Ufunuo 12
1 Kisha ishara kubwa ikaonekana mbinguni. Palikuwa hapo mwanamke aliyevikwa jua, na mwezi chini ya miguu yake, na taji ya nyota kumi na mbili juu ya kichwa chake!
And a great sign was seen in the heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars;
2 Alikuwa mja mzito, na akapaaza sauti kwa maumivu na uchungu wa kujifungua mtoto.
and being with child she cried, [being] in travail, and in pain to bring forth.
3 Ishara nyingine ikatokea mbinguni: joka kubwa jekundu na lenye pembe kumi na vichwa saba; na kila kichwa kilikuwa na taji.
And another sign was seen in the heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems;
4 Joka hilo liliburuta kwa mkia wake theluthi moja ya nyota za anga na kuzitupa duniani. Nalo lilisimama mbele ya huyo mama aliyekuwa karibu kujifungua mtoto, tayari kabisa kummeza mtoto, mara tu atakapozaliwa.
and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.
5 Kisha mama huyo akajifungua mtoto wa kiume, ambaye atayatawala mataifa yote kwa fimbo ya chuma. Lakini mtoto akanyakuliwa na kupelekwa kwa Mungu na kwenye kiti chake cha enzi.
And she brought forth a male son, who shall shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
6 Huyo mama akakimbilia jangwani, ambako Mungu alikuwa amemtayarishia mahali pa usalama ambapo angehifadhiwa kwa muda wa siku elfu moja mia mbili na sitini.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has there a place prepared of God, that they should nourish her there a thousand two hundred [and] sixty days.
7 Kisha kukazuka vita mbinguni: Mikaeli na malaika wake walipigana na hilo joka, nalo likawashambulia pamoja na malaika wake.
And there was war in the heaven: Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels;
8 Lakini joka hilo halikuweza kuwashinda, na hatimaye hapakuwa tena na nafasi mbinguni kwa ajili yake na malaika wake.
and he prevailed not, nor was their place found any more in the heaven.
9 Basi, joka hilo kuu likatupwa nje. Joka hilo ndiye yule nyoka wa kale ambaye huitwa pia Ibilisi au Shetani. Ndiye anayeudanganya ulimwengu wote. Naam, alitupwa duniani, na malaika wake wote pamoja naye.
And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Kisha nikasikia sauti kubwa kutoka mbinguni ikisema: “Sasa ukombozi utokao kwa Mungu umefika! Nguvu na Utawala wa Mungu wetu umedhihirika. Na Kristo wake ameonyesha mamlaka yake! Maana yule mdhalimu wa ndugu zetu, aliyesimama mbele ya Mungu akiwashtaki usiku na mchana, sasa ametupwa nje.
And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, who accused them before our God day and night:
11 Ndugu zetu wameshinda kwa damu ya Mwanakondoo na kwa nguvu ya ukweli walioutangaza; maana hawakuyathamini maisha yao kuwa kitu sana, wakawa tayari kufa.
and they have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.
12 Kwa sababu hiyo, furahini enyi mbingu na vyote vilivyomo ndani yenu. Lakini, ole wenu nchi na bahari, maana Ibilisi amewajieni akiwa na ghadhabu kuu, kwa sababu anajua kwamba siku zake zilizobakia ni chache.”
Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time.
13 Joka lilipotambua kwamba limetupwa chini duniani, likaanza kumwinda yule mama aliyekuwa amejifungua mtoto wa kiume.
And when the dragon saw that he had been cast out into the earth, he persecuted the woman which bore the male [child].
14 Lakini mama huyo akapewa mabawa mawili ya tai apate kuruka mbali sana na hilo joka, mpaka mahali, pake jangwani ambapo angehifadhiwa salama kwa muda wa miaka mitatu na nusu.
And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, from [the] face of the serpent.
15 Basi, joka likatapika maji mengi kama mto, yakamfuata huyo mama nyuma ili yamchukue.
And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be [as] one carried away by a river.
16 Lakini nchi ikamsaidia huyo mama: ikajifunua kama mdomo na kuyameza maji hayo yaliyotoka kinywani mwa hilo joka.
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 Basi, joka hilo likamkasirikia huyo mama, likajiondokea, likaenda kupigana na wazawa wengine wa huyo mama, yaani wote wanaotii amri za Mungu na kuuzingatia ukweli wa Yesu.
And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus.
