Ɔbaa No Ne Ɔtweaseɛ No
1Afei, 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. 2Na ɔnyem a ɔrebɛwo, na awoyea enti, na ɔresu. 3Nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ 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. 4Ɔde 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. 5Afei, ɔbaa no woo abarimaa a ɔde nsa a ɛyɛ den bɛdi aman nyinaa so. Nanso, wɔhwim abɔfra no kɔɔ Onyankopɔn ne nʼahennwa ho. 6Ɔbaa no dwane kɔɔ ɛserɛ so baabi a Onyankopɔn asiesie ama no a wɔbɛhwɛ no yie wɔ nnafua apem ahanu ne aduosia mu.
7Afei, ɔko sii ɔsoro hɔ. Mikael ne nʼabɔfoɔ ko tiaa ɔwɔ no, ɛnna ɔno nso ne nʼabɔfoɔ ko tiaeɛ. 8Nanso, wɔdii ɔwɔ no so nkonim na wɔamma ɔne nʼabɔfoɔ antena ɔsoro bio. 9Wɔtoo 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.
10Afei, 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.
11Yɛn 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.
12Enti, 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.”
13Ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ no hunuu sɛ wɔato no atwene asase so no, ɔtaa ɔbaa a wawo abarimaa no. 14Wɔmaa 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. 15Afei, ɔwɔ no puu nsuo te sɛ asubɔnten dii ɔbaa no akyi sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɛbɛfa no. 16Nanso, asase boaa ɔbaa no. Ɛbuee nʼanom nom nsuo a ɔwɔ no pu guu hɔ no nyinaa. 17Ɔwɔ 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. 18Na ɔwɔ no kɔgyinaa mpoano hɔ.
The Woman and the Dragon
1A great sign appeared in heaven. It was a woman wearing the sun like clothes. The moon was under her feet. On her head she wore a crown of 12 stars. 2She was pregnant. She cried out in pain because she was about to have a baby. 3Then another sign appeared in heaven. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On its seven heads it wore seven crowns. 4The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky. It threw the stars down to earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to have a baby. The dragon wanted to eat her child the moment he was born. 5She gave birth to a son. He “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” (Psalm 2:9) And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. 6The woman escaped into the desert where God had a place prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1,260 days.
7Then a war began in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back. 8But the dragon wasn’t strong enough. Both he and his angels lost their place in heaven. 9The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels with him. The dragon is that old serpent called the devil, or Satan. He leads the whole world astray.
10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven. It said,
“Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God have come.
The authority of his Messiah has come.
Satan, who brings charges against our brothers and sisters,
has been thrown down.
He brings charges against them in front of our God day and night.
11They had victory over him
by the blood the Lamb spilled for them.
They had victory over him
by speaking the truth about Jesus to others.
They were willing to risk their lives,
even if it led to death.
12So be joyful, you heavens!
Be glad, all you who live there!
But how terrible it will be for the earth and the sea!
The devil has come down to you.
He is very angry.
He knows his time is short.”
13The dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth. So he chased the woman who had given birth to the boy. 14The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle. She was given these wings so that she could fly away. She could fly to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and a half years. She would be out of the serpent’s reach. 15Then out of his mouth the serpent spit water like a river. He wanted to catch the woman and sweep her away in the flood. 16But the earth helped the woman. It opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had spit out. 17The dragon was very angry with the woman. He went off to make war against the rest of her children. They obey God’s commands. And they hold firmly to the truth they have said about Jesus.
