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 天上現出大異象來：有一個婦人身披日頭，腳踏月亮，頭戴十二星的冠冕。

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

2 她懷了孕，在生產的艱難中疼痛呼叫。

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

3 天上又現出異象來：有一條大紅龍，七頭十角；七頭上戴着七個冠冕。

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 牠的尾巴拖拉着天上星辰的三分之一，摔在地上。龍就站在那將要生產的婦人面前，等她生產之後，要吞吃她的孩子。

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 婦人生了一個男孩子，是將來要用鐵杖轄管 萬國的；她的孩子被提到上帝寶座那裏去了。

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

6 婦人就逃到曠野，在那裏有上帝給她預備的地方，使她被養活一千二百六十天。

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 在天上就有了爭戰。米迦勒同他的使者與龍爭戰，龍也同牠的使者去爭戰，

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

8 並沒有得勝，天上再沒有牠們的地方。

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 大龍就是那古蛇，名叫魔鬼，又叫撒但，是迷惑普天下的。牠被摔在地上，牠的使者也一同被摔下去。

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 我聽見在天上有大聲音說：「我上帝的救恩、能力、國度，並他基督的權柄，現在都來到了！因為那在我們上帝面前晝夜控告我們弟兄的，已經被摔下去了。

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 弟兄勝過牠，是因羔羊的血和自己所見證的道。他們雖至於死，也不愛惜性命。

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 所以，諸天和住在其中的，你們都快樂吧！只是地與海有禍了！因為魔鬼知道自己的時候不多，就氣忿忿地下到你們那裏去了。」

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 龍見自己被摔在地上，就逼迫那生男孩子的婦人。

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 於是有大鷹的兩個翅膀賜給婦人，叫她能飛到曠野，到自己的地方，躲避那蛇；她在那裏被養活一載二載半載。

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

15 蛇就在婦人身後，從口中吐出水來，像河一樣，要將婦人沖去。

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 地卻幫助婦人，開口吞了從龍口吐出來的水 。

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 龍向婦人發怒，去與她其餘的兒女爭戰，這兒女就是那守上帝誡命、為耶穌作見證的。

18 那時龍就站在海邊的沙上。