Revelation 12 – NIVUK & NASV

New International Version – UK

Revelation 12:1-17

The woman and the dragon

1A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who ‘will rule all the nations with an iron sceptre.’12:5 Psalm 2:9 And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. 6The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

7Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9The great dragon was hurled down – that ancient snake called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

‘Now have come the salvation and the power

and the kingdom of our God,

and the authority of his Messiah.

For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,

who accuses them before our God day and night,

has been hurled down.

11They triumphed over him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony;

they did not love their lives so much

as to shrink from death.

12Therefore rejoice, you heavens

and you who dwell in them!

But woe to the earth and the sea,

because the devil has gone down to you!

He is filled with fury,

because he knows that his time is short.’

13When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the snake’s reach. 15Then from his mouth the snake spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring – those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

New Amharic Standard Version

ራእይ 12:1-17

ሴቲቱና ዘንዶው

1ታላቅና አስደናቂ ምልክት በሰማይ ታየ፤ ፀሓይን የለበሰች፣ ጨረቃን ከእግሮቿ በታች የረገጠችና በራሷም ላይ ዐሥራ ሁለት ከዋክብት ያሉት አክሊል የደፋች አንዲት ሴት ታየች። 2እርሷም ነፍሰ ጡር ነበረች፤ ልትወልድ ስትል ምጥ ይዟት ተጨንቃ ጮኸች። 3ከዚያም ሌላ ምልክት በሰማይ ታየ፤ እነሆ፤ ሰባት ራሶችና ዐሥር ቀንዶች የነበሩት፣ በራሶቹም ላይ ሰባት አክሊል የደፋ ታላቅ ቀይ ዘንዶ ታየ። 4ጅራቱ የከዋክብትን አንድ ሦስተኛ ከሰማይ ስቦ ወደ ምድር ጣላቸው፤ እርሷም በወለደች ጊዜ ልጇን ለመዋጥ ፈልጎ ዘንዶው ልትወልድ በተቃረበችው ሴት ፊት ቆመ። 5ሕዝቦችን ሁሉ በብረት በትር የሚገዛውን ወንድ ልጅ ወለደች፤ ልጇም ወደ እግዚአብሔርና ወደ ዙፋኑ ተነጠቀ። 6ሴቲቱም አንድ ሺሕ ሁለት መቶ ስድሳ ቀን ክብካቤ እንዲደረግላት እግዚአብሔር ወዳዘጋጀላት ስፍራ ወደ በረሓ ሸሸች።

7በሰማይም ጦርነት ሆነ፤ ሚካኤልና መላእክቱ ከዘንዶው ጋር ተዋጉ፤ ዘንዶውና መላእክቱም መልሰው ተዋጓቸው፤ 8ነገር ግን ድል ተመቱ፤ በሰማይም የነበራቸውን ስፍራ ዐጡ። 9ታላቁ ዘንዶ፣ የጥንቱ እባብ ተጣለ፤ እርሱም ዲያብሎስ ወይም ሰይጣን ተብሎ የሚጠራው፣ ዓለምን ሁሉ የሚያስተው ነው፤ እርሱ ወደ ምድር ተጣለ፤ መላእክቱም ከእርሱ ጋር ተጣሉ።

10ከዚህ በኋላ ታላቅ ድምፅ በሰማይ እንዲህ ሲል ሰማሁ፤

“አሁን የአምላካችን ማዳን፣ ኀይልና

መንግሥት፣

የእርሱ ክርስቶስ ሥልጣንም መጥቷል።

ቀንና ሌሊት በአምላካችን ፊት ሲከስሳቸው

የነበረው፣

የወንድሞቻችን ከሳሽ ተጥሏልና።

11እነርሱም በበጉ ደም፣

በምስክርነታቸውም ቃል፣

ድል ነሡት፤

እስከ ሞት ድረስ እንኳ፣

ለነፍሳቸው አልሳሱም።

12ስለዚህ ሰማያት ሆይ፣

በውስጣቸውም የምትኖሩ ሆይ፣

ደስ ይበላችሁ፤

ምድርና ባሕር ግን ወዮላችሁ! ምክንያቱም ዲያብሎስ ጥቂት ዘመን ብቻ

እንደ ቀረው ስላወቀ፣

በታላቅ ቍጣ ተሞልቶ ወደ እናንተ ወርዷል።”

13ዘንዶው ወደ ምድር እንደ ተጣለ ባየ ጊዜ፣ ወንድ ልጅ የወለደችውን ሴት አሳደዳት። 14ሴቲቱም በበረሓ ወደ ተዘጋጀላት ስፍራ በርራ መሄድ እንድትችል ሁለት የታላቁ ንስር ክንፎች ተሰጣት፤ ይህም የሆነው በዚያ ከእባቡ ፊት ርቃ ለአንድ ዘመን፣ ለዘመናትና ለዘመን እኩሌታ በክብካቤ እንድትኖር ነው። 15እባቡም ሴቲቱ በጐርፍ እንድትወሰድ፣ እንደ ወንዝ ያለ ውሃ ከአፉ ተፋ። 16ምድር ግን ሴቲቱን ረዳቻት፤ አፏንም ከፍታ ዘንዶው ከአፉ ያፈሰሰውን ወንዝ ዋጠች። 17ዘንዶውም በሴቲቱ ላይ ተቈጣ፤ ከቀሩት ልጆቿም ጋር ሊዋጋ ሄደ፤ እነርሱ የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዞች የሚጠብቁና የኢየሱስን ምስክር አጥብቀው የያዙ ናቸው።