< Revelation 12 >

1 And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars,
و علامتی عظیم در آسمان ظاهر شد: زنی که آفتاب را دربر دارد و ماه زیرپایهایش و بر سرش تاجی از دوازده ستاره است،۱
2 and being with child she doth cry out, travailing and pained to bring forth.
و آبستن بوده، از درد زه و عذاب زاییدن فریاد برمی آورد.۲
3 And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems,
و علامتی دیگر در آسمان پدید آمدکه اینک اژدهای بزرگ آتشگون که او را هفت سرو ده شاخ بود و بر سرهایش هفت افسر؛۳
4 and his tail doth draw the third of the stars of the heaven, and he did cast them to the earth; and the dragon did stand before the woman who is about to bring forth, that when she may bring forth, her child he may devour;
و دمش ثلث ستارگان آسمان را کشیده، آنها را بر زمین ریخت. و اژدها پیش آن زن که می‌زایید بایستاد تاچون بزاید فرزند او را ببلعد.۴
5 and she brought forth a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and caught away was her child unto God and His throne,
پس پسر نرینه‌ای را زایید که همه امت های زمین را به عصای آهنین حکمرانی خواهد کرد؛ و فرزندش به نزد خدا وتخت او ربوده شد.۵
6 and the woman did flee to the wilderness, where she hath a place made ready from God, that there they may nourish her — days a thousand, two hundred, sixty.
و زن به بیابان فرار کرد که درآنجا مکانی برای وی از خدا مهیا شده است تا اورا مدت هزار و دویست و شصت روز بپرورند.۶
7 And there came war in the heaven; Michael and his messengers did war against the dragon, and the dragon did war, and his messengers,
و در آسمان جنگ شد: میکائیل وفرشتگانش با اژدها جنگ کردند و اژدها وفرشتگانش جنگ کردند،۷
8 and they did not prevail, nor was their place found any more in the heaven;
ولی غلبه نیافتند بلکه جای ایشان دیگر در آسمان یافت نشد.۸
9 and the great dragon was cast forth — the old serpent, who is called 'Devil,' and 'the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world — he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.
واژدهای بزرگ انداخته شد، یعنی آن مار قدیمی که به ابلیس و شیطان مسمی است که تمام ربع مسکون را می‌فریبد. او بر زمین انداخته شد وفرشتگانش با وی انداخته شدند.۹
10 And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, 'Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;
و آوازی بلند در آسمان شنیدم که می‌گوید: «اکنون نجات و قوت و سلطنت خدای ما و قدرت مسیح او ظاهر شد زیرا که آن مدعی برادران ما که شبانه‌روز در حضور خدای ما برایشان دعوی می‌کند، به زیر افکنده شد.۱۰
11 and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life — unto death;
وایشان بوساطت خون بره و کلام شهادت خود براو غالب آمدند و جان خود را دوست نداشتند.۱۱
12 because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; woe to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.'
از این جهت‌ای آسمانها و ساکنان آنها شادباشید؛ وای بر زمین و دریا زیرا که ابلیس به نزدشما فرود شده است با خشم عظیم، چون می‌داند که زمانی قلیل دارد.»۱۲
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast forth to the earth, he pursued the woman who did bring forth the male,
و چون اژدها دید که بر زمین افکنده شد، برآن زن که فرزند نرینه را زاییده بود، جفا کرد.۱۳
14 and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent;
ودو بال عقاب بزرگ به زن داده شد تا به بیابان به مکان خود پرواز کند، جایی که او را از نظر آن مار، زمانی و دو زمان و نصف زمان پرورش می‌کنند.۱۴
15 and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,
و مار از دهان خود در عقب زن، آبی چون رودی ریخت تا سیل او را فرو‌گیرد.۱۵
16 and the land did help the woman, and the land did open its mouth and did swallow up the river, that the dragon did cast forth out of his mouth;
وزمین زن را حمایت کرد و زمین دهان خود راگشاده، آن رود را که اژدها از دهان خود ریخت فرو برد.۱۶
17 and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.
و اژدها بر زن غضب نموده، رفت تا باباقی ماندگان ذریت او که احکام خدا را حفظمی کنند و شهادت عیسی را نگاه می‌دارند، جنگ کند.۱۷

< Revelation 12 >