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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。

Kvinnan och draken

12 Ett stort tecken visade sig i himlen: en kvinna klädd i solen och med månen under sina fötter och en krona av tolv stjärnor på sitt huvud. (A) Hon var havande och ropade i barnsnöd och födslovärkar.

Och ett annat tecken visade sig i himlen, och se: en stor eldröd drake med sju huvuden och tio horn och sju kronor på sina huvuden. (B) Hans stjärt svepte med sig en tredjedel av himlens stjärnor[a], och han kastade ner dem på jorden.

Och draken stod framför kvinnan som skulle föda, för att sluka hennes barn så snart hon hade fött det. (C) Och hon födde ett barn, en Son som ska styra alla folk med järnspira, och hennes barn rycktes upp till Gud och hans tron. (D) Kvinnan flydde då ut i öknen, där hon har en plats som Gud berett för henne så att hon får sitt uppehälle där i ettusen tvåhundrasextio dagar.

Mikael och draken

(E) Och det blev strid i himlen: Mikael och hans änglar stred mot draken. Och draken och hans änglar stred, men han var inte stark nog, och det fanns inte längre någon plats för dem i himlen. (F) Och den store draken, den gamle ormen som kallas Djävul och Satan och som förleder hela världen, kastades ner på jorden och hans änglar kastades ner med honom. 10 (G) Och jag hörde en stark röst i himlen säga:

"Nu tillhör frälsningen
    och makten och riket vår Gud
        och väldet hans Smorde,
    för våra bröders åklagare
        är nerkastad,
    han som dag och natt
        anklagade dem inför vår Gud.
11 (H) De övervann honom
    genom Lammets blod
        och genom sitt vittnesbörds ord,
    de älskade inte sitt liv så högt
        att de drog sig undan döden.

12 (I) Jubla därför, ni himlar
        och ni som bor i dem!
    Men ve dig, du jord och du hav,
        för djävulen har kommit ner
            till er i stor vrede,
    eftersom han vet
        att hans tid är kort."

13 När draken såg att han var nerkastad på jorden, förföljde han kvinnan som hade fött Sonen. 14 (J) Men kvinnan fick den stora örnens båda vingar för att flyga ut till sin plats i öknen, där hon skyddad från ormen får sitt uppehälle under en tid, tider och en halv tid. 15 Ormen sprutade då vatten ur sin mun som en flod efter kvinnan, för att svepa bort henne med floden. 16 Men jorden hjälpte kvinnan, den öppnade sin mun och svalde floden som draken sprutade ur sin mun.

17 (K) I sitt raseri mot kvinnan gick draken bort för att strida mot hennes övriga barn, dem som lyder Guds bud och håller fast vid Jesu vittnesbörd. 18 Och han stod[b] på sanden vid havet.

Footnotes

  1. 12:4 himlens stjärnor   Änglar som faller tillsammans med Satan (jfr Upp 12:7f, Job 38:7).
  2. 12:18 han stod   Andra handskrifter: "jag stod".

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. She was pregnant and cried out in pain(D) as she was about to give birth. 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. 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. 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. 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)

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. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 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

  1. Revelation 12:5 Psalm 2:9

The Woman and the Dragon

12 Then I witnessed in heaven an event of great significance. I saw a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant, and she cried out because of her labor pains and the agony of giving birth.

Then I witnessed in heaven another significant event. I saw a large red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky, and he threw them to the earth. He stood in front of the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her baby as soon as it was born.

She gave birth to a son who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away from the dragon and was caught up to God and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 days.

Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.

10 Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens,

“It has come at last—
    salvation and power
and the Kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Christ.[a]
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters[b]
    has been thrown down to earth—
the one who accuses them
    before our God day and night.
11 And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
    and by their testimony.
And they did not love their lives so much
    that they were afraid to die.
12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens!
    And you who live in the heavens, rejoice!
But terror will come on the earth and the sea,
    for the devil has come down to you in great anger,
    knowing that he has little time.”

13 When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon[c] for a time, times, and half a time.

15 Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth. 16 But the earth helped her by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that gushed out from the mouth of the dragon. 17 And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children—all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus.

18 Then the dragon took his stand[d] on the shore beside the sea.

Footnotes

  1. 12:10a Or his Messiah.
  2. 12:10b Greek brothers.
  3. 12:14 Greek the serpent; also in 12:15. See 12:9.
  4. 12:18 Greek Then he took his stand; some manuscripts read Then I took my stand. Some translations put this entire sentence into 13:1.