Mkpughe 12
1 Oke ihe ịrịbama pụtara ihe nʼeluigwe, otu nwanyị e yikwasịrị anyanwụ dịka uwe. Ọnwa dịkwa nʼokpuru ụkwụ ya abụọ. Okpueze nwee kpakpando iri na abụọ dịkwa ya nʼisi.
Then a great portent was seen in the heavens – a woman whose robe was the sun, and who had the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2 Ọ dị ime, na-etikwa mkpu nʼihi ahụhụ na ihe ụfụ nke ọmụmụ nwa.
She was pregnant; and she is crying out in the pain and agony of childbirth.
3 Mgbe ahụ, ihe ama ọzọ pụtara ihe nʼeluigwe, agwọ ochie nke dị ukwuu na-acha uhie uhie a na-akpọ dragọn, nke nwere isi asaa na mpi iri. O kpukwasịkwara okpueze asaa nʼisi ya.
Another portent also was seen in the heavens There was a great red Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
4 O nwere ọdụdụ nke o ji dọkpụrụ otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ atọ nke kpakpando niile dị nʼeluigwe, tụda ha nʼala. Ọ bịara guzo nʼihu nwanyị ahụ na-achọ ịmụpụta nwa ahụ ọ dị ime ya, nọọ na njikere iri nwantakịrị ahụ ma a mụpụta ya.
His tail draws after it a third of the stars in the heavens, and it hurled them down on the earth. The Dragon is standing in front of the woman who is about to give birth to the child, so that he may devour it as soon as it is born.
5 Ọ mụpụtara nwantakịrị nwoke, “onye ga-ejikwa mkpara ọchịchị chịa mba niile ọchịchị.” Nʼotu oge ahụ kwa, e si nʼebe ahụ wepụ nwata ahụ were ya gaa nʼebe Chineke nọ nʼeluigwe nʼocheeze ya.
The woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was at once caught up to God on his throne.
6 Ma nwanyị ahụ si nʼebe ahụ gbapụ gbalaa nʼọzara ebe Chineke kwadebere na ọ ga-anọ. Ebe ahụ ka a ga-elekọta ya anya nke ọma otu puku ụbọchị na narị ụbọchị abụọ na iri ụbọchị isii.
But the woman fled into the wilderness, where there is a place prepared for her by God, to be tended there for twelve hundred and sixty days.
7 Mgbe ahụ, agha dapụtara nʼeluigwe. Maikel na ndị mmụọ ozi ya buru agha megide agwọ ochie ahụ (a na-akpọ dragọn). Dragọn ahụ na ndị mmụọ ozi ya bukwara agha nke ha,
Then a battle took place in the heavens. Michael and his angels fought with the Dragon. But though the Dragon, with his angels, fought,
8 ma e meriri ha, ha enwekwaghị ọnọdụ ọbụla nʼeluigwe.
he did not prevail; and there was no place left for them any longer in the heavens.
9 Dragọn ukwu ahụ, bụ agwọ ochie ahụ a na-akpọ ekwensu maọbụ Setan, nke na-eduhie ndị niile bi nʼụwa. A tụdara ya nʼụwa, ya na ndị mmụọ ozi ya niile.
Then the great Dragon, the primeval snake, known as the ‘devil’ and ‘Satan,’ who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
10 Mgbe ahụ, anụrụ m oke olu si nʼeluigwe na-ada sị, “O mezuola nʼikpeazụ, bụ nzọpụta Chineke na ike na alaeze Chineke anyị, na ikike ịchị isi Kraịst ya, ha abụrụla ihe dị ire. Nʼihi na e sitela nʼeluigwe chụtuo onye ahụ na-ebo ụmụnna anyị ebubo. Ọ na-ebo ha ebubo ehihie na abalị nʼihu Chineke.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven which said – ‘Now has begun the day of the salvation, and Power, and Dominion of our God, and the Rule of his Christ; for the Accuser of our people has been hurled down, he who has been accusing them before our God day and night.
11 Ha lụgburu ya nʼagha site nʼọbara Nwa atụrụ ahụ na site nʼama nke okwu ọnụ ha, nʼihi na ha ahụghị ndụ ha nʼanya karịa, kama ha jikere inye ndụ ha ọbụladị ruo nʼọnwụ.
Their victory was due to the blood of the Lamb, and to the message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from death.
12 Ya mere, ṅụrịanụ ọṅụ eluigwe ma unu ndị niile bi nʼime ya. Ma ahụhụ dịrị unu ndị bi nʼụwa na osimiri nʼihi na ekwensu abịakwutela unu. O jirila oke ọnụma bịakwute unu. Ọ makwaara na oge a o nwere ehighị nne.”
Therefore, be glad, heaven, and all who live in heaven! Alas for the earth and for the sea, for the devil has gone down to you in great fury, knowing that he has but little time.’
13 Mgbe agwọ ochie ahụ chọpụtara na a chụdala ya nʼụwa, ọ chụsoro nwanyị ahụ mụrụ nwa nwoke ahụ ọsọ.
When the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 Ma e nyere nwanyị ahụ nku abụọ, nke dịka nku oke ugo, ka o jiri gbanarị agwọ ochie ahụ feba nʼime ọzara, ebe a kwadooro ya, na ebe a ga-anọ lezie ya anya afọ atọ na ọnwa isii.
But to the woman were given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly to her place in the wilderness, where she is being tended for one year, and for two years, and for half a year in safety from the snake.
15 Ma agwọ ahụ meghere ọnụ ya mee ka mmiri si nʼọnụ ya sọpụta dịka iyi nke ga-ebufu nwanyị ahụ.
Then the snake poured water from its mouth after the woman, like a river, so that it might sweep her away.
16 Ma ala nyeere nwanyị ahụ aka. O meghere ọnụ ya loda idee mmiri a nke si nʼọnụ agwọ ahụ sọpụta.
But Earth came to her help, and opened her mouth and drank up the river which the Dragon had poured out of its mouth.
17 Mgbe ahụ, agwọ ochie ahụ wesara nwanyị ahụ iwe, pụọ ịga buo agha megide ụmụ ya bụ ndị niile fọdụrụ, bụ ndị niile na-edebe iwu Chineke na ndị na-ekwupụta na ha bụ ndị ama nke Jisọs.
The Dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to fight with the rest of her offspring – those who lay to heart the commands of God and bear their testimony to Jesus;
