The Two Beasts
1 I looked and saw a beast coming up from the sea. This one had ten horns and seven heads, and a crown was on each of its ten horns. On each of its heads were names that were an insult to God. 2 The beast I saw had the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion. The dragon handed over its own power and throne and great authority to this beast. 3 One of its heads seemed to have been fatally wounded, but now it was well. Everyone on earth marveled at this beast, 4 and they worshiped the dragon who had given its authority to the beast. They also worshiped the beast and said, “No one is like this beast! No one can fight against it.”
5 The beast was allowed to brag and claim to be God, and for 42 months it was allowed to rule. 6 The beast cursed God, and it cursed the name of God. It even cursed the place where God lives, as well as everyone who lives in heaven with God. 7 It was allowed to fight against God's people and defeat them. It was also given authority over the people of every tribe, nation, language, and race. 8 The beast was worshiped by everyone whose name wasn't written before the time of creation in the book of the Lamb who was killed.
9 If you have ears,
then listen!
10 If you are doomed
to be captured,
you will be captured.
If you are doomed
to be killed by a sword,
you will be killed
by a sword.
This means God's people must learn to endure and be faithful!
11 I now saw another beast. This one came out of the ground. It had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon. 12 It worked for the beast whose fatal wound had been healed. And it used all its authority to force the earth and its people to worship that beast. 13 It worked mighty miracles, and while people watched, it even made fire come down from the sky.
14 This second beast fooled people on earth by working miracles for the first one. Then it talked them into making an idol in the form of the beast that did not die after being wounded by a sword. 15 It was allowed to put breath into the idol, so it could speak. Everyone who refused to worship the idol of the beast was put to death. 16 All people were forced to put a mark on their right hand or forehead. Whether they were powerful or weak, rich or poor, free people or slaves, 17 they all had to have this mark, or else they could not buy or sell anything. This mark stood for the name of the beast and for the number of its name.
18 You need wisdom to understand the number of the beast! But if you are smart enough, you can figure this out. Its number is 666, and it stands for a person.
Daafeŋ saŋarariŋo meŋ bota naŋ fankaasoo kono
1 Bituŋ ŋa daafeŋ saŋarariŋo je finti kaŋ naŋ fankaasoo kono. A ye bina taŋ ne soto, aniŋ kuŋ woorowula. Mansanaafa taŋ ne be a kuŋolu to, aduŋ toolu be safeeriŋ a kuŋ-wo-kuŋ bala le mennu mu tooñeeri kumoolu ti. 2 Nte ye daafeŋ saŋarariŋo meŋ je, a mulunta le ko soloo, aduŋ a siŋolu be ko wulakono daafeŋ saŋarariŋ* doo. A daa be le ko jatoo daa. Wo ninkinankoo ye semboo dii ate le la, a la mansayaa, aniŋ a la kantiiyaa baa.
3 Ate daafeŋ saŋarariŋo kuŋ kiliŋo ka munta le ko niŋ a ye barama jaarabaloo le soto, bari wo barama jawoo naata kendeyaa le. Bituŋ duniyaa moolu bee jaakalita, ì bulata daafeŋ saŋarariŋo ñiŋ nooma. 4 Moolu ka ninkinankoo batu, kaatu ate le ye a la kantiiyaa dii daafeŋ saŋarariŋo la. Bituŋ ì ye daafeŋ saŋarariŋo fanaa batu ka a fo ko, “Jumaa le be ko ñiŋ daafeŋ saŋarariŋo? Jumaa le be a kelendi noo la?”
5 Daa diita wo daafeŋ saŋarariŋo la le ka kibiri kumoolu niŋ tooñeeri kumoolu fo, aduŋ kantiiyaa diita a la le fo kari taŋ naani niŋ fula. 6 A naata tooñeeri kumoo fo Alla ma. A ye Alla too niŋ a la taradulaa tooñee, biriŋ a ye feŋolu bee neŋ, mennu be sabatiriŋ Arijana kono. 7 Siloo diita a la le ka keloo boyi Alla la moo senuŋolu kaŋ, aniŋ ka ì noo. Aduŋ kantiiyaa diita a la sii-wo-sii kaŋ ne, bankoolu, kaŋolu aniŋ nasiyoŋolu bee, ka ì mara. 8 Moolu mennu bee be baluuriŋ duniyaa kono, ì be a batu la le fo moolu doroŋ, mennu toolu safeeta baluwo kitaaboo kono biriŋ duniyaa fondamaŋo be laa la. Wo le mu Saajiiriŋo la kitaaboo ti, meŋ kanateyita.
9 Niŋ moo meŋ ye tuloo soto, a si a moyi:
10 “Niŋ meŋ ñanta taa la mutoo kono,
a be taa la mutoo kono le.
Niŋ meŋ ñanta faa la niŋ hawusaroo* la,
a be faa la niŋ wo le la.”
Wo mu wakiilindiri kumoo le ti Alla la moo senuŋolu ye, fo ì si wakiili ì la lannoo kono.
Daafeŋ saŋarariŋo meŋ bota naŋ bankoo kono
11 Bituŋ ŋa daafeŋ saŋarariŋo doo je, a bota bankoo kono. A ye bina fula le soto ko saajiiriŋo, bari a diyaamuta le ko ninkinankoo. 12 A ye maraloo ke kantiiyaa bee le la ko wo daafeŋ saŋarariŋ foloo, aduŋ a ye duniyaa moolu bee duŋ ka wo daafeŋ saŋarariŋ foloo batu, meŋ na barama jawoo naata kendeyaa. 13 Ate wo daafeŋ saŋarariŋ doo ye kaawakuu baalu le ke, hani a ka a kendi le, dimbaa ka bo naŋ saŋo santo ka jii duniyaa kono moo bee ñaa la. 14 Ka bo niŋ a la wo kuwolu la, a ye duniyaa moolu neenee fo ì ye wo daafeŋ saŋarariŋ foloo muluŋo dadaa, meŋ baramata jawuke niŋ hawusaroo la, bari hani wo, a be baluuriŋ hani bii. 15 Semboo diita a la le, ka niyo dii wo daafeŋ saŋarariŋo muluŋo la, fo wo si diyaamu noo aniŋ ka a tinna, moolu ye faa, mennu maŋ soŋ ka wo batu. 16 Aduŋ ate le fanaa ye yaamaroo dii ko, moo-wo-moo ñanta a la taamanseeroo soto la a bulubaa buloo bala le waraŋ a foŋo to, biriŋ moondiŋ fo moo baa, naafulutii waraŋ fuwaaroo le mu, joŋo waraŋ foroo. 17 Moo-wo-moo le te waafiroo waraŋ sandiroo ke noo la, niŋ a maŋ wo taamanseeroo soto a bala. Wo taamanseeroo mu daafeŋ saŋarariŋo ñiŋ too le ti, waraŋ a la niimaroo meŋ ka a too yitandi.
18 Ñiŋ ye ñaameŋo le kaniŋ, bari meŋ ye kalamutaroo soto, a si wo daafeŋ saŋarariŋo la niimaroo kotoo loŋ, baawo a mu hadamadiŋo la niimaroo le ti. Wo niimaroo mu keme wooro taŋ wooro aniŋ wooro le ti.
