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.
Mme ga bonala sesupo se segolo mo legodimong, se supa dilo tse di tlaa tlang, ka bona mosadi a apere letsatsi, go na le ngwedi ka fa tlase ga dinao tsa gagwe, le serwalo sa dinaledi di le lesome le bobedi mo tlhogong ya gagwe.
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
O ne a le moimana mme a lediwa ke ditlhabi tsa pelegi ya gagwe, a letetse go belega.
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.
Ka tshoganetso ga bonala kgogela e khibidu, e na le ditlhogo di supa le dinaka di le lesome, le dirwalo di supa mo tlhogong ya bone.
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.
Mogatla wa yone o ne o goga karolo ya boraro ya dinaledi, tse e neng ya di latlhela mo lefatsheng. Ya ema fa pele ga mosadi jaaka a ne a tloga a belega, e ipaakanyeditse go kometsa losea fa lo tsholwa.
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.
Mme a tshola ngwana wa mosimane yo o neng a tshwanetse go busa dichaba tsotlhe ka letsogo le le bokete, mme a phamolelwa kwa Modimong le kwa setilong sa one sa bogosi.
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.
Mosadi a siela mo sekakeng, kwa Modimo o neng o mmaakanyeditse bonno teng, go mo tlhokomela selekanyo sa malatsi a le sekete le makgolo a mabedi le borataro.
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].
Mme ga nna ntwa mo legodimong; Mikaele le baengele ba gagwe ba lwantsha kgogela le baengele ba yone ba ba neng ba digelwa mo lefatsheng.
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.
Mme kgogela ya fenngwa ya lelekwa kwa legodimong.
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.
Kgogela e kgolo e, ebong noga ya bogologolo e e bidiwang diabolo, kgotsa Satane, ene yo o tsietsang lefatshe lotlhe, o ne a latlhelwa mo lefatsheng le mophato wa gagwe otlhe.
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.
Mme ka utlwa lentswe le goela kwa godimo le kgabaganya magodimo le re, “Go diragetse kwa bofelong! Poloko ya Modimo le nonofo le puso, le taolo ya ga Keresete Morwa one gompieno di tsile; gonne mopateletsi wa bakaulengwe ba rona o latlhetswe kwa lefatsheng a tswa mo legodimong, yo o ntseng a ba pateletsa bosigo le motshegare fa pele ga Modimo wa rona.
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.
Ba mo fentse ka madi a Kwana, le ka bosupi jwa bone; gonne ga ba a ka ba rata matshelo a bone mme ba a itatola ka ntlha ya gagwe.
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.
Ke gone ipeleng, magodimo! Lona banni ba legodimo, ipeleng! Itumeleng! Mme a bo go latlhega lona batho ba lefatshe, gonne diabolo o tsile mo go lona ka bogale jo bogolo, a itse gore o na le nako e nnye.”
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.
Mme erile fa kgogela e bona e latlhetswe mo lefatsheng, ya bogisa mosadi yo o tshotseng ngwana wa mosimane.
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.
Mme mosadi a bo a neilwe diphuka tse pedi tse di tshwanang le tsa ntsu yo mo tona, go fofela kwa sekakeng kwa lefelong le a le baakanyeditsweng kwa o neng a tlhokomelwa teng a bo a sirelediwa mo nogeng, ebong kgogela, selekanyo sa dingwaga tse tharo le sephatlo.
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.
Mme mo leganong la noga metse a mantsi a hulegela kwa mosading e le go leka go mo tsaya;
16 But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
mme lefatshe la mo thusa ka go atlhamologa la metsa metse otlhe a a tswang mo kgogeleng.
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).
Hong kgogela e e gaketseng ya bolola go ya go tlhasela bana ba mosadi ba ba setseng, botlhe ba ba neng ba tshegeditse ditaolo tsa Modimo le go ipolela gore ke ba ga Jesu. Ya ema e letile mo moshaweng wa lewatle.
