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Domenica, 28 aprile 2024 - San Luigi Maria Grignion da Montfort ( Letture di oggi)

Apocalipsis de Juan 13


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1 Y vi surgir del mar una Bestia que tenía diez cuernos y siete cabezas, y en sus cuernos diez diademas, y en sus cabezas títulos blasfemos.1 And I saw a beast ascending from the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns were ten diadems, and upon its heads were names of blasphemy.
2 La Bestia que vi se parecía a un leopardo, con las patas como de oso, y las fauces como fauces de león: y el Dragón le dio su poder y su trono y gran poderío.2 And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet were like the feet of a bear, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave his own power and great authority to it.
3 Una de sus cabezas parecía herida de muerte, pero su llaga mortal se le curó; entonces la tierra entera siguió maravillada a la Bestia.3 And I saw that one of its heads seemed to be slain unto death, but his deadly wound was healed. And the entire world was in wonder following the beast.
4 Y se postraron ante el Dragón, porque había dado el poderío a la Bestia , y se postraron ante la Bestia diciendo: «¿Quién como la Bestia? ¿Y quién puede luchar contra ella?»4 And they worshiped the dragon, who gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying: “Who is like the beast? And who would be able to fight with it?”
5 Le fue dada una boca que profería grandezas y blasfemias, y se le dio poder de actuar durante 42 meses;5 And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies. And authority was given to him to act for forty-two months.
6 y ella abrió su boca para blasfemar contra Dios: para blasfemar de su nombre y de su morada y de los que moran en el cielo.6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and those who dwell in heaven.
7 Se le concedió hacer la guerra a los santos y vencerlos; se le concedió poderío sobre toda raza, pueblo, lengua y nación.7 And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and people and language and nation.
8 Y la adorarán todos los habitantes de la tierra cuyo nombre no está inscrito, desde la creación del mundo, en el libro de la vida del Cordero degollado.8 And all who inhabit the earth worshiped the beast, those whose names have not been written, from the origin of the world, in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain.
9 El que tenga oídos, oiga.9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
10 «El que a la cárcel, a la cárcel ha de ir; el que ha de morir a espada, a espada ha de morir». Aquí se requiere la paciencia y la fe de los santos.10 Whoever will be led into captivity, into captivity he goes. Whoever will kill with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the patient endurance and faith of the Saints.
11 Vi luego otra Bestia que surgía de la tierra y tenía dos cuernos como de cordero, pero hablaba como una serpiente.11 And I saw another beast ascending from the land. And she had two horns like the Lamb, but she was speaking like the dragon.
12 Ejerce todo el poder de la primera Bestia en servicio de ésta, haciendo que la tierra y sus habitantes adoren a la primera Bestia, cuya herida mortal había sido curada.12 And she acted with all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And she caused the earth, and those dwelling in it, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 Realiza grandes señales, hasta hacer bajar ante la gente fuego del cielo a la tierra;13 And she accomplished great signs, even so that she would cause fire to descend from the sky to the earth in the sight of men.
14 y seduce a los habitantes de la tierra con las señales que le ha sido concedido obrar al servicio de la Bestia, diciendo a los habitantes de la tierra que hagan una imagen en honor de la Bestia que, teniendo la herida de la espada, revivió.14 And she seduced those living on the earth, by means of the signs that were given to her to perform in the sight of the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image of the beast who had a wound of the sword and yet lived.
15 Se le concedió infundir el aliento a la imagen de la Bestia, de suerte que pudiera incluso hablar la imagen de la Bestia y hacer que fueran exterminados cuantos no adoraran la imagen de la Bestia.15 And it was given to her to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would speak. And she acted so that whoever would not worship the image of the beast would be slain.
16 Y hace que todos, pequeños y grandes, ricos y pobres, libres y esclavos, se hagan una marca en la mano derecha o en la frente,16 And she will cause everyone, small and great, wealthy and poor, free and servant, to have a character on their right hand or on their foreheads,
17 y que nadie pueda comprar nada ni vender, sino el que lleve la marca con el nombre de la Bestia o con la cifra de su nombre.17 so that no one may buy or sell, unless he has the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 ¡Aquí está la sabiduría! Que el inteligente calcule la cifra de la Bestia; pues es la cifra de un hombre. Su cifra es 666.18 Here is wisdom. Whoever has intelligence, let him determine the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.