ヨハネの黙示録 12
Japanese Living Bible
竜から守られる女とその子ども
12 また、やがて何かが起こることを暗示する、大きなしるしが天に描き出されました。一人の女が太陽をまとい、月を踏みつけ、十二の星の冠をかぶっている姿が見えました。 2 この女は妊娠しており、陣痛の苦しみにうめいていました。 3 そこに突然、巨大な赤い竜が現れました。七つの頭と十本の角を持ち、七つの冠をかぶっていました。 4 そして、しっぽで天の星の三分の一を払い落とし、地上にばらまきました。また、子どもを産もうとしている女の前に立ちはだかり、生まれおちた子をすぐに食べようと、待ちかまえていました。 5 女は男の子を産みました。将来、その子は強大な権力を握り、すべての国の王になると約束されていたのです。その子は神のそばの王座へ引き上げられ、 6 女は荒野に逃げのびました。そこには神の用意された場所があり、彼女は千二百六十日の間、かくまわれました。
7 やがて、天で戦争が始まりました。ミカエル(天使の長)と部下の天使たちは、竜とその手下の堕落した天使たちと戦いました。 8 竜は敗れ、天から追放されることになりました。 9 こうして、この巨大な竜、悪魔またサタンと呼ばれ、全世界をだまし続けてきた古い大蛇は、手下もろとも、地上に投げ落とされてしまったのです。 10 そのとき私は、天のすみずみにとどろき渡る大声を聞きました。「ついに時が来た。神の救いと力と支配と、キリストの権威とが、完全に現される時が来た。私たちの兄弟たち(信仰を同じくする人々)を絶えず神の前で非難してきた者が、地上に投げ落とされたから。 11 兄弟たちは、小羊の血と自らの証言によって打ち勝った。いのちを惜しまず、小羊のために投げ出したのである。 12 天よ、喜べ。天に住む者よ、喜べ。しかし、地上の人々には災いがのぞむ。悪魔が自分の時の残り少ないことを知って、怒りに燃え、あなたがたのところに下って行ったからだ。」
13 竜は自分が地上に投げ落とされたことに気づくと、男の子を産んだ女を追いかけました。 14 しかし女は、大わしのような翼を二つ与えられ、荒野へ飛んで行きました。そこには、彼女のために場所が用意されており、そこで三年半の間、竜である大蛇を避けて、安全に暮らすことができたのです。 15 ところが、大蛇は水を洪水のように吐き出し、女を殺そうと迫りました。 16 しかし、大地は口を開けて水を飲み干し、女を助けたのです。 17 怒り狂った竜は、今度は女の子孫(創世3・15)の残りの者、すなわち神の戒めを守り、主イエスをはっきり告白した者たちに、攻撃のほこ先を向けました。 18 そして、海辺の砂の上で待ちかまえていました。
Apocalisse 12
La Bibbia della Gioia
La donna e suo figlio
12 Allora una scena grandiosa apparve nel cielo: una donna vestita di sole con la testa coronata da dodici stelle e la luna sotto i piedi. 2 Era incinta, e gridava per le doglie del parto.
3 Improvvisamente nel cielo apparve un grande drago rosso, con sette teste, dieci corna e sette diademi sulle teste. 4 Con la coda trascinava la terza parte delle stelle dal cielo, e le scagliò sulla terra. Il drago si fermò davanti alla donna che stava per partorire, pronto a divorare il bambino, non appena fosse nato. 5 La donna diede alla luce un maschio: quello che dovrà governare tutte le nazioni con pugno di ferro. Questo bambino fu rapito e portato su da Dio, presso il suo trono, 6 mentre la donna fuggì nel deserto, in un luogo che Dio le aveva preparato. Là doveva trovare asilo per milleduecentosessanta giorni.
7 Allora vi fu battaglia nel cielo: Michele e i suoi angeli combatterono contro il drago e i suoi eserciti di angeli decaduti. 8 Ma il drago non riuscì ad avere la meglio e nel cielo non ci fu più posto per loro. 9 Questo grande drago, lʼantico serpente, chiamato «diavolo» e «Satana», quello che imbroglia il mondo intero, fu gettato giù sulla terra ed anche i suoi angeli malvagi furono gettati giù.
10 Allora udii nel cielo una voce potente che diceva: «Finalmente! Ora la salvezza, la potenza e il regno appartengono al nostro Dio, e lʼautorità appartiene al suo Cristo, perché è stato gettato sulla terra lʼaccusatore dei nostri fratelli, quello che giorno e notte li accusava davanti a Dio. 11 Essi lʼhanno vinto col sangue dellʼAgnello e con la parola di Dio che hanno predicato.
Non si sono curati della propria vita, neppure quando si sono trovati faccia a faccia con la morte. 12 Perciò, festeggiate, o cieli! E voi, abitanti dei cieli, gioite! Ma guai a voi, gente della terra, perché il diavolo è sceso fra voi pieno di furore, sapendo che gli resta ben poco tempo!»
13 E quando il drago si trovò precipitato sulla terra, si mise ad inseguire la donna che aveva partorito il figlio maschio. 14 Ma alla donna furono date le ali della grande aquila, perché potesse volare nel deserto, nel suo rifugio, dove, per tre anni e mezzo, trovò cibo e protezione, lontano dal serpente.
15 Il drago, allora, vomitò dalla sua bocca, dietro alla donna, un fiume di acqua vero e proprio, perché la corrente la travolgesse. 16 Ma la terra aiutò la donna: spalancò le sue fauci e inghiottì il fiume che il drago aveva vomitato. 17 Allora il drago, furibondo contro la donna, se ne andò a far guerra al resto dei suoi figli: tutti quelli che osservano i comandamenti di Dio e confessano di appartenere a Gesù. Poi il drago si fermò sulla riva del mare.
Revelation 12
New International Version
The Woman and the Dragon
12 A great sign(A) appeared in heaven:(B) a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars(C) on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain(D) as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven:(E) an enormous red dragon(F) with seven heads(G) and ten horns(H) and seven crowns(I) on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third(J) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.(K) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child(L) the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”[a](M) And her child was snatched up(N) to God and to his throne. 6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.(O)
7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael(P) and his angels fought against the dragon,(Q) and the dragon and his angels(R) fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(S) called the devil,(T) or Satan,(U) who leads the whole world astray.(V) He was hurled to the earth,(W) and his angels with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven(X) say:
“Now have come the salvation(Y) and the power
and the kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,(Z)
who accuses them before our God day and night,
has been hurled down.
11 They triumphed over(AA) him
by the blood of the Lamb(AB)
and by the word of their testimony;(AC)
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.(AD)
12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens(AE)
and you who dwell in them!
But woe(AF) to the earth and the sea,(AG)
because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
because he knows that his time is short.”
13 When the dragon(AH) saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.(AI) 14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,(AJ) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,(AK) out of the serpent’s reach. 15 Then from his mouth the serpent(AL) spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war(AM) against the rest of her offspring(AN)—those who keep God’s commands(AO) and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.(AP)
Footnotes
- Revelation 12:5 Psalm 2:9
Revelation 12
King James Version
12 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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