَّةٍ.

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.^[b]

فَيَسْجُدُ لِلْوَحْشِ جَمِيعُ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ فِي سِجِلِّ الْحَيَاةِ لِلْحَمَلِ الَّذِي ذُبِحَ.

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

مَنْ سَاقَ غَيْرَهُ إِلَى السَّبْيِ، فَإِلَى السَّبْيِ سَيُسَاقُ؛ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ بِالسَّيْفِ، فَبِالسَّيْفِ سَيُقْتَلُ! هُنَا يَظْهَرُ صَبْرُ الْقِدِّيسِينَ وَإِيمَانُهُمْ.

الوحش الخارج من الأرض

Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.

ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ وَحْشاً آخَرَ خَارِجاً مِنَ الأَرْضِ، لَهُ قَرْنَانِ صَغِيرَانِ كَقَرْنَيْ خَرُوفٍ، وَلَكِنَّ صَوْتَهُ كَصَوْتِ تِنِّينٍ،

It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.

وَقَدِ اسْتَمَدَّ سُلْطَتَهُ مِنَ الْوَحْشِ الأَوَّلِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ لِيَعْمَلَ بِها فِي حُضُورِهِ، فَجَعَلَ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ يَسْجُدُونَ لِلْوَحْشِ الأَوَّلِ الَّذِي شُفِيَ مِنْ جُرْحِهِ الْمُمِيتِ.

And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.

وَقَامَ الْوَحْشُ الثَّانِي بِآيَاتٍ خَارِقَةٍ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ نَاراً عَلَى الأَرْضِ بِمَشْهَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ جَمِيعاً،

Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

فَخَدَعَ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ بِالآيَاتِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَقُومُ بِها فِي حُضُورِ الْوَحْشِ الأَوَّلِ. وَأَمَرَ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ أَنْ يُقِيمُوا تِمْثَالاً لِلْوَحْشِ الأَوَّلِ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ جُرِحَ جُرْحاً مُمِيتاً وَلَكِنَّهُ عَاشَ!

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 the image to be killed.

وَأُعْطِيَ سُلْطَةً عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ الرُّوحَ فِي التِّمْثَالِ لِيَنْطِقَ، وَأَنْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ فَيَقْتُلُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَرْفُضُ السُّجُودَ لِتِمْثَالِ الْوَحْشِ،

It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,

وَأَنْ يَأْمُرَ الْجَمِيعَ، كِبَاراً وَصِغَاراً، أَغْنِيَاءَ وَفُقَرَاءَ، أَحْرَاراً وَعَبِيداً، أَنْ يَحْملُوا عَلامَةً عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمِ الْيُمْنَى أَوْ عَلَى جِبَاهِهِمْ،

so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

فَلا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَبِيعَ أَوْ يَشْتَرِيَ إِلّا إِذَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ عَلامَةُ الْوَحْشِ، أَوِ الرَّقْمُ الَّذِي يَرْمِزُ لاسْمِهِ!

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

وَلابُدَّ هُنَا مِنَ الْفِطْنَةِ: فَعَلَى أَهْلِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ أَنْ يَحْسُبُوا عَدَدَ اسْمِ الْوَحْشِ. إِنَّهُ عَدَدٌ لإِنْسَانٍ، وَهُوَ الرَّقْمُ «سِتُّ مِئَةٍ وَسِتَّةٌ وَسِتُّونَ».