1 N ow a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.

وَظَهَرَتْ عَلامَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ فِي السَّماءِ: امْرأةٌ تَلبِسُ الشَّمسَ، وَالقَمَرُ تَحتَ قَدَمَيها، وَفَوقَ رَأسِها تاجٌ باثْنَتَي عَشرَةَ نَجمَةً.

2 T hen being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.

كانَتْ حُبلَى، وَصَرَخَتْ بَسَبَبِ آلامِ المَخاضِ، لِأنَّها كانَتْ عَلَى وَشْكِ الوِلادَةِ.

3 A nd another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.

ثُمَّ ظَهَرَتْ عَلامَةٌ أُخْرَى فِي السَّماءِ: تِنِّينٌ ضَخمٌ أحمَرُ كَالنّارِ، لَهُ سَبعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وَعَشْرَةُ قُرُونٍ، وَعَلَى رُؤُوسِهِ سَبعَةُ تِيجانٍ.

4 H is tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.

سَحَبَ ذَيلُهُ ثُلْثَ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ، وَرَمَى بِها إلَى الأرْضِ! وَقَفَ التِّنِّيْنُ أمامَ المَرأةِ الَّتِي كانَتْ عَلَى وَشَكِ الوِلادَةِ، عَلَّهُ يَتَمَكَّنُ مِنَ التِهامِ الوَلِيدِ حالَ وِلادَتِهِ.

5 S he bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.

ثُمَّ وَلَدَتِ المَرأةُ ابناً، صَبِيّاً كانَ يَنبَغِي أنْ يَحكُمَ كُلَّ الأُمَمِ بِعَصاً مِنْ حَدِيدِ. لَكِنَّ طِفلَها اختُطِفَ إلَى حَيثُ اللهُ وَعَرشُهُ،

6 T hen the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. Satan Thrown Out of Heaven

وَهَرَبَتِ المَرأةُ إلَى مَكانٍ أعَدَّهُ اللهُ لَها فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، حَيثُ سَيُعتَنَى بِها لِمُدَّةِ ألفٍ وَمِئَتَينِ وَسِتِّينَ يَوماً.

7 A nd war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,

ثُمَّ اندَلَعَتْ حَربٌ فِي السَّماءِ. وَحارَبَ مِيخائِيلُ وَمَلائِكَتُهُ التّنِّينَ، وَحارَبَهُمُ التِّنِّيْنُ وَمَلائِكَتُهُ.

8 b ut they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.

لَكِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَدَى التِّنِّيْنِ وَمَلائِكَتِهِ قُوَّةٌ كافِيَةٌ، فَخَسِرُوا مَكانَهُمْ فِي السَّماءِ.

9 S o the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

وَأُلقِيَ التِّنِّينُ الضَّخمُ إلَى الأسفَلِ، وَهُوَ تِلكَ الحَيَّةُ القَدِيمَةُ الَّتِي تُدعَى إبلِيسَ أوِ الشَّيطانَ، وَالَّتِي تُضَلِّلُ كُلَّ ساكِنِي الأرْضِ. سَقَطَ هُوَ وَمَلائِكَتُهُ مَعَهُ.

10 T hen I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُ صَوتاً عالِياً فِي السَّماءِ يَقُولُ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ لَحظَةُ انتِصارِ إلَهِنا وَقُوَّتِهِ وَمُلكِهِ، وَها مَسِيحُهُ قَدْ أظهَرَ سَلطانَهُ! لِأنَّ الَّذِي اتَّهَمَ إخْوَتَنا قَدْ سَقَطَ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَّهِمُهُمْ أمامَ إلَهِنا لَيلَ نَهارَ.

11 A nd they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

لَكِنَّهُمْ هَزَمُوهُ بِدَمِ الحَمَلِ، وَبِالشَّهادَةِ الَّتِي قَدَّمُوها، إذِ لَمْ يَهتَمُّوا بِحَياتِهِمْ حَتَّى إلَى المَوتِ.

12 T herefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” The Woman Persecuted

لِذا افرَحِي أيَّتُها السَّماواتُ، وَأنتُمُ الَّذِينَ تَعِيشُونَ فِيها. لَكِنْ يا لِهَولِ ما سَيَحْدُثُ لِلأرْضِ وَلِلبَحرِ، لِأنَّ الشَّيطانَ قَدْ نَزَلَ إلَيكُمْ! إنَّهُ مَملُوءٌ بِالغَضَبِ، فَهوَ يَعلَمُ أنَّهُ لَمْ يَبقَ لَهُ إلّا وَقتٌ قَلِيلٌ.»

13 N ow when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.

وَعِندَما رَأى التِّنِّيْنُ أنَّهُ طُرِحَ إلَى الأرْضِ، بَدَأ باضطِهادِ المَرأةِ الَّتِي وَلَدَتِ الطِّفلَ الذَّكَرَ.

14 B ut the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

لَكِنَّ المَرأةَ كانَتْ قَدْ مُنِحَتْ جَناحَيْ نَسرٍ عَظِيمٍ، حَتَّى تُحَلِّقَ بَعِيداً إلَى البَرّيَّةِ، إلَى المَكانِ المُعَدِّ لَها، حَيثُ سَتُعالُ لِمُدَّةِ ثَلاثِ سَنَواتٍ وَنِصفٍ بَعِيداً عَنِ الحَيَّةِ.

15 S o the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

عِندَها سَكَبَتِ الحَيَّةُ عَلَى المَرأةِ ماءً مِنْ فَمِها كَالنَّهرِ، لِكَي يَجرِفَها النَّهرُ.

16 B ut the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

لَكِنَّ الأرْضَ ساعَدَتِ المَرأةَ، فَفَتَحَتْ فَمَها وَابتَلَعَتِ النَّهرَ الَّذِي سَكَبَهُ التِّنِّيْنُ مِنْ فَمِهِ.

17 A nd the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

فاشتَعَلَ غَضَبُ التِّنِّينِ عَلَى المَرأةِ، وَذَهَبَ لِيُحارِبَ بَقِيَّةَ نَسلِها الَّذِينَ يَحفَظونَ وَصايا اللهِ، وَيَشهَدُونَ عَنْ يَسُوعَ.