UFU. 12
Mwanamke na Joka
1 Na ishara kuu ilionekana mbinguni; mwanamke aliyevikwa jua, na mwezi ulikuwa chini ya miguu yake, na juu ya kichwa chake taji ya nyota kumi na mbili. 2 tNaye alikuwa ana mimba, akilia, hali ana utungu na kuumwa katika kuzaa. 3 tIkaonekana ishara nyingine mbinguni; na tazama, joka kubwa jekundu, alikuwa na vichwa saba na pembe kumi, na juu ya vichwa vyake vilemba saba. 4 tNa mkia wake wakokota theluthi ya nyota za mbinguni, na kuziangusha katika nchi. Na yule joka akasimama mbele ya yule mwanamke aliye tayari kuzaa, ili azaapo, amle mtoto wake. 5 tNaye akazaa mtoto mwanamume, yeye atakayewachunga mataifa yote kwa fimbo ya chuma. Na mtoto wake akanyakuliwa hata kwa Mungu, na kwa kiti chake cha enzi.
6 tYule mwanamke akakimbilia nyikani, ambapo ana mahali palipotengenezwa na Mungu, ili wamlishe huko muda wa siku elfu na mia mbili na sitini.Mikaeli Amshinda Joka
7 tKulikuwa na vita mbinguni; Mikaeli na malaika zake wakapigana na yule joka, yule joka naye akapigana nao pamoja na malaika zake; 8 nao hawakushinda, wala mahali pao hapakuonekana tena mbinguni. 9 tYule joka akatupwa, yule mkubwa, nyoka wa zamani, aitwaye Ibilisi na Shetani, audanganyaye ulimwengu wote; akatupwa hata nchi, na malaika zake wakatupwa pamoja naye. 10 tNikasikia sauti kuu mbinguni, ikisema, Sasa kumekuwa wokovu, na nguvu, na ufalme wa Mungu wetu, na mamlaka ya Kristo wake; kwa maana ametupwa chini mshitaki wa ndugu zetu, yeye awashitakiye mbele za Mungu wetu, mchana na usiku. 11 tNao wakamshinda kwa damu ya Mwana-Kondoo, na kwa neno la ushuhuda wao; ambao hawakupenda maisha yao hata kufa.
12 tKwa hiyo shangilieni, enyi mbingu, nanyi mkaao humo. Ole wa nchi na bahari! Kwa maana yule Ibilisi ameshuka kwenu mwenye ghadhabu nyingi, akijua ya kuwa ana wakati mchache tu.Joka Anapigana tena katika Dunia
13 Na joka yule alipoona ya kuwa ametupwa katika nchi, alimwudhi mwanamke yule aliyemzaa mtoto mwanamume. 14 tMwanamke yule akapewa mabawa mawili ya tai yule mkubwa, ili aruke, aende zake nyikani hata mahali pake, hapo alishwapo kwa wakati na nyakati na nusu ya wakati, mbali na nyoka huyo. 15 Nyoka akatoa katika kinywa chake, nyuma ya huyo mwanamke, maji kama mto, amfanye kuchukuliwa na mto ule. 16 Nchi ikamsaidia mwanamke; nchi ikafunua kinywa chake, ikaumeza mto ule alioutoa yule joka katika kinywa chake. 17 tJoka akamkasirikia yule mwanamke, akaenda zake afanye vita juu ya wazao wake waliosalia, wazishikao amri za Mungu, na kuwa na ushuhuda wa Yesu; naye akasimama juu ya mchanga wa bahari.
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.