ヨハネの黙示録 13

1 第二款 海より起る獣 我又海より一の獣の上るを見たり、其は七の頭と十の角と有りて、其角の上に冠あり、頭の上に冒涜の名あり。

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, which had seven heads and ten horns; and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the names of blasphemy.

2 我が見し獣は豹の如く、其足は熊の足の如く、其口は獅子の如くにして、龍は之に己が座と大いなる権力とを與へたり。

And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet 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 我又見たるに、其一の頭死ぬばかり傷つけられたれど、其死ぬべき傷醫されしかば、全世界感嘆して此獣に從ひ、

And I saw one of his heads as it were mortally wounded, but his deadly wound was healed: and all the earth wondered and went after the beast.

4 此獣に力を與へし龍を禮拝し、又獣を禮拝して言ひけるは、誰か此獣の如き者あらんや、誰か之と戰ふを得んや、と。

And they worshipped the dragon, who gave his power to the beast, and they worshipped the beast likewise, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war against him?

5 而して大言と冒涜とを吐く口を與へられ、四十二箇月の間働く権力を與へられ、

And there was given him a mouth speaking great and blasphemous things, and power was given him to make war forty two months.

6 然て口を開きて神を冒涜し、其御名と其幕屋と天に住める者とを冒涜せり。

And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and those that dwell in heaven.

7 又聖人等と戰ひ、且之に勝つ事を許され、諸族、諸民、諸語、諸國に對する権力を與へられ、

And he was permitted to make war upon the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.

8 斯て地上に住める人にして、世の初より殺され給ひたる羔の生命の名簿に名を録されざる人、皆彼獣を禮拝せり。

So that all who dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9 人耳あらば聞け、

If any one hath an ear, let him hear. Whosoever leadeth into captivity shall go away into captivity:

10 擒に牽きし人は自ら擒に往くべく、剣にて殺しし人は剣にて殺さるべし、聖人等の忍耐と信仰と茲にあり。

and he, that killeth with the sword, shall be slain with the sword. Here then is the patience and faith of the saints.

11 第三款 地より起る獣 我又別に地より一の獣の上るを見しが、羔の如き角二ありて、龍の如くに言ひ居り、

And I saw another beast ascending out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb; but he spake like a dragon.

12 先の獣の前に於て、総て之と等しき力を顕し、地と地に住める人とをして、死ぬばかりの傷の醫されし曩の獣を禮拝せしめたり、

And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his presence; and makes the earth, and those that dwell in it, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 又人の眼前に天より火を地に下さしむる程の大いなる徴を為し、

And he doth great wonders, so that even maketh fire to come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men; and deceiveth those that dwell on the earth,

14 獣の前に為すことを得しめられたる徴を以て、地に住める人を惑はし、之に勧めて、刀の傷はありながら尚生存へし獣の像を造らしめ、

by the signs which it was given him to do in the presence of the beast, telling the inhabitants of the earth to make an image to the beast, that had received the wound of the sword, and yet lived.

15 此獣の像に生命を與へ、且言ふことを得させ、此獣の像を拝せざる人を殺す力を與へられたり、

And he was permitted to give life to the image of the beast, that it might both speak, and cause all those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.

16 又大小と貧富と自由の身と奴隷とを問はず、凡ての人に、或は右の手或は額に印章を受けしめ、

And he maketh all, both small and great, rich and poor, free-men and slaves, to receive a mark on their right hand, or on their foreheads: and that no one might buy or sell,

17 此印章若くは獣の名、若くは其名の數を記されたる人々の外、売買する事を得ざらしめたり。

but he that hath the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 智恵は是に於てか要せらる、知識ある人は獣の數を算へよ、獣の數は人の數にして、其數は六百六十六なり。

Here is wisdom required; and let him, that hath understanding, compute the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred sixty six.