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.
І з'явилась на небі велика ознака: Жі́нка, зодя́гнена в сонце, а під ногами її місяць, а на її голові вінок із дванадцяти́ зір.
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
І вона мала в утробі, і кричала від болю, та му́ки терпіла від по́роду.
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.
І з'явилася інша ознака на небі, — ось змій червоноогняни́й, великий, що мав сім голів та десять ро́гів, а на його го́ловах сім вінці́в.
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.
Його хвіст змів третину зір із неба та й кинув додолу. І змій стояв перед жінкою, що мала вродити, щоб з'їсти дитину її, коли вро́дить.
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.
І дитину вроди́ла вона чоловічої ста́ті, що всі наро́ди має па́сти залі́зним жезлом. І дитина її була взята до Бога, і до престолу Його.
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.
А жінка втекла́ на пустиню, де вона мала місце, від Бога для неї вгото́ване, щоб там годува́ли її тисячу двісті шістдеся́т день.
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].
І сталась на небі війна: Михаїл та його анголи́ вчинили зо змієм війну́. І змій воював та його анголи,
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.
та не втрималися, і вже не знайшлося їм місця на небі.
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.
І ски́нений був змій великий, вуж стародавній, що зветься диявол і сатана́, що зво́дить світ, і скинений був він додолу, а з ним і його анголи́ були скинені.
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.
І я почув гучний голос на небі, який говорив: „Тепер настало спасі́ння, і сила, і царство нашого Бога, і вла́да Христа Його, бо скинений той, хто братів наших ска́ржив, хто перед нашим Богом оска́ржував їх день і ніч!
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.
І вони його перемогли кров'ю Агнця та словом свого засві́дчення, і не полюбили життя свого навіть до смерти!
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.
Через це звесели́ся ти, небо, та ті, хто на нім пробуває! Горе землі та морю, до вас бо диявол зійшов, маючи лютість велику, знаючи, що короткий час має!“
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.
А коли змій побачив, що додолу він ски́нений, то став переслі́дувати жінку, що вродила хлоп'я́.
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.
І жінці да́ні були два крила великого орла, щоб від змі́я летіла в пустиню до місця свого, де будуть її годувати час, і часи́, і півча́су.
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.
I пустив змій за жінкою з уст своїх во́ду, як рі́чку, щоб річка схопи́ла її.
16 But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
Та жінці земля помогла, — і розкрила земля свої у́ста, та й випила річку, яку змій пустив із своїх уст.
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).
І змій розлютува́вся на жінку, і пішов воювати з останком насіння її, що вони бережуть Божі заповіді та мають свідо́цтво Ісусове.
