1 Og et stort tegn ble sett i himmelen: en kvinne kledd i solen, med månen under føttene, og på hodet en krone av tolv stjerner.

And a great sign was seen in heaven: a A woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

2 Hun var med barn; og hun ropte i fødselsveer.

And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.

3 Så ble et annet tegn sett i himmelen; en stor rød drage med sju hoder og ti horn, og på hodene sju kroner.

And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

4 Hans hale trakk med seg en tredjedel av stjernene på himmelen ned til jorden, og dragen stilte seg foran kvinnen som skulle føde, for å sluke barnet når hun hadde født.

And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child.

5 Hun fødte en sønn, en guttebarn, som skal styre alle nasjoner med jernstav. Og barnet ble tatt opp til Gud og hans trone.

And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.

6 Kvinnen flyktet til ørkenen, der hun hadde et sted gjort klart av Gud, for at hun skulle få næring i ett tusen to hundre og seksti dager.

And the woman went in flight to the waste land, where she has a place made ready by God, so that there they may give her food a thousand, two hundred and sixty days.

7 Og det ble krig i himmelen: Mikael og hans engler kjempet mot dragen; og dragen og hans engler kjempet,

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war,

8 Men de ble overvunnet, og det var ikke lenger plass for dem i himmelen.

And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven.

9 Og den store dragen ble kastet ned, den gamle slangen, som blir kalt Djevelen og Satan, han som leder hele verden på avveie; han ble kastet ned til jorden, og hans engler ble kastet ned med ham.

And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

10 Og en stor røst i himmelen sa: Nå er frelsen og makten og vår Guds rike og hans Kristi myndighet kommet, for anklageren av våre brødre, som anklager dem hver dag og natt for vår Gud, er kastet ned.

And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.

11 Og de har overvunnet ham ved Lammets blod og ved sitt vitnesbyrds ord; de hadde ikke sine liv så kjært at de ikke var villige til å dø.

And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

12 Gled dere derfor, himler, og dere som bor i dem! Men ve jorden og havet! For djevelen er kommet ned til dere, i stort sinne, fordi han vet at han har liten tid.

Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.

13 Og da dragen så at han var kastet ned til jorden, forfulgte han kvinnen som hadde født guttebarnet.

And when the dragon saw that he was forced down to the earth, he made cruel attacks on the woman who gave birth to the male child.

14 Til kvinnen ble det gitt de to vingene av en stor ørn, så hun kunne flykte til ørkenen, til sitt sted, der hun blir forsørget i en tid, tider og en halv tid, borte fra slangens ansikt.

And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.

15 Og slangen spydde en elv av vann etter kvinnen for å feie henne bort med strømmen.

And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.

16 Men jorden kom kvinnen til hjelp; jorden åpnet munnen og svelget elven som dragen spydde ut av munnen.

And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

17 Og dragen ble harm på kvinnen og gikk for å føre krig mot resten av hennes ætt, de som holder Guds bud og Jesu vitnesbyrd.

And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus: