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.
Och i himmelen syntes ett stort tecken: En qvinna beklädd med solene, och månen under hennes fötter, och på hennes hufvud en krona af tolf stjernor.
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
Och hon var hafvandes, ropade, och pintes med barn, och hade stort qval till att föda.
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.
Och så syntes ett annat tecken i himmelen, och si, en stor röd drake, som hade sju hufvud och tio horn, och på hans hufvud sju kronor.
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.
Och hans stjert drog tredjeparten af himmelens stjernor, och kastade dem ned på jordena; och draken stod för qvinnone som föda skulle, på det, när hon födt hade, skulle han uppäta hennes barn.
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.
Och hon födde ett svenbarn, som regera skulle alla Hedningar med jernris; och hennes barn vardt borttaget till Gud, och till hans stol.
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.
Och qvinnan flydde uti öknena, der hon rum hade, beredt af Gudi, att hon der föda skulle, i tusende, tuhundrade och sextio dagar.
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].
Och det vardt en stor strid i himmelen: Michael och hans Änglar stridde med drakan, och draken stridde och hans Änglar;
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.
Och de vunno intet; och deras rum vardt icke mer funnet i himmelen.
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.
Och den store draken, den gamle ormen, den der heter djefvul och Satanas, vardt utkastad, den der bedrager hela verldena; och han vardt kastad på jordena, och hans änglar vordo ock bortkastade med honom.
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.
Och jag hörde en stor röst, som sade i himmelen: Nu är vår Guds salighet, och kraft, och rike, och magt hans Christs vorden, efter våra bröders åklagare är förkastad, den dem åklagade för Gud, dag och natt.
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.
Och de vunno honom för Lambsens blods skull, och för dess vittnesbörds ords skull, och de hafva icke älskat sitt lif allt intill döden.
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.
Derföre, glädjens, I himlar, och de som bo i dem. Ve dem som bo på jordene, och på hafvet; ty djefvulen stiger ned till eder, och hafver en stor vrede, vetandes att han icke lång tid hafver.
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.
Och då draken såg att han förkastad var på jordena, förföljde han qvinnona, som svenbarnet födt hade.
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.
Och qvinnone vordo gifne två vingar, såsom af en stor örn; att hon skulle flyga uti öknena uti sitt rum, der hon födes en tid, och två tider, och en half tid, ifrån ormsens ansigte.
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.
Och ormen sputade utu sin mun vatten, såsom en ström, efter qvinnona; på det han skulle fördränka henne.
16 But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
Men jorden halp qvinnone, och upplät sin mun, och uppsvalg strömmen, som draken af sin mun utsputat hade.
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).
Och draken vardt vred på qvinnona, och gick bort, att han skulle örliga med de andra af hennes säd, de som hålla Guds bud, och hafva Jesu Christi vittnesbörd. Och han stod på hafsens sand.
