Revelation 12
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heauen: A woman clothed with the sunne, and the moone was vnder her feete, and vpon her head a crowne of twelue starres.
Na nebi se objevil nápadný úkaz: Žena oděná sluncem, s měsícem pod nohama a korunou z dvanácti hvězd na hlavě.
2 And she was with childe, and cried traueiling in birth, and was pained readie to be deliuered.
Byla těhotná a sténala, protože přicházely její porodní bolesti.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaue: for beholde, a great red dragon hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads:
Vzápětí další úkaz na obloze: Veliký ohnivě zbarvený drak se sedmi hlavami a deseti rohy, na každé hlavě korunu.
4 And his taile drew the thirde part of the starres of heauen, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be deliuered, to deuoure her childe, when shee had brought it foorth.
Ocasem smetl třetinu hvězd z nebe na zem. Postavil se před ženu a číhal, aby sežral její dítě, jakmile se narodí.
5 So shee brought foorth a man childe, which should rule all nations with a rod of yron: and that her childe was taken vp vnto God and 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 wildernes where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feede her there a thousande, two hundreth and three score dayes.
Žena utekla na poušť, kde ji Bůh ukrýval a pečoval o ni dvanáct set šedesát dní.
7 And there was a battell in heauen, Michael and his Angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels.
V nebi se strhla bitva: Michael se svými anděly bojoval proti draku a jeho andělům.
8 But they preuailed not, neither was their place found any more in heauen.
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 And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out, which deceiueth all the world: he was euen cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loude voyce in heauen, saying, Now is saluation, and strength, and the kingdome of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast downe, which 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 But they ouercame him by that blood of that Lambe, and by that worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their liues vnto the 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 reioyce, ye heauens, and ye that dwell in them. Wo to the inhabitants of the earth, and of the sea: for the deuill is come downe vnto you, which hath great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short 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 And when the dragon sawe that hee was cast vnto the earth, he persecuted the woman which had brought forth the man childe.
Když se drak octl na zemi, začal pronásledovat tu ženu, která porodila toho chlapce.
14 But to the woman were giuen two wings of a great eagle, that she might flie into the wildernes, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and halfe 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 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman, like a flood, that he might cause her to be caried away of the flood.
Had vychrlil z tlamy mohutný proud vody, aby ženu smetl.
16 But the earth holpe the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swalowed vp the flood, which the dragon had cast out of his mouth.
Země jí však přišla na pomoc: otevřela své útroby a proud pohltila.
17 Then the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went and made warre with the remnant of her seede, which keepe the comaundements of God, and haue the testimonie of Iesus Christ.
Rozlícený drak se chtěl ženě pomstít, a tak rozpoutal boj proti jejím ostatním dětem, které zachovávají Boží přikázání a je jim svěřeno Ježíšovo poselství.
