7Und es entstand ein Kampf im Himmel: Michael und seine Engel kämpften gegen den Drachen; und der Drache und seine Engel kämpften; (Dan 10,13; Dan 10,21; Dan 12,1)8aber sie siegten nicht, und ihre Stätte wurde nicht mehr im Himmel gefunden. (Ps 13,5; Offb 12,10; Offb 12,12)9Und so wurde der große Drache niedergeworfen, die alte Schlange, genannt der Teufel und der Satan[1], der den ganzen Erdkreis[2] verführt; er wurde auf die Erde hinabgeworfen, und seine Engel wurden mit ihm hinabgeworfen. (1Mo 3,1; Sach 3,1; Mt 4,1; Lk 10,18; Lk 22,31; Joh 8,44; Joh 12,31; 2Kor 11,3; 2Kor 11,14; Offb 12,10; Offb 13,14; Offb 18,23; Offb 20,2; Offb 20,3; Offb 20,8)10Und ich hörte eine laute Stimme im Himmel sagen: Nun ist gekommen das Heil und die Macht und das Reich unseres Gottes und die Herrschaft seines Christus! Denn hinabgestürzt wurde der Verkläger unserer Brüder, der sie vor unserem Gott verklagte Tag und Nacht. (Hi 1,9; Ps 2,2; Ps 132,17; Sach 3,1; Joh 1,41; Offb 11,15)11Und sie haben ihn überwunden um des Blutes des Lammes und um des Wortes ihres Zeugnisses willen und haben ihr Leben nicht geliebt bis in den Tod! (Lk 12,4; Apg 4,19; Röm 8,33; Hebr 10,19; Offb 1,6; Offb 2,10; Offb 5,9)12Darum seid fröhlich, ihr Himmel, und die ihr darin wohnt! Wehe denen, die auf der Erde wohnen und auf dem Meer! Denn der Teufel ist zu euch herabgekommen und hat einen großen Zorn, da er weiß, dass er nur wenig Zeit hat. (Eph 2,6; Phil 3,20; Offb 6,10; Offb 8,13; Offb 10,6)
Der Drache verfolgt die Frau
13Und als der Drache sah, dass er auf die Erde geworfen war, verfolgte er die Frau, die den Knaben geboren hatte. (1Petr 5,8; Offb 12,3)14Und es wurden der Frau zwei Flügel des großen Adlers gegeben, damit sie in die Wüste fliegen kann an ihren Ort, wo sie ernährt wird eine Zeit und zwei Zeiten und eine halbe Zeit, fern von dem Angesicht der Schlange. (2Mo 19,4; Hi 39,27; Offb 2,13)15Und die Schlange schleuderte aus ihrem Maul der Frau Wasser nach, wie einen Strom, damit sie von dem Strom fortgerissen würde. (Ps 65,8; Jes 28,2; Offb 17,15)16Und die Erde half der Frau, und die Erde tat ihren Mund auf und verschlang den Strom, den der Drache aus seinem Maul geschleudert hatte. (Ps 93,3; Jes 59,19)17Und der Drache wurde zornig über die Frau und ging hin, um Krieg zu führen mit den Übrigen von ihrem Samen, welche die Gebote Gottes befolgen und das Zeugnis Jesu Christi haben. (1Mo 3,15; Ps 89,30; Ps 89,37; Offb 1,9; Offb 6,9; Offb 13,7; Offb 19,10; Offb 20,4)18Und ich stellte mich auf den Sand des Meeres. (Offb 13,1; Offb 17,15)
Offenbarung 12
King James Version
1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into 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 water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
1And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. (Ps 104,2; Hl 6,10)2She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. (Jes 66,7; Mi 4,10)3And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. (Jes 27,1; Dan 7,7; Offb 13,1; Offb 17,3; Offb 17,9; Offb 17,12; Offb 19,12)4His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. (Dan 8,10; Mt 2,16; Offb 8,7)5She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule[1] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, (Mt 2,6; 2Kor 12,2; Offb 2,27)6and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. (Offb 11,2; Offb 13,5)
Satan Thrown Down to Earth
7Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, (Mt 25,41; Jud 1,9)8but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.9And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. (1Mo 3,1; Lk 10,18; Joh 8,44; Joh 12,31; Offb 9,1; Offb 13,14; Offb 20,2; Offb 20,3; Offb 20,10)10And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers[2] has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. (Hi 1,9; Hi 2,5; Sach 3,1; Offb 7,10; Offb 19,1)11And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. (Lk 14,26; Joh 12,25; Joh 16,33; Röm 16,20; Offb 2,10; Offb 15,2)12Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!” (Ps 96,11; Jes 44,23; Jes 49,13; Mt 8,29; Offb 8,13; Offb 10,6; Offb 18,20)13And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. (Offb 12,5)14But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. (2Mo 19,4; Dan 7,25; Dan 12,7; Offb 12,6)15The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. (Jes 59,19)16But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.17Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood[3] on the sand of the sea. (1Mo 3,15; 1Joh 2,3; Offb 1,2; Offb 6,9; Offb 11,7; Offb 13,7; Offb 14,12; Offb 19,10)
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 sceptre.’ And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. (Ps 2,9)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 snake 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 snake’s reach.15Then out of his mouth the snake spat 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 spat 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.