Revelation 12
1 A great sign appeared in the sky: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Na nebi se objevil nápadný úkaz: Žena oděná sluncem, s měsícem pod nohama a korunou z dvanácti hvězd na hlavě.
2 And being pregnant she was crying out in labor, being in great pain to give birth.
Byla těhotná a sténala, protože přicházely její porodní bolesti.
3 And another sign appeared in the sky: wow, a dragon, huge, fiery red, having seven heads and ten horns, with seven diadems on his heads.
Vzápětí další úkaz na obloze: Veliký ohnivě zbarvený drak se sedmi hlavami a deseti rohy, na každé hlavě korunu.
4 And its tail grabbed a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth in order to devour her Child as soon as she gave birth.
Ocasem smetl třetinu hvězd z nebe na zem. Postavil se před ženu a číhal, aby sežral její dítě, jakmile se narodí.
5 And she bore a Son, a male, who would shepherd all the nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was snatched up to God, even to His throne.
Porodila chlapce, který má vládnout všem národům železnou rukou. Bůh však vzal to dítě a přenesl je ke svému trůnu.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness to where she has a place prepared by God, so that they may nourish her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Žena utekla na poušť, kde ji Bůh ukrýval a pečoval o ni dvanáct set šedesát dní.
7 War was declared in heaven; Michael and his angels were to wage war with the dragon; so the dragon and his angels made war,
V nebi se strhla bitva: Michael se svými anděly bojoval proti draku a jeho andělům.
8 but he was not strong enough; neither was there any place found for him in heaven any more.
Veliký drak se svou družinou byl poražen, vyhnán z nebe a svržen na zem. To je ten dávný had z ráje, nepřítel, pomlouvač a svůdce všech lidí.
9 So the great dragon was expelled, that ancient serpent, who is called Slanderer and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited world; he was thrown into the earth, and his angels were expelled with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice in the heaven saying: “Now the salvation and the power have come, even the Kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accused them before our God day and night.
Nebem zazněl mohutný hlas: „Nyní se dovršilo dílo záchrany. Bůh dokázal svoji plnou moc, nastolil svoje království a Kristus se ujal vlády. Je svržen žalobce, který dnem i nocí osočoval naše bratry před Bohem.
11 And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not cherish their lives, even up to death.
Zvítězili nad ním krví Krista, Beránka obětovaného za ně, a svým svědectvím o něm. Nemilovali svůj život natolik, aby se zalekli smrti.
12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, yes, you who are dwelling in them! Woe to the earth and the sea! Because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.”
Jásejte nebesa! Jásejte, vy na nebi! Ale běda zemi a moři. Vrhl se na vás ďábel a zuří – ví, jak málo času mu zbývá.“
13 So when the dragon perceived that he had been thrown into the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the Male.
Když se drak octl na zemi, začal pronásledovat tu ženu, která porodila toho chlapce.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, so that she might be nourished there for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
Ona však dostala orlí křídla, aby mohla uletět do pustiny, kde se před tím hadem ukrývala po tři a půl roku.
15 So the serpent expelled water from his mouth after the woman, like a river, so as to cause her to be overwhelmed by the flood.
Had vychrlil z tlamy mohutný proud vody, aby ženu smetl.
16 But the ground helped the woman; indeed, the ground opened its mouth and drank up the river that the dragon expelled from his mouth.
Země jí však přišla na pomoc: otevřela své útroby a proud pohltila.
17 So the dragon was furious about the woman and off he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commands of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.
Rozlícený drak se chtěl ženě pomstít, a tak rozpoutal boj proti jejím ostatním dětem, které zachovávají Boží přikázání a je jim svěřeno Ježíšovo poselství.
