Revelation 12
1 Then something very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a woman, whose [appearance and] clothing were [MET] as bright as the sun. The moon was under her feet. On her head was a crown [that was made] of twelve stars.
tataḥ paraṁ svarge mahācitraṁ dṛṣṭaṁ yoṣidekāsīt sā parihitasūryyā candraśca tasyāścaraṇayoradho dvādaśatārāṇāṁ kirīṭañca śirasyāsīt|
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
sā garbhavatī satī prasavavedanayā vyathitārttarāvam akarot|
3 Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown.
tataḥ svarge 'param ekaṁ citraṁ dṛṣṭaṁ mahānāga eka upātiṣṭhat sa lohitavarṇastasya sapta śirāṁsi sapta śṛṅgāṇi śiraḥsu ca sapta kirīṭānyāsan|
4 The dragon’s tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth, in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born.
sa svalāṅgūlena gaganasthanakṣatrāṇāṁ tṛtīyāṁśam avamṛjya pṛthivyāṁ nyapātayat| sa eva nāgo navajātaṁ santānaṁ grasitum udyatastasyāḥ prasaviṣyamāṇāyā yoṣito 'ntike 'tiṣṭhat|
5 The woman gave birth to a son, who [is destined] to rule all the nations with [complete authority as if he was using] [MET] an iron rod [MET]. [God] snatched away her child and took him to [rule from] his throne.
sā tu puṁsantānaṁ prasūtā sa eva lauhamayarājadaṇḍena sarvvajātīścārayiṣyati, kiñca tasyāḥ santāna īśvarasya samīpaṁ tadīyasiṁhāsanasya ca sannidhim uddhṛtaḥ|
6 The woman fled to a desert. She has a place there that God has prepared for her, in order that [the angels] may take care of her for 1,260 days.
sā ca yoṣit prāntaraṁ palāyitā yatastatreśvareṇa nirmmita āśrame ṣaṣṭhyadhikaśatadvayādhikasahasradināni tasyāḥ pālanena bhavitavyaṁ|
7 [In the vision I saw that] there was a battle in heaven. Michael and the angels that he [commanded] fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back [against Michael and his angels].
tataḥ paraṁ svarge saṁgrāma upāpiṣṭhat mīkhāyelastasya dūtāśca tena nāgena sahāyudhyan tathā sa nāgastasya dūtāśca saṁgrāmam akurvvan, kintu prabhavituṁ nāśaknuvan
8 But the dragon did not win the battle, so [God] did not allow the dragon and his angels to stay in heaven any longer.
yataḥ svarge teṣāṁ sthānaṁ puna rnāvidyata|
9 The huge dragon was thrown {[Michael and his angels] threw the huge dragon} out [of heaven]. The dragon is the ancient serpent, [the one] who is called the Devil and Satan. He is the one who deceives [people all over] the earth. He was thrown down to the earth, along with all his angels.
aparaṁ sa mahānāgo 'rthato diyāvalaḥ (apavādakaḥ) śayatānaśca (vipakṣaḥ) iti nāmnā vikhyāto yaḥ purātanaḥ sarpaḥ kṛtsnaṁ naralokaṁ bhrāmayati sa pṛthivyāṁ nipātitastena sārddhaṁ tasya dūtā api tatra nipātitāḥ|
10 Then I heard [someone] in heaven shout loudly, saying, Now our God has saved his people by his power, and he rules everyone! Now the Messiah, the one who is the supreme ruler whom God appointed, has authority to rule all people, because our God has thrown out of heaven the one who accuses our fellow believers! The dragon is the one who accuses them day and night before our God, saying that they have sinned and that God ought to punish them.
tataḥ paraṁ svarge uccai rbhāṣamāṇo ravo 'yaṁ mayāśrāvi, trāṇaṁ śaktiśca rājatvamadhunaiveśvarasya naḥ| tathā tenābhiṣiktasya trātuḥ parākramo 'bhavatṁ|| yato nipātito 'smākaṁ bhrātṛṇāṁ so 'bhiyojakaḥ| yeneśvarasya naḥ sākṣāt te 'dūṣyanta divāniśaṁ||
11 Our fellow believers overcame the dragon because they never stopped trusting (OR, never stopped telling people about) Jesus, and because they trusted in what Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, accomplished when his blood flowed when he died. Even though those believers wanted to live, they were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him.
meṣavatsasya raktena svasākṣyavacanena ca| te tu nirjitavantastaṁ na ca sneham akurvvata| prāṇoṣvapi svakīyeṣu maraṇasyaiva saṅkaṭe|
12 So, all you angels living [MTY] in heaven, rejoice! But terrible things will happen to you ungodly people who [MTY] live on the earth and on the ocean, because the devil has come down to you! He is very angry because he knows that he has only a short time during which he can harm people.
tasmād ānandatu svargo hṛṣyantāṁ tannivāminaḥ| hā bhūmisāgarau tāpo yuvāmevākramiṣyati| yuvayoravatīrṇo yat śaitāno 'tīva kāpanaḥ| alpo me samayo 'styetaccāpi tenāvagamyate||
13 When the dragon realized that he had been thrown {that [the angels] had thrown him} down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to a son.
anantaraṁ sa nāgaḥ pṛthivyāṁ svaṁ nikṣiptaṁ vilokya tāṁ putraprasūtāṁ yoṣitam upādravat|
14 But the woman was given two wings like the wings of a very large eagle, in order that she might fly to a desolate place. That is a place [that God] has prepared for her. There she was taken care of {[God’s angels] took care of her} for three and a half years. The serpent, [that is, the dragon], was not able to reach her there.
tataḥ sā yoṣit yat svakīyaṁ prāntarasthāśramaṁ pratyutpatituṁ śaknuyāt tadarthaṁ mahākurarasya pakṣadvayaṁ tasvai dattaṁ, sā tu tatra nāgato dūre kālaikaṁ kāladvayaṁ kālārddhañca yāvat pālyate|
15 The serpent spewed water like a river from his mouth in the direction of the woman, in order that the water might sweep her away.
kiñca sa nāgastāṁ yoṣitaṁ srotasā plāvayituṁ svamukhāt nadīvat toyāni tasyāḥ paścāt prākṣipat|
16 But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
kintu medinī yoṣitam upakurvvatī nijavadanaṁ vyādāya nāgamukhād udgīrṇāṁ nadīm apivat|
17 Then the dragon was very angry with the woman, so he went away to fight against [the people who are like] the rest of her descendants. They are the people who obey God’s commandments and who tell other people about Jesus (OR, hold fast to what Jesus taught them).
tato nāgo yoṣite kruddhvā tadvaṁśasyāvaśiṣṭalokairarthato ya īśvarasyājñāḥ pālayanti yīśoḥ sākṣyaṁ dhārayanti ca taiḥ saha yoddhuṁ nirgatavān|
