Revelation

妇人和龙

1天上现出大异象来：有一个妇人身披日头，脚踏月亮，头戴十二星的冠冕。

2她怀了孕，在生产的艰难中疼痛呼叫。

3天上又现出异象来：有一条大红龙，七头十角；七头上戴着七个冠冕。

4它的尾巴拖拉着天上星辰的三分之一，摔在地上。龙就站在那将要生产的妇人面前，等她生产之后，要吞吃她的孩子。

5妇人生了一个男孩子，是将来要用铁杖辖管万国的；她的孩子被提到 神宝座那里去了。

6妇人就逃到旷野，在那里有 神给她预备的地方，使她被养活一千二百六十天。

7在天上就有了争战。米迦勒同他的使者与龙争战，龙也同它的使者去争战，

8并没有得胜，天上再没有它们的地方。

9大龙就是那古蛇，名叫魔鬼，又叫撒但，是迷惑普天下的。它被摔在地上，它的使者也一同被摔下去。

10我听见在天上有大声音说：「我 神的救恩、能力、国度，并他基督的权柄，现在都来到了！因为那在我们 神面前昼夜控告我们弟兄的，已经被摔下去了。

11弟兄胜过它，是因羔羊的血和自己所见证的道。他们虽至于死，也不爱惜性命。

12所以，诸天和住在其中的，你们都快乐吧！只是地与海有祸了！因为魔鬼知道自己的时候不多，就气忿忿地下到你们那里去了。」

13龙见自己被摔在地上，就逼迫那生男孩子的妇人。

14于是有大鹰的两个翅膀赐给妇人，叫她能飞到旷野，到自己的地方，躲避那蛇；她在那里被养活一载二载半载。

15蛇就在妇人身后，从口中吐出水来，像河一样，要将妇人冲去。

16地却帮助妇人，开口吞了从龙口吐出来的水。

17龙向妇人发怒，去与她其余的儿女争战，这儿女就是那守 神诫命、为耶稣作见证的。

18那时龙就站在海边的沙上。

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

2And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered.

3And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns: and on his head seven diadems:

4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered; that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son.

5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod: and her son was taken up to God, and to his throne.

6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed her a thousand two hundred sixty days.

7And there was a great battle in heaven, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels:

8And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world; and he was cast unto the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

10And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused them before our God day and night.

11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of the testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death.

12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the earth, and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman, who brought forth the man child:

14And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the desert unto her place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman, water as it were a river; that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river, which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17And the dragon was angry against the woman: and went to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

18And he stood upon the sand of the sea.