Adiyisɛm 12
1 Afei, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ kɛseɛ bi daa ne ho adi wɔ ɔsoro. Ɔbaa bi, na nʼatadeɛ yɛ owia a ɔsrane wɔ ne nan ase, na nsoromma dumienu ahenkyɛ hyɛ no.
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2 Na ɔnyem a ɔrebɛwo, na awoyea enti, na ɔresu.
She was with child. She screamed out in pain, laboring to give birth.
3 Nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ kɛseɛ foforɔ bi daa ne ho adi wɔ ɔsoro. Ɔwɔ kɔkɔɔ kakraka bi, na ne ti yɛ nson na ɔwɔ mmɛn edu a ahenkyɛ hyehyɛ ebiara so.
Another sign was seen in heaven. Look, a great fiery red serpent, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
4 Ɔde ne dua twee nsoromma a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no mu nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako too wɔn guu fam. Ɔgyinaa ɔbaa a ɔrewo no anim, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔwo ɔba no to hɔ ara pɛ, ɔbɛfa abɔfra no awe.
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The serpent stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
5 Afei, ɔbaa no woo abarimaa a ɔde nsa a ɛyɛ den bɛdi aman nyinaa so. Nanso, wɔhwim abɔfra no kɔɔ Onyankopɔn ne nʼahennwa ho.
She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
6 Ɔbaa no dwane kɔɔ ɛserɛ so baabi a Onyankopɔn asiesie ama no a wɔbɛhwɛ no yie wɔ nnafua apem ahanu ne aduosia mu.
The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
7 Afei, ɔko sii ɔsoro hɔ. Mikael ne nʼabɔfoɔ ko tiaa ɔwɔ no, ɛnna ɔno nso ne nʼabɔfoɔ ko tiaeɛ.
There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the serpent. The serpent and his angels made war.
8 Nanso, wɔdii ɔwɔ no so nkonim na wɔamma ɔne nʼabɔfoɔ antena ɔsoro bio.
They did not prevail, neither was a place found for them any more in heaven.
9 Wɔtoo ɔwɔ kakraka no tweneeɛ. Ɔno ne ɔwɔ dada no a wɔfrɛ no ɔbonsam a ɔdaadaa ewiase nyinaa no. Wɔtoo ɔno ne nʼabɔfoɔ nyinaa guu asase so.
The great serpent was thrown down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 Afei, metee nne denden bi wɔ ɔsoro a ɛka sɛ, “Afei, na Onyankopɔn nkwagyeɛ aba! Afei, na Onyankopɔn akyerɛ ne tumi sɛ ɔyɛ Ɔhene! Afei, na nʼAgyenkwa no akyerɛ ne tumi, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛn nuanom no ahohorabɔni a ɔgyinaa Onyankopɔn anim bɔɔ wɔn ahohora awia ne anadwo no, wɔapam no afiri soro no.
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
11 Yɛn nuanom no nam Odwammaa no mogya so ne nokorɛ a ɔdaa no adi so dii ne so nkonim. Na wɔasiesie wɔn ho sɛ wɔde wɔn nkwa bɛto hɔ na wɔawuwu.
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. They did not love their life, even to death.
12 Enti, mo ɔsoro ne mo a motete hɔ no, momma mo ani nnye. Afei, asase ne ɛpo nnue! Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔbonsam no atoa mo! Na ne bo afu, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔnim sɛ ne ɛberɛ a aka sua.”
Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the land and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."
13 Ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ no hunuu sɛ wɔato no atwene asase so no, ɔtaa ɔbaa a wawo abarimaa no.
When the serpent saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
14 Wɔmaa ɔbaa no ɔkɔdeɛ ntaban akɛseɛ mmienu, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛtumi atu akɔ baabi a wɔasiesie ama no wɔ ɛserɛ so hɔ a wɔbɛhwɛ no mfeɛ mmiɛnsa ne fa sɛdeɛ ɔwɔ no renni nʼakyi bio.
Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 Afei, ɔwɔ no puu nsuo te sɛ asubɔnten dii ɔbaa no akyi sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɛbɛfa no.
The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
16 Nanso, asase boaa ɔbaa no. Ɛbuee nʼanom nom nsuo a ɔwɔ no pu guu hɔ no nyinaa.
The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the serpent spewed out of his mouth.
17 Ɔwɔ no bo fuu ɔbaa no, enti ɔkɔeɛ de ntɔkwa kɔkaa ɔbaa no asefoɔ a wɔaka a ɛyɛ wɔn a wɔdi Onyankopɔn mmara so na wɔgye nokorɛ a Yesu ada no adi no di.
The serpent grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
