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 ka kitea he tohu nui i te rangi; he wahine, ko te ra tona kakahu, ko te marama kei raro i ona waewae, i runga ano i tona matenga ko nga whetu kotahi tekau ma rua hei karaunga:
2 and she was crying out in the pains and agony of childbirth.
Kua hapu hoki ia, na karanga ana, oke ana, he mamae whanautanga.
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.
A ka kitea tetahi atu tohu i te rangi, na, he tarakona nui, he mea whero, e whitu ona mahunga, tekau ona haona, e whitu ano nga karauna i runga i ona mahunga.
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.
A e kumea ana e tona hiku te wahi tuatoru o nga whetu o te rangi, maka ana e ia ki te whenua: a ka tu te tarakona i te aroaro o te wahine i mea nei ki te whanau, hei kai i tana tamaiti ina whanau.
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,
Na ka whanau te tamaiti a te wahine ra, he tane, ko ia hei whakahaere tikanga mo nga iwi katoa ki te tokotoko rino: na kua kahakina atu tana tamaiti ki te Atua, ki tona torona hoki.
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.
A ka oma te wahine ra ki te koraha, kua rite noa ake hoki i te Atua he kainga mona ki reira, ki reira whangainga ai ia, kia taka ra ano nga ra kotahi mano e rua rau e ona tekau.
7 And war broke out in Heaven, Michael and his angels engaging in battle with the Dragon.
Na he whawhai tera kei te rangi: ko Mikaera ratou ko ana anahera e whawhai ana ki te tarakona; whawhai ana hoki te tarakona ratou ko ana anahera;
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.
A kihai ratou i toa; kihai ano hoki to ratou wahi i kitea i te rangi i muri iho.
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.
Na ka maka te tarakona nui, te nakahi onamata, e huaina nei ko te Rewera, ko Hatana hoki, e whakapohehe nei i te ao katoa: ka maka ia ki te whenua, a i maka tahitia ana anahera me ia.
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.
A ka rongo ahau i te reo nui i te rangi e ki ana, Tenei kua tae mai te whakaoranga, te kaha, me te rangatiratanga o to tatou Atua, me te mana hoki o tana Karaiti: no te mea kua whakataka te kaiwhakapae ki o tatou teina, e whakapae nei ki a ratou i te ao, i te po, i te aroaro o to tatou Atua.
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.
Hinga ana ia i a ratou, he meatanga na nga toto o te Reme, na te kupu hoki o ta ratou whakaatu: kihai ratou i aroha ki te ora mo ratou, a mate noa.
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."
Kia hari koutou ki tenei, e nga rangi, e te hunga hoki e noho ana i reira. Aue te mate mo te whenua, mo te moana hoki! Kua heke atu hoki ki a koutou te rewera, nui atu hoki tona riri, no te mea kua matau ia he poto tona taima.
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.
A, no ka kite te tarakona kua maka ia ki te whenua, ka whakatoia e ia te wahine nana te tamaiti tane i whanau nei.
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.
Na e rua nga pakau o te ekara nui kua hoatu ki te wahine, kia rere ai ia ki te koraha, ki tona kainga, ki reira whangainga ai a taka noa he taima, etahi taima, me te hawhe taima, kei kitea mai e te nakahi.
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.
Na ka whakaruakina mai e te nakahi i tona mangai i muri i te wahine ra he wai, ano he awa, kia kahakina atu ai ia e te awa.
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.
A ka awhinatia mai te wahine e te whenua, ka hamama te mangai o te whenua, inumia ake te awa i whakaruakina nei e te tarakona i roto i tona mangai.
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.
A riri ana te tarakona ki te wahine; haere ana ia ki te whawhai ki era atu o tana whanau, ki te hunga e pupuri ana i nga ture a te Atua, kei a ratou nei te whakaatu o Ihu Karaiti.
