¹生子的女人和大龙

¹And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars,

²她怀了孕，在生产的痛苦中疼痛呼叫。

²and being with child she doth cry out, travailing and pained to bring forth.

³天上又出现了另一个景象。看哪！有一条大红龙，有七头十角，七头上戴着七个皇冠。

³And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems,

⁴它的尾巴拖着天上三分之一的星辰，把它们摔在地上。龙站在那快要生产的妇人面前，等她生产了，就要吞吃她的孩子。

⁴and his tail doth draw the third of the stars of the heaven, and he did cast them to the earth; and the dragon did stand before the woman who is about to bring forth, that when she may bring forth, her child he may devour;

⁵她生了一个男孩子，就是将来要用铁杖治理列国的。她的孩子被提取到　神和他宝座那里去。

⁵and she brought forth a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and caught away was her child unto God and His throne,

⁶妇人就逃到旷野去了，那里有　神为她预备的地方。她在那里得供养一千二百六十天。

⁶and the woman did flee to the wilderness, where she hath a place made ready from God, that there they may nourish her — days a thousand, two hundred, sixty.

⁷天上发生了战争：米迦勒和他的天使与龙作战。龙和它的天使也起来应战，

⁷And there came war in the heaven; Michael and his messengers did war against the dragon, and the dragon did war, and his messengers,

⁸龙却抵挡不住，天上再也没有它们的地方了。

⁸and they did not prevail, nor was their place found any more in the heaven;

⁹于是那大龙被摔了下来。它就是那古蛇，名叫魔鬼，又叫撒但，是迷惑普天下的人的。它被摔在地上，它的天使也跟它一同被摔了下来。

⁹and the great dragon was cast forth — the old serpent, who is called `Devil,` and `the Adversary,` who is leading astray the whole world — he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

¹⁰我又听见天上有大声音说：“我们　神的救恩、能力、国度和他所立的基督的权柄，现在都已经来到了！因为那昼夜在我们　神面前控告我们弟兄的控告者，已经被摔下来了！

¹⁰And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

¹¹弟兄胜过它，是因着羊羔的血，也因着自己所见证的道，他们虽然至死，也不爱惜自己的性命。

¹¹and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life — unto death;

¹²所以，众天和住在其中的，你们都欢乐吧！可是地和海有祸了！因为魔鬼知道自己的时日无多，就大大发怒下到你们那里去了。”

¹²because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; wo to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.`

¹³龙见自己被摔在地上，就迫害那生了男孩子的妇人。

¹³And when the dragon saw that he was cast forth to the earth, he pursued the woman who did bring forth the male,

¹⁴于是有大鹰的两个翅膀赐给了那妇人，使她可以飞到旷野，到自己的地方，在那里得供养一年两年半年，离开那蛇的面。

¹⁴and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent;

¹⁵蛇在妇人后面，从口中吐出水来，好像江河一样，要把妇人冲去。

¹⁵and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,

¹⁶地却帮助了那妇人，张开口，把从龙口中吐出来的河水吞了。

¹⁶and the land did help the woman, and the land did open its mouth and did swallow up the river, that the dragon did cast forth out of his mouth;

¹⁷龙就向妇人发怒，去和她其余的子孙作战，就是和那遵守　神命令坚持耶稣见证的人作战。 [ (Revelation 12:18) 那时，龙站在海边的沙上。 ]

¹⁷and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.