Revelation 12
1 And a great marvel was seen in Heaven-- a woman who was robed with the sun and had the moon under her feet, and had also a wreath of stars round her head, was with child,
Na nebi se objevil nápadný úkaz: Žena oděná sluncem, s měsícem pod nohama a korunou z dvanácti hvězd na hlavě.
2 and she was crying out in the pains and agony of childbirth.
Byla těhotná a sténala, protože přicházely její porodní bolesti.
3 And another marvel was seen in Heaven--a great fiery-red Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns; and on his heads were seven kingly crowns.
Vzápětí další úkaz na obloze: Veliký ohnivě zbarvený drak se sedmi hlavami a deseti rohy, na každé hlavě korunu.
4 His tail was drawing after it a third part of the stars of Heaven, and it dashed them to the ground. And in front of the woman who was about to become a mother, the Dragon was standing in order to devour the child as soon as it was born.
Ocasem smetl třetinu hvězd z nebe na zem. Postavil se před ženu a číhal, aby sežral její dítě, jakmile se narodí.
5 She gave birth to a son--a male child, destined before long to rule all nations with an iron scepter. But her child was caught up to God and His throne,
Porodila chlapce, který má vládnout všem národům železnou rukou. Bůh však vzal to dítě a přenesl je ke svému trůnu.
6 and the woman fled into the Desert, there to be cared for, for 1,260 days, in a place which God had prepared for her.
Žena utekla na poušť, kde ji Bůh ukrýval a pečoval o ni dvanáct set šedesát dní.
7 And war broke out in Heaven, Michael and his angels engaging in battle with the Dragon.
V nebi se strhla bitva: Michael se svými anděly bojoval proti draku a jeho andělům.
8 The Dragon fought and so did his angels; but they were defeated, and there was no longer any room found for them in Heaven.
Veliký drak se svou družinou byl poražen, vyhnán z nebe a svržen na zem. To je ten dávný had z ráje, nepřítel, pomlouvač a svůdce všech lidí.
9 The great Dragon, the ancient serpent, he who is called 'the Devil' and 'the Adversary' and leads the whole earth astray, was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice speaking in Heaven. It said, "The salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God have now come, and the sovereignty of His Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been hurled down--he who, day after day and night after night, was wont to accuse them in the presence of God.
Nebem zazněl mohutný hlas: „Nyní se dovršilo dílo záchrany. Bůh dokázal svoji plnou moc, nastolil svoje království a Kristus se ujal vlády. Je svržen žalobce, který dnem i nocí osočoval naše bratry před Bohem.
11 But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death.
Zvítězili nad ním krví Krista, Beránka obětovaného za ně, a svým svědectvím o něm. Nemilovali svůj život natolik, aby se zalekli smrti.
12 For this reason be glad, O Heaven, and you who live in Heaven! Alas for the earth and the sea! For the Devil has come down to you; full of fierce anger, because he knows that his appointed time is short."
Jásejte nebesa! Jásejte, vy na nebi! Ale běda zemi a moři. Vrhl se na vás ďábel a zuří – ví, jak málo času mu zbývá.“
13 And when the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child.
Když se drak octl na zemi, začal pronásledovat tu ženu, která porodila toho chlapce.
14 Then, the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman to enable her to fly away into the Desert to the place assigned her, there to be cared for, for a period of time, two periods of time, and half a period of time, beyond the reach of the serpent.
Ona však dostala orlí křídla, aby mohla uletět do pustiny, kde se před tím hadem ukrývala po tři a půl roku.
15 And the serpent poured water from his mouth--a very river it seemed--after the woman, in the hope that she would be carried away by its flood.
Had vychrlil z tlamy mohutný proud vody, aby ženu smetl.
16 But the earth came to the woman's help: it opened its mouth and drank up the river which the Dragon had poured from his mouth.
Země jí však přišla na pomoc: otevřela své útroby a proud pohltila.
17 This made the Dragon furiously angry with the woman, and he went elsewhere to make war upon her other children--those who keep God's commandments and hold fast to the testimony of Jesus.
Rozlícený drak se chtěl ženě pomstít, a tak rozpoutal boj proti jejím ostatním dětem, které zachovávají Boží přikázání a je jim svěřeno Ježíšovo poselství.
