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.
Afei nsɛnkyerɛnne kɛse bi daa ne ho adi wɔ ɔsoro. Ɔbea bi, na nʼatade yɛ owia a ɔsram wɔ ne nan ase, na nsoromma dumien ahenkyɛw hyɛ no.
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
Na ɔyem a ɔrebɛwo, na awoyaw nti na ɔresu.
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.
Nsɛnkyerɛnne kɛse foforo bi daa ne ho adi wɔ ɔsoro: Ɔwɔ kɔkɔɔ kakraka bi a ne ti yɛ ason na ɔwɔ mmɛn du a ahenkyɛw hyehyɛ biara so.
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.
Ɔde ne dua twee nsoromma a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no mu nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako tow wɔn guu fam. Ogyinaa ɔbea a ɔrewo no anim, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔwo ɔba no to hɔ ara pɛ, ɔbɛfa abofra no awe.
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.
Afei ɔbea no woo abarimaa a ɔde nsa a ɛyɛ den bedi aman nyinaa so. Nanso wohwim abofra no kɔɔ Onyankopɔn ne nʼahengua ho.
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.
Ɔbea no guan kɔɔ sare so baabi a Onyankopɔn asiesie ama no a wɔbɛhwɛ no yiye wɔ nnafua mpem ahannu aduosia mu.
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].
Afei ɔko sii ɔsoro hɔ. Mikael ne nʼabɔfo ko tiaa ɔwɔ no, na ɔno nso ne nʼabɔfo ko tiae.
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.
Nanso wodii ɔwɔ no so nkonim na wɔamma ɔne nʼabɔfo antena ɔsoro bio.
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.
Wɔtow ɔwɔ kakraka no kyenee. Ɔno ne ɔwɔ dedaw no a wɔfrɛ no ɔbonsam a ɔdaadaa wiase nyinaa no. Wɔtow ɔno ne nʼabɔfo nyinaa guu asase so.
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.
Afei metee nne dennen bi wɔ ɔsoro a ɛka se, “Afei na Onyankopɔn nkwagye aba! Afei na Onyankopɔn akyerɛ ne tumi sɛ ɔyɛ Ɔhene! Afei na nʼAgyenkwa no akyerɛ ne tumi, efisɛ yɛn nuanom no ahohorabɔni a ogyinaa Onyankopɔn anim bɔɔ wɔn ahohora awia ne anadwo no, wɔapam no afi ɔsoro.
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.
Yɛn nuanom no nam Oguamma no mogya so ne nokware a ɔdaa no adi no so dii ne so nkonim. Na wɔasiesie wɔn ho sɛ wɔde wɔn nkwa bɛto hɔ na wɔawuwu.
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.
Enti mo ɔsoro ne mo a motete hɔ no, momma mo ani nnye. Afei asase ne po nnue! Efisɛ ɔbonsam no atoa mo na ne bo afuw efisɛ onim sɛ, ne bere a aka sua.”
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.
Bere a ɔwɔ no huu sɛ wɔatow no akyene asase so no, ɔtaa ɔbea a wawo abarimaa no.
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.
Wɔmaa ɔbea no ɔkɔre ntaban akɛse abien, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a obetumi atu akɔ faako a wɔasiesie ama no wɔ sare so hɔ a wɔbɛhwɛ no mfe abiɛsa ne fa sɛnea ɔwɔ no renni nʼakyi bio.
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.
Afei ɔwɔ no puw nsu te sɛ asubɔnten dii ɔbea no akyi sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɛbɛfa no.
16 But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
Nanso asase boaa ɔbea no. Ebuee nʼanom nom nsu a ɔwɔ no puw guu hɔ no nyinaa.
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).
Ɔwɔ no bo fuw ɔbea no, enti ɔkɔ de ntɔkwaw kɔkaa ɔbea no asefo a wɔaka a ɛyɛ wɔn a wodi Onyankopɔn mmara so na wogye nokware a Yesu ada no adi no di no.
