Revelation 12
1 A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Na nebi se objevil nápadný úkaz: Žena oděná sluncem, s měsícem pod nohama a korunou z dvanácti hvězd na hlavě.
2 She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
Byla těhotná a sténala, protože přicházely její porodní bolesti.
3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
Vzápětí další úkaz na obloze: Veliký ohnivě zbarvený drak se sedmi hlavami a deseti rohy, na každé hlavě korunu.
4 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
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, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
Porodila chlapce, který má vládnout všem národům železnou rukou. Bůh však vzal to dítě a přenesl je ke svému trůnu.
6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
Žena utekla na poušť, kde ji Bůh ukrýval a pečoval o ni dvanáct set šedesát dní.
7 There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
V nebi se strhla bitva: Michael se svými anděly bojoval proti draku a jeho andělům.
8 They didn’t prevail. No place was found for them any more 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 was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
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 They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
Zvítězili nad ním krví Krista, Beránka obětovaného za ně, a svým svědectvím o něm. Nemilovali svůj život natolik, aby se zalekli smrti.
12 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”
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 When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
Když se drak octl na zemi, začal pronásledovat tu ženu, která porodila toho chlapce.
14 Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the face 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 The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
Had vychrlil z tlamy mohutný proud vody, aby ženu smetl.
16 The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.
Země jí však přišla na pomoc: otevřela své útroby a proud pohltila.
17 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.
Rozlícený drak se chtěl ženě pomstít, a tak rozpoutal boj proti jejím ostatním dětem, které zachovávají Boží přikázání a je jim svěřeno Ježíšovo poselství.
