Apocalypsis 12
1 Et signum magnum apparuit in caelo: Mulier amicta sole, et luna sub pedibus eius, et in capite eius corona stellarum duodecim:
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
2 et in utero habens, clamabat parturiens, et cruciabatur ut pariat.
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
3 Et visum est aliud signum in caelo: et ecce draco magnus rufus habens capita septem, et cornua decem: et in capitibus eius diademata septem,
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
4 et cauda eius trahebat tertiam partem stellarum caeli, et misit eas in terram, et draco stetit ante mulierem, quae erat paritura: ut cum peperisset, filium eius devoraret.
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
5 Et peperit filium masculum, qui recturus erat omnes Gentes in virga ferrea: et raptus est filius eius ad Deum, et ad thronum eius,
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
6 et mulier fugit in solitudinem ubi habebat locum paratum a Deo, ut ibi pascant eam diebus mille ducentis sexaginta.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
7 Et factum est proelium magnum in caelo: Michael et angeli eius proeliabantur cum dracone, et draco pugnabat, et angeli eius:
Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
8 et non valuerunt, neque locus inventus est eorum amplius in caelo.
But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
9 Et proiectus est draco ille magnus, serpens antiquus, qui vocatur diabolus, et satanas, qui seducit universum orbem: et proiectus est in terram, et angeli eius cum illo missi sunt.
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
10 Et audivi vocem magnam in caelo dicentem: Nunc facta est salus, et virtus, et regnum Dei nostri, et potestas Christi eius: quia proiectus est accusator fratrum nostrorum, qui accusabat illos ante conspectum Dei nostri die ac nocte.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.
11 Et ipsi vicerunt eum propter sanguinem Agni, et propter verbum testimonii sui, et non dilexerunt animas suas usque ad mortem.
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
12 propterea laetamini caeli, et qui habitatis in eis. Vae terrae, et mari, quia descendit diabolus ad vos, habens iram magnam, sciens quod modicum tempus habet.
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
13 Et postquam vidit draco quod proiectus esset in terram, persecutus est mulierem, quae peperit masculum:
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 et datae sunt mulieri alae duae aquilae magnae ut volaret in desertum in locum suum, ubi alitur per tempus et tempora, et dimidium temporis a facie serpentis.
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
15 Et misit serpens ex ore suo post mulierem, aquam tamquam flumen, ut eam faceret trahi a flumine.
Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
16 Et adiuvit terra mulierem, et aperuit terra os suum, et absorbuit flumen, quod misit draco de ore suo.
But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
17 Et iratus est draco in mulierem: et abiit facere proelium cum reliquis de semine eius, qui custodiunt mandata Dei, et habent testimonium Iesu Christi.
And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
