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 ett stort tecken visade sig i himmelen: där syntes en kvinna, som hade solen till sin klädnad och månen under sina fötter, och en krans av tolv stjärnor på sitt huvud.
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
Hon var havande och ropade i barnsnöd och födslovånda.
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.
Ännu ett annat tecken visade sig i himmelen: där syntes en stor röd drake, som hade sju huvuden och tio horn, och på sina huvuden 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 stjärt drog med sig tredjedelen av himmelens stjärnor och kastade den ned på jorden. Och draken stod framför kvinnan som skulle föda, ty han ville uppsluka hennes barn, när hon hade fött det.
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 barn gossebarn, som en gång skall styra alla folk med järnspira. Men hennes barn blev uppryckt till Gud och till hans tron;
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 kvinnan flydde ut i öknen, där hon har en plats sig beredd av Gud, och där hon skulle få sitt uppehälle under ett tusen två hundra 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 en strid uppstod i himmelen: Mikael och hans änglar gåvo sig i strid med draken; och draken och hans änglar stridde mot dem,
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.
men de förmådde intet mot dem, och i himmelen fanns nu icke mer någon plats för dem.
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, blev nedkastad, han som kallas Djävul och Satan, och som förvillar hela världen; han blev nedkastad till jorden, och hans änglar kastades ned jämte 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 stark röst i himmelen säga: "Nu har frälsningen och makten och riket blivit vår Guds, och väldet hans Smordes; ty våra bröders åklagare är nedkastad, han som dag och natt anklagade dem inför vår Gud.
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.
De övervunno honom i kraft av Lammets blod och i kraft av sitt vittnesbörds ord: de älskade icke så sitt liv, att de drogo sig undan 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.
Glädjens fördenskull, I himlar och I som bon i dem. Men ve dig, du jord, och dig, du hav! Ty djävulen har kommit ned till eder i stor vrede, eftersom han vet att den tid han har kvar är kort."
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 när draken såg att han var nedkastad på jorden, förföljde han kvinnan, som hade fött gossebarnet.
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.
Men åt kvinnan gåvos den stora örnens två vingar, för att hon skulle flyga ut i öknen till den plats där hon skulle få sitt uppehälle under en tid och tider och en halv tid, fjärran ifrån ormens åsyn.
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.
Då sprutade ormen ur sitt gap vatten efter kvinnan såsom en ström, för att strömmen skulle bortföra 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 kom kvinnan till hjälp; jorden öppnade sin mun och drack upp strömmen, som draken hade sprutat ut ur sitt gap.
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 vredgades än mer på kvinnan och gick åstad för att föra krig mot de övriga av hennes säd, mot dem som hålla Guds bud och hava Jesu vittnesbörd.
