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.
Y UNA grande señal apareció en el cielo: una mujer vestida del sol y la luna debajo de sus piés, y sobre su cabeza una corona de doce estrellas.
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
Y estando preñada, clamaba con dolores de parto, y sufria tormento por parir.
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.
Y fué vista otra señal en el cielo; y hé aquí un grande dragon bermejo, que tenia siete cabezas, y diez cuernos, y en sus cabezas siete diademas.
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.
Y su cola arrastraba la tercera parte de las estrellas del cielo, y las echó en tierra. Y el dragon se paró delante de la mujer que estaba para parir, á fin de devorar[le] su hijo cuando hubiese nacido.
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.
Y ella parió un hijo varon, el cual habiá de regir todas las gentes con vara de hierro: y su hijo fué arrebatado para Dios, y á su trono.
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.
Y la mujer huyó al desierto, donde tiene lugar aparejado de Dios, para que allí la mantengan mil doscientos y sesenta dias.
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].
Y fué hecha una grande batalla en el cielo: Miguel y sus ángeles lidiaban contra el dragon; y lidiaba el dragon y sus ángeles,
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.
Y no prevalecieron, ni su lugar fué más hallado en el cielo.
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.
Y fué lanzado fuera aquel gran dragon, la serpiente antigua, que se llama el diablo y Satanás, el cual engaña á todo el mundo, fué arrojado en tierra, y sus ángeles fueron arrojados con él.
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.
Y oí una grande voz en el cielo que decia: Ahora ha venido la salvacion y la virtud, y el reino de nuestro Dios, y el poder de su Cristo: porque el acusador de nuestros hermanos ha sido arrojado, el cual los acusaba delante de nuestro Dios di a y noche.
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.
Y ellos le han vencido por la sangre del Cordero, y por la palabra de su testimonio; y no han amado sus vidas hasta la muerte.
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.
Por lo cual alegráos, cielos, y los que morais en ellos. ¡Ay de los moradores de la tierra y del mar! porque el diablo ha descendido á vosotros, teniendo grande ira, sabiendo que tiene poco tiempo.
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.
Y cuando vió el dragon que él habia sido arrojado á la tierra, persiguió á la muier que habia parido el hijo varon.
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.
Y fueron dadas á la mujer dos alas de grande águila, para que de la presencia de la serpiente volase al desierto, á su lugar, donde es mantenida [por un] tiempo, y tiempos, y la mitad de un tiempo.
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.
Y la serpiente echó de su boca tras la mujer agua como un rio, á fin de hacer que fuese arrebatada del rio.
16 But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
Y la tierra ayudo á la mujer; y la tierra abrió su boca, y sorbió el rio que habia echado el dragon de su boca.
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).
Entónces el dragon fué airado contra la mujer, y se fué á hacer guerra contra los otros de la simiente de ella, los cuales guardan los mandarnientos de Dios, y tienen el testimonio de Jesu-Cristo.
