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生子的女人和大龙

12 那时,天上出现了一个奇伟的景象:有一个妇人,身披太阳,脚踏月亮,头戴十二颗星的冠冕。 她怀了孕,在生产的痛苦中疼痛呼叫。 天上又出现了另一个景象。看哪!有一条大红龙,有七头十角,七头上戴着七个皇冠。 牠的尾巴拖着天上三分之一的星辰,把它们摔在地上。龙站在那快要生产的妇人面前,等她生产了,就要吞吃她的孩子。 她生了一个男孩子,就是将来要用铁杖治理列国的。她的孩子被提取到 神和他宝座那里去。 妇人就逃到旷野去了,那里有 神为她预备的地方。她在那里得供养一千二百六十天。

天上发生了战争:米迦勒和他的天使与龙作战。龙和牠的天使也起来应战, 龙却抵挡不住,天上再也没有牠们的地方了。 于是那大龙被摔了下来。牠就是那古蛇,名叫魔鬼,又叫撒但,是迷惑普天下的人的。牠被摔在地上,牠的天使也跟牠一同被摔了下来。 10 我又听见天上有大声音说:

“我们 神的救恩、能力、国度

和他所立的基督的权柄,

现在都已经来到了!

因为那昼夜在我们 神面前

控告我们弟兄的控告者,

已经被摔下来了!

11 弟兄胜过牠,是因着羊羔的血,

也因着自己所见证的道,

他们虽然至死,

也不爱惜自己的性命。

12 所以,众天和住在其中的,

你们都欢乐吧!

可是地和海有祸了!

因为魔鬼知道自己的时日无多,

就大大发怒下到你们那里去了。”

13 龙见自己被摔在地上,就迫害那生了男孩子的妇人。 14 于是有大鹰的两个翅膀赐给了那妇人,使她可以飞到旷野,到自己的地方,在那里得供养一年两年半年,离开那蛇的面。 15 蛇在妇人后面,从口中吐出水来,好象江河一样,要把妇人冲去。 16 地却帮助了那妇人,张开口,把从龙口中吐出来的河水吞了。 17 龙就向妇人发怒,去和她其余的子孙作战,就是和那遵守 神命令坚持耶稣见证的人作战。 18 那时,龙站在海边的沙上。

妇人生育与巨龙

12 天堂里出现了一个大的迹象:一位妇人身披阳光,脚踏月亮,头戴缀有十二颗星的王冠。 她怀孕在身,即将分娩。产前的阵痛令她大声喊叫。 接着天堂里又出现一个迹象:我看见一条有七头十角、头顶七个王冠的红色巨龙。 他的尾巴把天上三分之一的星辰扫落在地。巨龙站在那位临产的妇人面前,准备等孩子一生下来,就把他给吞下去。 妇人生下一个男婴。他命中注定要用铁棍统治全世界。婴儿被送到上帝和他的宝座那里。 妇人则逃到了旷野里去了,上帝在那里为她准备了一个地方,以便让她在那里受到一千二百六十天的照顾。

天堂发生了战争。米迦勒 [a]和他的天使与巨龙交战,巨龙也和他的天使们一起应战。 但是,巨龙势单力薄,失去了在天堂里的地盘, 它被扔出天上。它就是那条被称为魔鬼或撒旦,并欺骗了整个世界的老蛇。他被抛到了地球上,他的天使也和他一起被扔到了地上。

10 然后,我听到天堂里有一个宏亮的声音说∶“这是我们上帝胜利的时刻!是他显示他的力量和主宰一切的时刻!他所立的弥赛亚展示了他的权力,那日夜在上帝面前控告我们兄弟的人已被扔了下去。 11 他们用羔羊的血和自己的见证打败了它。他们甚至不惜牺牲自己的生命。 12 因此,诸天和住在其上的人们快乐吧!不过大地和海洋要遭难了,因为魔鬼下到你们那里去了,他怒气冲冲,他知道自己的时间不多了。”

13 那龙见自己被扔到了地上,便去追踪那个生育了男婴的妇人。 14 但是,妇人得到了一双巨鹰的翅膀,飞到旷野里为她准备的地方。她要在那里去休息三年半,躲避那龙。 15 龙追赶妇人时,从嘴里喷出水来,像一条河一样,龙想要冲走妇人,淹死她。 16 但是,大地帮助了她,大地张开嘴,吞下了龙吐出的河水。 17 龙对妇人非常生气,转而去和她的后代交战。妇人的后代,就是那些服从上帝的命令并坚持为基督作见证的人。

18 龙站在海滩上。

Footnotes

  1. 啟 示 錄 12:7 米迦勒: 上帝的天使的领导者。

生子的女人和大龍

12 那時,天上出現了一個奇偉的景象:有一個婦人,身披太陽,腳踏月亮,頭戴十二顆星的冠冕。 她懷了孕,在生產的痛苦中疼痛呼叫。 天上又出現了另一個景象。看哪!有一條大紅龍,有七頭十角,七頭上戴著七個皇冠。 牠的尾巴拖著天上三分之一的星辰,把它們摔在地上。龍站在那快要生產的婦人面前,等她生產了,就要吞吃她的孩子。 她生了一個男孩子,就是將來要用鐵杖治理列國的。她的孩子被提取到 神和他寶座那裡去。 婦人就逃到曠野去了,那裡有 神為她預備的地方。她在那裡得供養一千二百六十天。

天上發生了戰爭:米迦勒和他的天使與龍作戰。龍和牠的天使也起來應戰, 龍卻抵擋不住,天上再也沒有牠們的地方了。 於是那大龍被摔了下來。牠就是那古蛇,名叫魔鬼,又叫撒但,是迷惑普天下的人的。牠被摔在地上,牠的天使也跟牠一同被摔了下來。 10 我又聽見天上有大聲音說:

“我們 神的救恩、能力、國度

和他所立的基督的權柄,

現在都已經來到了!

因為那晝夜在我們 神面前

控告我們弟兄的控告者,

已經被摔下來了!

11 弟兄勝過牠,是因著羊羔的血,

也因著自己所見證的道,

他們雖然至死,

也不愛惜自己的性命。

12 所以,眾天和住在其中的,

你們都歡樂吧!

可是地和海有禍了!

因為魔鬼知道自己的時日無多,

就大大發怒下到你們那裡去了。”

13 龍見自己被摔在地上,就迫害那生了男孩子的婦人。 14 於是有大鷹的兩個翅膀賜給了那婦人,使她可以飛到曠野,到自己的地方,在那裡得供養一年兩年半年,離開那蛇的面。 15 蛇在婦人後面,從口中吐出水來,好像江河一樣,要把婦人沖去。 16 地卻幫助了那婦人,張開口,把從龍口中吐出來的河水吞了。 17 龍就向婦人發怒,去和她其餘的子孫作戰,就是和那遵守 神命令堅持耶穌見證的人作戰。 18 那時,龍站在海邊的沙上。

The Woman and the Dragon

12 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as He was born. She gave birth to a male Child, “who was to rule all nations with an iron scepter.”[a] And her Child was caught up to God and to His throne. The woman fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by God, that they may nourish her there for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was there a place for them in heaven any longer. The great dragon was cast out, that ancient serpent called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying:

“Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God
    and the authority of His Christ have come,
for the accuser of our brothers,
    who accused them before our God day and night,
    has been cast down.
11 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, O heavens,
    and you who dwell in them!
Woe unto the inhabitants of the earth and the sea!
    For the devil has come down to you in great wrath,
    because he knows that his time is short.”

13 When the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is to be nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 Then the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the flood which the dragon spewed out of his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and he went to wage war with the remnant of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.