Offenbarung 12 | English Standard Version 圣经当代译本修订版

Offenbarung 12 | English Standard Version

The Woman and the Dragon

1 And 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. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4 His 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. 5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule* all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and 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.

Satan Thrown Down to Earth

7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And 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. 10 And 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* has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And 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. 12 Therefore, 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!” 13 And 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. 14 But 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. 15 The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. 16 But 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. 17 Then 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* on the sand of the sea.

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圣经当代译本修订版

妇人与巨龙

1 在天上出现了一个奇异的景象:有一个妇人,身披太阳,脚踏月亮,头戴有十二颗星的冠冕。 2 她怀了孕,正因产痛而呼叫。 3 这时天上出现了另一个奇异的景象:有一条红色巨龙出现,它有七头十角,每个头上都戴着冠冕。 4 它的尾巴将天上三分之一的星扫落到地上。巨龙站在那正要生产的妇人面前,等着要吃掉她生下来的婴孩。 5 妇人生下一个男婴,就是将来要用铁杖治理列国的。那男婴被提到了上帝的宝座那里, 6 妇人则逃到旷野,在上帝为她预备的地方安度一千二百六十天。 7 天上起了战争,米迦勒和他的天使出战巨龙。巨龙和它的天使极力抵抗, 8 那巨龙败下阵来,天上再没有它们的立足之地, 9 它和它的天使都一同从天上被摔到地上。巨龙就是那古蛇,又名魔鬼或撒旦,也就是那迷惑全人类的。 10 我听见天上有大响声说:“我们上帝的救赎、权能、国度和祂所立的基督的权柄现在来临了。因为那昼夜不停地在我们上帝面前控告我们弟兄的,已经被摔到地上了。 11 弟兄们是靠着羔羊的血和自己所见证的道战胜了它,他们甘愿牺牲,视死如归。 12 因此,诸天和其中的居民都要欢欣雀跃!但大地和海洋有祸了,因为魔鬼知道它的时日不多了,就怒气冲冲地下到你们那里。” 13 巨龙见自己被摔到地上,就迫害那先前产下男婴的妇人。 14 但那妇人得到一对巨鹰的翅膀,使她能飞到旷野,去上帝为她预备的地方避难,在那里被照顾三年半。 15 巨龙紧追不舍,张口吐出大量的水,如同江河一般,要冲走那妇人, 16 大地却帮助她,张口吞了巨龙口中吐出来的大水。 17 巨龙大怒,转而攻击她的其他儿女,就是那些坚守上帝的诫命、为耶稣做见证的人。 18 那时巨龙站在海边的沙地上。