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,

¹¶ Na ka kitea he tohu nui i te rangi; he wahine, ko te ra tona kakahu, ko te marama kei raro i ona waewae, i runga ano i tona matenga ko nga whetu kotahi tekau ma rua hei karaunga:

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

²Kua hapu hoki ia, na karanga ana, oke ana, he mamae whanautanga.

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,

³A ka kitea tetahi atu tohu i te rangi, na, he tarakona nui, he mea whero, e whitu ona mahunga, tekau ona haona, e whitu ano nga karauna i runga i ona mahunga.

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;

⁴A e kumea ana e tona hiku te wahi tuatoru o nga whetu o te rangi, maka ana e ia ki te whenua: a ka tu te tarakona i te aroaro o te wahine i mea nei ki te whanau, hei kai i tana tamaiti ina whanau.

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,

⁵Na ka whanau te tamaiti a te wahine ra, he tane, ko ia hei whakahaere tikanga mo nga iwi katoa ki te tokotoko rino: na kua kahakina atu tana tamaiti ki te Atua, ki tona torona hoki.

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.

⁶A ka oma te wahine ra ki te koraha, kua rite noa ake hoki i te Atua he kainga mona ki reira, ki reira whangainga ai ia, kia taka ra ano nga ra kotahi mano e rua rau e ona tekau.

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

⁷Na he whawhai tera kei te rangi: ko Mikaera ratou ko ana anahera e whawhai ana ki te tarakona; whawhai ana hoki te tarakona ratou ko ana anahera;

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

⁸A kihai ratou i toa; kihai ano hoki to ratou wahi i kitea i te rangi i muri iho.

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.

⁹Na ka maka te tarakona nui, te nakahi onamata, e huaina nei ko te Rewera, ko Hatana hoki, e whakapohehe nei i te ao katoa: ka maka ia ki te whenua, a i maka tahitia ana anahera me ia.

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;

¹⁰A ka rongo ahau i te reo nui i te rangi e ki ana, Tenei kua tae mai te whakaoranga, te kaha, me te rangatiratanga o to tatou Atua, me te mana hoki o tana Karaiti: no te mea kua whakataka te kaiwhakapae ki o tatou teina, e whakapae nei ki a ratou i te ao, i te po, i te aroaro o to tatou Atua.

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;

¹¹Hinga ana ia i a ratou, he meatanga na nga toto o te Reme, na te kupu hoki o ta ratou whakaatu: kihai ratou i aroha ki te ora mo ratou, a mate noa.

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.`

¹²¶ Kia hari koutou ki tenei, e nga rangi, e te hunga hoki e noho ana i reira. Aue te mate mo te whenua, mo te moana hoki! Kua heke atu hoki ki a koutou te rewera, nui atu hoki tona riri, no te mea kua matau ia he poto tona taima.

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

¹³A, no ka kite te tarakona kua maka ia ki te whenua, ka whakatoia e ia te wahine nana te tamaiti tane i whanau nei.

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;

¹⁴Na e rua nga pakau o te ekara nui kua hoatu ki te wahine, kia rere ai ia ki te koraha, ki tona kainga, ki reira whangainga ai a taka noa he taima, etahi taima, me te hawhe taima, kei kitea mai e te nakahi.

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,

¹⁵Na ka whakaruakina mai e te nakahi i tona mangai i muri i te wahine ra he wai, ano he awa, kia kahakina atu ai ia e te awa.

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;

¹⁶A ka awhinatia mai te wahine e te whenua, ka hamama te mangai o te whenua, inumia ake te awa i whakaruakina nei e te tarakona i roto i tona mangai.

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.

¹⁷A riri ana te tarakona ki te wahine; haere ana ia ki te whawhai ki era atu o tana whanau, ki te hunga e pupuri ana i nga ture a te Atua, kei a ratou nei te whakaatu o Ihu Karaiti.