مکاشفه 12
1 و علامتی عظیم در آسمان ظاهر شد: زنی که آفتاب را دربر دارد و ماه زیرپایهایش و بر سرش تاجی از دوازده ستاره است،2 و آبستن بوده، از درد زه و عذاب زاییدن فریاد برمی آورد.3 و علامتی دیگر در آسمان پدید آمدکه اینک اژدهای بزرگ آتشگون که او را هفت سرو ده شاخ بود و بر سرهایش هفت افسر؛4 و دمش ثلث ستارگان آسمان را کشیده، آنها را بر زمین ریخت. و اژدها پیش آن زن که میزایید بایستاد تاچون بزاید فرزند او را ببلعد.5 پس پسر نرینهای را زایید که همه امت های زمین را به عصای آهنین حکمرانی خواهد کرد؛ و فرزندش به نزد خدا وتخت او ربوده شد.6 و زن به بیابان فرار کرد که درآنجا مکانی برای وی از خدا مهیا شده است تا اورا مدت هزار و دویست و شصت روز بپرورند.7 و در آسمان جنگ شد: میکائیل وفرشتگانش با اژدها جنگ کردند و اژدها وفرشتگانش جنگ کردند،8 ولی غلبه نیافتند بلکه جای ایشان دیگر در آسمان یافت نشد.9 واژدهای بزرگ انداخته شد، یعنی آن مار قدیمی که به ابلیس و شیطان مسمی است که تمام ربع مسکون را میفریبد. او بر زمین انداخته شد وفرشتگانش با وی انداخته شدند.10 و آوازی بلند در آسمان شنیدم که میگوید: «اکنون نجات و قوت و سلطنت خدای ما و قدرت مسیح او ظاهر شد زیرا که آن مدعی برادران ما که شبانهروز در حضور خدای ما برایشان دعوی میکند، به زیر افکنده شد.11 وایشان بوساطت خون بره و کلام شهادت خود براو غالب آمدند و جان خود را دوست نداشتند.12 از این جهتای آسمانها و ساکنان آنها شادباشید؛ وای بر زمین و دریا زیرا که ابلیس به نزدشما فرود شده است با خشم عظیم، چون میداند که زمانی قلیل دارد.»13 و چون اژدها دید که بر زمین افکنده شد، برآن زن که فرزند نرینه را زاییده بود، جفا کرد.14 ودو بال عقاب بزرگ به زن داده شد تا به بیابان به مکان خود پرواز کند، جایی که او را از نظر آن مار، زمانی و دو زمان و نصف زمان پرورش میکنند.15 و مار از دهان خود در عقب زن، آبی چون رودی ریخت تا سیل او را فروگیرد.16 وزمین زن را حمایت کرد و زمین دهان خود راگشاده، آن رود را که اژدها از دهان خود ریخت فرو برد.17 و اژدها بر زن غضب نموده، رفت تا باباقی ماندگان ذریت او که احکام خدا را حفظمی کنند و شهادت عیسی را نگاه میدارند، جنگ کند.
REVELATION 12
The Woman and the Dragon
1 Something important appeared in the sky. It was a woman whose clothes were the sun. The moon was under her feet, and a crown made of twelve stars was on her head.
2 She was about to give birth, and she was crying because of the great pain.
3 t Something else appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and a crown on each of its seven heads.
4 t With its tail, it dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them down to the earth. Then the dragon turned toward the woman, because it wanted to eat her child as soon as it was born.
5 t The woman gave birth to a son, who would rule all nations with an iron rod. The boy was snatched away. He was taken to God and placed on his throne.
6 The woman ran into the desert to a place that God had prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1,260 days.Michael Fights the Dragon
7 t A war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels were fighting against the dragon and its angels. 8 But the dragon lost the battle. It and its angels were forced out of their places in heaven 9 t and were thrown down to the earth. Yes, that old snake and his angels were thrown out of heaven! That snake, who fools everyone on earth, is known as the devil and Satan.
10 t Then I heard a voice from heaven shout,
“Our God has shown
his saving power,
and his kingdom has come!
God's own Chosen One
has shown his authority.
Satan accused our people
in the presence of God
day and night.
Now he has been thrown out!
11 “Our people defeated Satan
because of the bloodt
of the Lamb
and the message of God.
They were willing
to give up their lives.
12 “The heavens should rejoice,
together with everyone
who lives there.
But pity the earth
and the sea,
because the devil
was thrown down
to the earth.
He knows his time is short,
and he is very angry.”
13 When the dragon realized it had been thrown down to the earth, it tried to make trouble for the woman who had given birth to a son.
14 t But the woman was given two wings like those of a huge eagle, so she could fly into the desert. There she would escape from the snake and be taken care of for a time, two times, and half a time.
15 The snake then spewed out water like a river to sweep the woman away. 16 But the earth helped her and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon's mouth. 17 This made the dragon terribly angry with the woman. So it started a war against the rest of her children. They are the people who obey God and are faithful to what Jesus did and taught. 18 The dragont stood on the beach beside the sea.