Apocalipsis 12
1 Y se vio una gran señal en el cielo: una mujer vestida del sol, y con la luna debajo de sus pies, y sobre su cabeza una corona de doce estrellas.
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 Y ella estaba encinta; y ella dio un grito, en los dolores del parto, en la angustia del alumbramiento.
She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
3 Y se vio otra señal en el cielo; un gran dragón rojo, que tiene siete cabezas y diez cuernos, y en sus cabezas siete coronas.
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 Y su cola estaba tirando de la tercera parte de las estrellas del cielo hacia la tierra, y el dragón ocupó su lugar ante la mujer que estaba a punto de dar a luz, para que cuando naciera pudiera devorar al niño tan pronto como naciese.
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 Y dio a luz un hijo varón que había de gobernar sobre todas las naciones con vara de hierro; y su hijo fue llevado a Dios para su trono.
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 Y la mujer huyó al desierto, donde tiene un lugar preparado por Dios, para que allí le den alimento mil doscientos sesenta días.
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 Y hubo guerra en el cielo: Miguel y sus ángeles salieron a la batalla contra el dragón; y el dragón y sus ángeles luchaban,
[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 Y fueron vencidos, y no hubo más lugar para ellos en el cielo.
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 Y el gran dragón fue derribado, la vieja serpiente, que se llama diablo y Satanás, por quien toda la tierra se apartó del camino correcto; fue forzado a bajar a la tierra, y sus ángeles fueron forzados a bajar con él.
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 Y una gran voz en el cielo vino a mis oídos, diciendo: Ahora ha venido la salvación, y el poder, y el reino de nuestro Dios, y la autoridad de su Cristo; porque ha sido lanzado fuera el acusador de nuestros hermanos, él que los acusaba delante de nuestro Dios de día y de noche.
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 Y ellos le han vencido por medio de la sangre del Cordero y la palabra de su testimonio; y no amaron sus vidas, se entregaron libremente a la muerte.
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 Alégrate, oh cielos, y ustedes que moran en ellos. Pero Ay! de los moradores de la tierra y el mar! porque el diablo ha descendido ustedes, con gran ira, sabiendo que tiene poco tiempo.
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 Y cuando el dragón vio que fue forzado a bajar a la tierra, persiguió cruelmente a la mujer que dio a luz al niño varón.
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 Y le fueron dadas a la mujer dos alas de águila grande, para que ella pudiera huir al desierto, a su lugar, donde le dieran alimento por un tiempo, y tiempos, y medio tiempo.
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 Y la serpiente envió de su boca tras la mujer un río de agua, para que fuera arrastrada por el río.
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 Y la tierra ayudó a la mujer, y con la boca abierta tragó el río que el dragón había echado de su boca.
But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
17 Y el dragón se enojó contra la mujer, y se fue para hacer guerra contra el resto de su simiente, quienes guardan los mandamientos de Dios y el testimonio de Jesucristo.
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).
