prakAzitaM 12
1 tataH paraM svargE mahAcitraM dRSTaM yOSidEkAsIt sA parihitasUryyA candrazca tasyAzcaraNayOradhO dvAdazatArANAM kirITanjca zirasyAsIt|
Then something very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a woman, whose [appearance and] clothing were [MET] as bright as the sun. The moon was under her feet. On her head was a crown [that was made] of twelve stars.
2 sA garbhavatI satI prasavavEdanayA vyathitArttarAvam akarOt|
She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
3 tataH svargE 'param EkaM citraM dRSTaM mahAnAga Eka upAtiSThat sa lOhitavarNastasya sapta zirAMsi sapta zRggANi ziraHsu ca sapta kirITAnyAsan|
Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown.
4 sa svalAggUlEna gaganasthanakSatrANAM tRtIyAMzam avamRjya pRthivyAM nyapAtayat| sa Eva nAgO navajAtaM santAnaM grasitum udyatastasyAH prasaviSyamANAyA yOSitO 'ntikE 'tiSThat|
The dragon’s tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth, in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born.
5 sA tu puMsantAnaM prasUtA sa Eva lauhamayarAjadaNPEna sarvvajAtIzcArayiSyati, kinjca tasyAH santAna Izvarasya samIpaM tadIyasiMhAsanasya ca sannidhim uddhRtaH|
The woman gave birth to a son, who [is destined] to rule all the nations with [complete authority as if he was using] [MET] an iron rod [MET]. [God] snatched away her child and took him to [rule from] his throne.
6 sA ca yOSit prAntaraM palAyitA yatastatrEzvarENa nirmmita AzramE SaSThyadhikazatadvayAdhikasahasradinAni tasyAH pAlanEna bhavitavyaM|
The woman fled to a desert. She has a place there that God has prepared for her, in order that [the angels] may take care of her for 1,260 days.
7 tataH paraM svargE saMgrAma upApiSThat mIkhAyElastasya dUtAzca tEna nAgEna sahAyudhyan tathA sa nAgastasya dUtAzca saMgrAmam akurvvan, kintu prabhavituM nAzaknuvan
[In the vision I saw that] there was a battle in heaven. Michael and the angels that he [commanded] fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back [against Michael and his angels].
8 yataH svargE tESAM sthAnaM puna rnAvidyata|
But the dragon did not win the battle, so [God] did not allow the dragon and his angels to stay in heaven any longer.
9 aparaM sa mahAnAgO 'rthatO diyAvalaH (apavAdakaH) zayatAnazca (vipakSaH) iti nAmnA vikhyAtO yaH purAtanaH sarpaH kRtsnaM naralOkaM bhrAmayati sa pRthivyAM nipAtitastEna sArddhaM tasya dUtA api tatra nipAtitAH|
The huge dragon was thrown {[Michael and his angels] threw the huge dragon} out [of heaven]. The dragon is the ancient serpent, [the one] who is called the Devil and Satan. He is the one who deceives [people all over] the earth. He was thrown down to the earth, along with all his angels.
10 tataH paraM svargE uccai rbhASamANO ravO 'yaM mayAzrAvi, trANaM zaktizca rAjatvamadhunaivEzvarasya naH| tathA tEnAbhiSiktasya trAtuH parAkramO 'bhavatM|| yatO nipAtitO 'smAkaM bhrAtRNAM sO 'bhiyOjakaH| yEnEzvarasya naH sAkSAt tE 'dUSyanta divAnizaM||
Then I heard [someone] in heaven shout loudly, saying, Now our God has saved his people by his power, and he rules everyone! Now the Messiah, the one who is the supreme ruler whom God appointed, has authority to rule all people, because our God has thrown out of heaven the one who accuses our fellow believers! The dragon is the one who accuses them day and night before our God, saying that they have sinned and that God ought to punish them.
11 mESavatsasya raktEna svasAkSyavacanEna ca| tE tu nirjitavantastaM na ca snEham akurvvata| prANOSvapi svakIyESu maraNasyaiva sagkaTE|
Our fellow believers overcame the dragon because they never stopped trusting (OR, never stopped telling people about) Jesus, and because they trusted in what Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, accomplished when his blood flowed when he died. Even though those believers wanted to live, they were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him.
12 tasmAd Anandatu svargO hRSyantAM tannivAminaH| hA bhUmisAgarau tApO yuvAmEvAkramiSyati| yuvayOravatIrNO yat zaitAnO 'tIva kApanaH| alpO mE samayO 'styEtaccApi tEnAvagamyatE||
So, all you angels living [MTY] in heaven, rejoice! But terrible things will happen to you ungodly people who [MTY] live on the earth and on the ocean, because the devil has come down to you! He is very angry because he knows that he has only a short time during which he can harm people.
13 anantaraM sa nAgaH pRthivyAM svaM nikSiptaM vilOkya tAM putraprasUtAM yOSitam upAdravat|
When the dragon realized that he had been thrown {that [the angels] had thrown him} down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to a son.
14 tataH sA yOSit yat svakIyaM prAntarasthAzramaM pratyutpatituM zaknuyAt tadarthaM mahAkurarasya pakSadvayaM tasvai dattaM, sA tu tatra nAgatO dUrE kAlaikaM kAladvayaM kAlArddhanjca yAvat pAlyatE|
But the woman was given two wings like the wings of a very large eagle, in order that she might fly to a desolate place. That is a place [that God] has prepared for her. There she was taken care of {[God’s angels] took care of her} for three and a half years. The serpent, [that is, the dragon], was not able to reach her there.
15 kinjca sa nAgastAM yOSitaM srOtasA plAvayituM svamukhAt nadIvat tOyAni tasyAH pazcAt prAkSipat|
The serpent spewed water like a river from his mouth in the direction of the woman, in order that the water might sweep her away.
16 kintu mEdinI yOSitam upakurvvatI nijavadanaM vyAdAya nAgamukhAd udgIrNAM nadIm apivat|
But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
17 tatO nAgO yOSitE kruddhvA tadvaMzasyAvaziSTalOkairarthatO ya IzvarasyAjnjAH pAlayanti yIzOH sAkSyaM dhArayanti ca taiH saha yOddhuM nirgatavAn|
Then the dragon was very angry with the woman, so he went away to fight against [the people who are like] the rest of her descendants. They are the people who obey God’s commandments and who tell other people about Jesus (OR, hold fast to what Jesus taught them).
