Uppenbarelseboken 12
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
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. 2 (A) Hon var havande och ropade i barnsnöd och födslovärkar.
3 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. 4 (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. 5 (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. 6 (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
7 (E) Och det blev strid i himlen: Mikael och hans änglar stred mot draken. Och draken och hans änglar stred, 8 men han var inte stark nog, och det fanns inte längre någon plats för dem i himlen. 9 (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.
Revelation 12
New Century Version
The Woman and the Dragon
12 And then a great wonder appeared in heaven: A woman was clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars was on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out with pain, because she was about to give birth. 3 Then another wonder appeared in heaven: There was a giant red dragon with seven heads and seven crowns on each head. He also had ten horns. 4 His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. He stood in front of the woman who was ready to give birth so he could eat her baby as soon as it was born. 5 Then the woman gave birth to a son who will rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman ran away into the desert to a place God prepared for her where she would be taken care of for one thousand two hundred sixty days.
7 Then there was a war in heaven. Michael[a] and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But the dragon was not strong enough, and he and his angels lost their place in heaven. 9 The giant dragon was thrown down out of heaven. (He is that old snake called the devil or Satan, who tricks the whole world.) The dragon with his angels was thrown down to the earth.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying:
“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Christ have now come.
The accuser of our brothers and sisters,
who accused them day and night before our God,
has been thrown down.
11 And our brothers and sisters defeated him
by the blood of the Lamb’s death
and by the message they preached.
They did not love their lives so much
that they were afraid of death.
12 So rejoice, you heavens
and all who live there!
But it will be terrible for the earth and the sea,
because the devil has come down to you!
He is filled with anger,
because he knows he does not have much time.”
13 When the dragon saw he had been thrown down to the earth, he hunted for the woman who had given birth to the son. 14 But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and one-half years, away from the snake. 15 Then the snake poured water out of its mouth like a river toward the woman so the flood would carry her away. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that came from the mouth of the dragon. 17 Then the dragon was very angry at the woman, and he went off to make war against all her other children—those who obey God’s commands and who have the message Jesus taught.
18 And the dragon[b] stood on the seashore.
Revelation 12
Easy-to-Read Version
The Woman Giving Birth and the Dragon
12 And then a great wonder appeared in heaven: There was a woman who was clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet. She had a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out with pain because she was about to give birth.
3 Then another wonder appeared in heaven: There was a giant red dragon there. The dragon had seven heads with a crown on each head. It also had ten horns. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. It stood in front of the woman who was ready to give birth to the baby. It wanted to eat the woman’s baby as soon as it was born.
5 The woman gave birth to a son, who would rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman ran away into the desert to a place that God had prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1260 days.
7 Then there was a war in heaven. Michael[a] and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, 8 but they were not strong enough. The dragon and its angels lost their place in heaven. 9 It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, “The victory and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah have now come. These things have come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown out. He is the one who accused them day and night before our God. 11 They defeated him by the blood sacrifice of the Lamb and by the message of God that they told people. They did not love their lives too much. They were not afraid of death. 12 So rejoice, you heavens and all who live there! But it will be terrible for the earth and sea, because the devil has gone down to you. He is filled with anger. He knows he doesn’t have much time.”
13 The dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth. So he chased the woman who had given birth to the child. 14 But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle. Then she could fly to the place that was prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and a half years. There she would be away from the dragon.[b] 15 Then the dragon poured water out of its mouth like a river. It poured the water toward the woman so that the flood would carry her away. 16 But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that came from the mouth of the dragon. 17 Then the dragon was very angry with the woman. It went away to make war against all her other children. Her children are those who obey God’s commands and have the truth that Jesus taught.
18 The dragon stood on the seashore.
Footnotes
- Revelation 12:7 Michael The archangel—leader of God’s angels. See Jude 9.
- Revelation 12:14 dragon Here and in verse 15 literally, “snake.” See verse 9 above.
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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