Zjevení Janovo 12
1 I ukázal se div veliký na nebi: žena oděná sluncem, pod jejímiž nohama byl měsíc, a na jejíž hlavě byla koruna dvanácti hvězd.
Then a great portent was seen in the heavens – a woman whose robe was the sun, and who had the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2 A jsuci těhotná, křičela, pracujici ku porodu, a trápěci se, aby porodila.
She was pregnant; and she is crying out in the pain and agony of childbirth.
3 I vidín jest jiný div na nebi. Nebo aj, drak veliký ryšavý ukázal se, maje hlav sedm a rohů deset, a na těch hlavách svých sedm korun.
Another portent also was seen in the heavens There was a great red Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
4 Jehož ocas strhl třetinu hvězd s nebe, a svrhl je na zem. Ten pak drak stál před ženou, kteráž měla poroditi, aby, jakž by porodila, syna jejího sežral.
His tail draws after it a third of the stars in the heavens, and it hurled them down on the earth. The Dragon is standing in front of the woman who is about to give birth to the child, so that he may devour it as soon as it is born.
5 I porodila syna pacholíka, kterýž měl spravovati všecky národy prutem železným. I vytržen jest syn její k Bohu a k trůnu jeho.
The woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was at once caught up to God on his throne.
6 A žena utekla na poušť, kdež měla místo od Boha připravené, aby ji tam živili za dnů tisíc dvě stě a šedesát.
But the woman fled into the wilderness, where there is a place prepared for her by God, to be tended there for twelve hundred and sixty days.
7 I stal se boj na nebi: Michal a andělé jeho bojovali s drakem, a drak bojoval i andělé jeho.
Then a battle took place in the heavens. Michael and his angels fought with the Dragon. But though the Dragon, with his angels, fought,
8 Ale nic neobdrželi, aniž jest nalezeno více místo jejich na nebi.
he did not prevail; and there was no place left for them any longer in the heavens.
9 I svržen jest drak ten veliký, had starý, kterýž slove ďábel a satanáš, svodící všecken okršlek světa; svržen jest na zem, i andělé jeho s ním svrženi jsou.
Then the great Dragon, the primeval snake, known as the “devil” and “Satan,” who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
10 I slyšel jsem hlas veliký, řkoucí na nebi: Nyní stalo se spasení, a moc, i království Boha našeho, a moc Krista jeho; nebo svržen jest žalobník bratří našich, kterýž žaloval na ně před oblíčejem Boha našeho dnem i nocí.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven which said – “Now has begun the day of the salvation, and Power, and Dominion of our God, and the Rule of his Christ; for the Accuser of our people has been hurled down, he who has been accusing them before our God day and night.
11 Ale oni svítězili nad ním skrze krev Beránka, a skrze slovo svědectví svého, a nemilovali duší svých až do smrti.
Their victory was due to the blood of the Lamb, and to the message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from death.
12 Protož veselte se nebesa, a kteříž přebýváte v nich. Běda těm, kteříž přebývají na zemi a na moři; nebo ďábel sstoupil k vám, maje hněv veliký, věda, že krátký čas má.
Therefore, be glad, heaven, and all who live in heaven! Alas for the earth and for the sea, for the devil has gone down to you in great fury, knowing that he has but little time.”
13 A když uzřel drak, že jest svržen na zem, honil ženu tu, kteráž porodila toho pacholíka.
When the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 Ale dána jsou té ženě dvě křídla orlice veliké, aby letěla od tváři hada na poušť, na místo své, kdež by ji živili do času a časů, a do půl času.
But to the woman were given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly to her place in the wilderness, where she is being tended for one year, and for two years, and for half a year in safety from the snake.
15 I vypustil had z úst svých po té ženě vodu jako řeku, aby ji řeka zachvátila.
Then the snake poured water from its mouth after the woman, like a river, so that it might sweep her away.
16 Ale země pomohla ženě; nebo otevřela země ústa svá, a požřela řeku, kterouž vypustil drak z úst svých.
But Earth came to her help, and opened her mouth and drank up the river which the Dragon had poured out of its mouth.
17 I rozhněval se drak na tu ženu, a šel bojovati s jinými z semene jejího, kteříž ostříhají přikázaní Božích, a mají svědectví Ježíše Krista.
The Dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to fight with the rest of her offspring – those who lay to heart the commands of God and bear their testimony to Jesus;
