Et steti super harenam maris, et vidi de mari bestiam ascendentem, habentem capita septem et cornua decem, et super cornua eius decem diademata, et super capita eius nomen blasphemiae. Et bestia quam vidi similis erat pardo, et pedes eius ut ursi, et os eius sicut os leonis. Et dedit illi draco virtutem suam et potestatem magnam. Et vidi unum de capitibus eius quasi occisum in mortem, et plaga eius curata erat, et admirata est universa terra post bestiam. Et adoraverunt draconem, qui dedit potestatem bestiae, et adoraverunt bestiam dicentes: “Quis similis bestiae, et quis poterit pugnare cum ea?” Et datum est ei os loquens magna et blasphemias, data est ei potestas facere menses quadraginta duos. Et aperuit os suum in blasphemias ad Deum, blasphemare nomen eius et tabernaculum eius et eos qui in caelo habitant.
“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten crowns, and upon its heads a name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like those of a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave it his power, and his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of its heads as though it had been wounded to death, but its deadly wound was healed, and all the earth marvelled and followed the beast. And they worshipped the dragon, who gave authority to the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast, and who can make war against it?’ And it was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for forty-two months. And it opened its mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.”
