1 U na gran señal apareció en el cielo: una mujer vestida del sol, con la luna debajo de sus pies, y una corona de doce estrellas sobre su cabeza.

And a great sign (wonder)— appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and with a crownlike garland (tiara) of twelve stars on her head.

2 E staba encinta, y gritaba por los dolores del parto y el sufrimiento de dar a luz.

She was pregnant and she cried out in her birth pangs, in the anguish of her delivery.

3 E ntonces apareció otra señal en el cielo: Un gran dragón rojo que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos, y sobre sus cabezas había siete diademas (coronas).

Then another ominous sign (wonder) was seen in heaven: Behold, a huge, fiery-red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven kingly crowns (diadems) upon his heads.

4 S u cola arrastró la tercera parte de las estrellas del cielo y las arrojó sobre la tierra. Y el dragón se paró delante de la mujer que estaba para dar a luz, a fin de devorar a su hijo cuando ella diera a luz.

His tail swept and dragged down a third of the stars and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stationed himself in front of the woman who was about to be delivered, so that he might devour her child as soon as she brought it forth.

5 Y ella dio a luz un Hijo varón, que ha de regir (pastorear) a todas las naciones con vara de hierro. Su Hijo fue arrebatado hasta Dios y hasta Su trono.

And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule) all the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God and to His throne.

6 L a mujer huyó al desierto, donde tenía un lugar preparado por Dios, para ser sustentada allí por 1, 260 días.

And the woman fled into the desert (wilderness), where she has a retreat prepared by God, in which she is to be fed and kept safe for 1, 260 days (42 months; three and one-half years).

7 E ntonces hubo guerra en el cielo: Miguel y sus ángeles combatieron contra el dragón. Y el dragón y sus ángeles lucharon,

Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels went forth to battle with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought.

8 p ero no pudieron vencer, ni se halló ya lugar para ellos en el cielo.

But they were defeated, and there was no room found for them in heaven any longer.

9 Y fue arrojado el gran dragón, la serpiente antigua que se llama Diablo y Satanás, el cual engaña al mundo entero. Fue arrojado a la tierra y sus ángeles fueron arrojados con él.

And the huge dragon was cast down and out—that age-old serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, he who is the seducer (deceiver) of all humanity the world over; he was forced out and down to the earth, and his angels were flung out along with him.

10 E ntonces oí una gran voz en el cielo, que decía: “Ahora ha venido la salvación, el poder y el reino de nuestro Dios y la autoridad de Su Cristo (el Mesías), porque el acusador de nuestros hermanos, el que los acusa delante de nuestro Dios día y noche, ha sido arrojado.

Then I heard a strong (loud) voice in heaven, saying, Now it has come—the salvation and the power and the kingdom (the dominion, the reign) of our God, and the power (the sovereignty, the authority) of His Christ (the Messiah); for the accuser of our brethren, he who keeps bringing before our God charges against them day and night, has been cast out!

11 E llos lo vencieron por medio de la sangre del Cordero y por la palabra del testimonio de ellos, y no amaron sus vidas, llegando hasta sufrir la muerte.

And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death.

12 P or lo cual regocíjense, cielos y los que moran en ellos. ¡Ay de la tierra y del mar!, porque el diablo ha descendido a ustedes con gran furor, sabiendo que tiene poco tiempo.”

Therefore be glad (exult), O heavens and you that dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in fierce anger (fury), because he knows that he has a short time!

13 C uando el dragón vio que había sido arrojado a la tierra, persiguió a la mujer que había dado a luz al Hijo varón.

And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male Child.

14 Y se le dieron a la mujer las dos alas de la gran águila a fin de que volara de la presencia de la serpiente al desierto, a su lugar, donde fue sustentada por un tiempo, tiempos y medio tiempo.

But the woman was supplied with the two wings of a giant eagle, so that she might fly from the presence of the serpent into the desert (wilderness), to the retreat where she is to be kept safe and fed for a time, and times, and half a time (three and one-half years, or 1, 260 days).

15 L a serpiente arrojó de su boca, tras la mujer, agua como un río, para que ella fuera arrastrada por la corriente.

Then out of his mouth the serpent spouted forth water like a flood after the woman, that she might be carried off with the torrent.

16 P ero la tierra ayudó a la mujer, y la tierra abrió su boca y tragó el río que el dragón había arrojado de su boca.

But the earth came to the rescue of the woman, and the ground opened its mouth and swallowed up the stream of water which the dragon had spouted from his mouth.

17 E ntonces el dragón se enfureció contra la mujer, y salió para hacer guerra contra el resto de la descendencia de ella, los que guardan los mandamientos de Dios y tienen el testimonio de Jesús.

So then the dragon was furious (enraged) at the woman, and he went away to wage war on the remainder of her descendants— who obey God’s commandments and who have the testimony of Jesus Christ '> bear witness to Him].