Revelation 12

1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

1 天上出现了一个奇异的景象：有一个妇人，身披太阳，脚踏月亮，头戴有十二颗星的冠冕。

2 She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.

2 她怀孕将产，正因产痛而呼叫。

3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.

3 这时天上出现了另一个奇异的景象：有一条红色巨龙出现，它有七头十角，每个头上都戴着冠冕。

4 His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

4 它的尾巴将天上三分之一的星扫落到地上。巨龙站在那正要生产的妇人面前，等着要吃掉她生下来的婴孩。

5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

5 妇人生下一个男婴，就是将来要用铁杖治理万国的。 那男婴被提到了上帝的宝座那里，

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

6 妇人则逃到旷野，在上帝为她预备的地方被照顾一千二百六十天。

7 Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

7 天上起了战争，米迦勒和他的天使出战巨龙，巨龙和它的天使抵抗。

8 But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.

8 巨龙落败，天上再没有它们的立足之地，

9 And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

9 它和它的天使都一同从天上被摔到地上。巨龙就是那古蛇，又名魔鬼或撒旦，是迷惑天下人的。

10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.

10 我听见天上有响亮的声音说：“我们上帝的救赎、权能、国度和祂所立的基督的权柄现在来临了。因为那昼夜不停地在我们上帝面前控告我们弟兄的，已经被摔到地上了。

11 They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

11 弟兄们是靠着羔羊的血和自己所见证的道战胜了它，他们没有贪生怕死。

12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”

12 因此，诸天和其中的居民都要欢欣雀跃！但大地和海洋有祸了，因为魔鬼知道它的时日不多了，就怒气冲冲地下到你们那里。”

13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

13 巨龙见自己被摔到地上，就迫害那先前产下男婴的妇人。

14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

14 但那妇人得到一对巨鹰的翅膀，使她能飞到旷野，去上帝为她预备的地方避难，在那里被照顾三年半。

15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.

15 古蛇在妇人身后张口吐出大量的水，如同江河一般，要冲走她，

16 But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.

16 大地却帮助她，张口吞了巨龙口中吐出来的大水。

17 And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

17 巨龙大怒，转而攻击她的其他儿女，就是那些坚守上帝的命令、为耶稣做见证的人。

18 那时巨龙站在海边的沙地上。