< Revelation 12 >

1 Then something very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a woman, whose [appearance and] clothing were [MET] as bright as the sun. The moon was under her feet. On her head was a crown [that was made] of twelve stars.
И знак велики показа се на небу: жена обучена у сунце, и месец под ногама њеним, и на глави њеној венац од дванаест звезда.
2 She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
И беше трудна, и викаше од муке, и мучаше се да роди.
3 Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown.
И показа се други знак на небу, и гле, велика црвена аждаха, која имаше седам глава, и десет рогова; и на главама њеним седам круна;
4 The dragon’s tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth, in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born.
И реп њен одвуче трећину звезда небеских, и баци их на земљу. И аждаха стајаше пред женом која хтеде да се породи, да јој прождере дете кад роди.
5 The woman gave birth to a son, who [is destined] to rule all the nations with [complete authority as if he was using] [MET] an iron rod [MET]. [God] snatched away her child and took him to [rule from] his throne.
И роди мушко, сина, који ће пасти све народе с палицом гвозденом; и дете њено би узето к Богу и престолу његовом.
6 The woman fled to a desert. She has a place there that God has prepared for her, in order that [the angels] may take care of her for 1,260 days.
А жена побеже у пустињу где имаше место приправљено од Бога, да се онамо храни хиљаду и двеста и шездесет дана.
7 [In the vision I saw that] there was a battle in heaven. Michael and the angels that he [commanded] fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back [against Michael and his angels].
И поста рат на небу. Михаило и анђели Његови ударише на аждаху, и би се аждаха и анђели њени.
8 But the dragon did not win the battle, so [God] did not allow the dragon and his angels to stay in heaven any longer.
И не надвладаше, и више им се не нађе места на небу.
9 The huge dragon was thrown {[Michael and his angels] threw the huge dragon} out [of heaven]. The dragon is the ancient serpent, [the one] who is called the Devil and Satan. He is the one who deceives [people all over] the earth. He was thrown down to the earth, along with all his angels.
И збачена би аждаха велика, стара змија, која се зове ђаво и сотона, која вара сав васиони свет, и збачена би на земљу, и анђели њени збачени бише с њом.
10 Then I heard [someone] in heaven shout loudly, saying, Now our God has saved his people by his power, and he rules everyone! Now the Messiah, the one who is the supreme ruler whom God appointed, has authority to rule all people, because our God has thrown out of heaven the one who accuses our fellow believers! The dragon is the one who accuses them day and night before our God, saying that they have sinned and that God ought to punish them.
И чух глас велики на небу који говори: Сад поста спасење и сила и царство Бога нашег, и област Христа Његовог; јер се збаци опадач браће наше, који их опадаше пред Богом нашим дан и ноћ.
11 Our fellow believers overcame the dragon because they never stopped trusting (OR, never stopped telling people about) Jesus, and because they trusted in what Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, accomplished when his blood flowed when he died. Even though those believers wanted to live, they were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him.
И они га победише крвљу Јагњетовом и речју сведочанства свог, и не марише за живот свој до саме смрти.
12 So, all you angels living [MTY] in heaven, rejoice! But terrible things will happen to you ungodly people who [MTY] live on the earth and on the ocean, because the devil has come down to you! He is very angry because he knows that he has only a short time during which he can harm people.
Зато веселите се небеса и ви који живите на њима. Тешко вама који живите на земљи и мору, јер ђаво сиђе к вама, и врло се расрдио, знајући да времена мало има.
13 When the dragon realized that he had been thrown {that [the angels] had thrown him} down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to a son.
И кад виде аждаха да збачена би на земљу, гоњаше жену која роди мушко.
14 But the woman was given two wings like the wings of a very large eagle, in order that she might fly to a desolate place. That is a place [that God] has prepared for her. There she was taken care of {[God’s angels] took care of her} for three and a half years. The serpent, [that is, the dragon], was not able to reach her there.
И жени дана бише два крила орла великог да лети у пустињу на своје место, где ће се хранити време и времена и по времена, сакривена од лица змијиног.
15 The serpent spewed water like a river from his mouth in the direction of the woman, in order that the water might sweep her away.
И испусти змија за женом из уста својих воду као реку, да је утопи у реци.
16 But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
И поможе земља жени, и отвори земља уста своја, и прождре реку коју испусти змија из уста својих.
17 Then the dragon was very angry with the woman, so he went away to fight against [the people who are like] the rest of her descendants. They are the people who obey God’s commandments and who tell other people about Jesus (OR, hold fast to what Jesus taught them).
И разгневи се змија на жену, и отиде да се побије са осталим семеном њеним, које држи заповести Божије и има сведочанство Исуса Христа.

< Revelation 12 >