Offenbarung 12 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Kvinden og dragen

1 Et stort tegn kom til syne på himlen. Det var en kvinde, der strålede som solen og stod med fødderne på månen. På hovedet havde hun en sejrskrans med 12 stjerner på. 2 Hun var gravid og var allerede begyndt at føde. Hun skreg af smerte under fødselsveerne. 3 Så kom der et andet tegn på himlen. Det var en stor, ildrød drage. Den havde ti horn og syv hoveder med en lille krone på hvert hoved. 4 Dens hale fejede en tredjedel af himlens stjerner ned på jorden. Dragen stillede sig foran kvinden, som var ved at føde sit barn, parat til at sluge barnet, så snart det var født. 5 Hun fødte en søn, som skal herske over alle folkeslagene med et jernscepter. Barnet blev taget op til Gud og hans trone, 6 mens kvinden flygtede ud i ørkenen hen imod et sted, som Gud havde gjort parat til hende, hvor hun kunne overleve i 1260 dage. 7 Der blev krig i himmelrummet. Mikael og hans engle gik til angreb på dragen. Dragen og dens onde ånder gjorde modstand, 8 men de var ikke stærke nok, så de måtte forlade himmelrummet. 9 Så blev den store Drage, den gamle Slange, som kaldes Djævelen og Satan, han, som bedrager hele verden, kastet ned på jorden. Det samme skete med alle hans onde ånder. 10 Så hørte jeg en høj stemme i Himlen råbe: „Nu er vores Guds herredømme brudt igennem med kraft og frelse, og nu har hans Messias fået magten. For han, der dag og nat anklagede vores medkristne over for Gud, er blevet styrtet. 11 De sejrede over ham på grund af Lammets forsoningsdød, og fordi de ikke fornægtede deres tro på ham. De havde ikke deres liv for kært til at gå i døden. 12 Derfor: Glæd jer, I som opholder jer i Himlen, men ve jer, der er på landjorden og på havet, for Djævelen er kommet ned til jer, og han er rasende. Han er nemlig klar over, at hans tid er kort.” 13 Da dragen indså, at den var kastet ned på jorden, forfulgte den kvinden, der havde født drengen. 14 Kvinden fik to mægtige ørnevinger og fløj længere ud i ørkenen til det sted, hvor hun kunne være i sikkerhed for dragen, og hvor der ville blive sørget for hende i tre et halvt år. 15 Dragen spyede en flod af vand efter kvinden for at skylle hende bort. 16 Men jorden hjalp hende, for den åbnede sin mund og slugte floden. 17 Optændt af raseri mod kvinden gjorde dragen sig parat til at angribe hendes andre børn, dem, der holder Guds bud og holder fast ved deres tro på Jesus. 18 Derefter stillede den sig op på strandbredden.

King James Version

1 And 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: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And 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. 5 And 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. 6 And 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. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And 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. 10 And 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. 11 And 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. 12 Therefore 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. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14 And 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. 15 And 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. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And 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.

Offenbarung 12 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk King James Version

Kvinden og dragen