القراءة بلغتين

ثُمَّ ظَهَرَت آيَةٌ عَظيمَةٌ في السَّماء: إِمرَأَةٌ مُلتَحِفَةٌ بِالشَّمْس، والقَمَرُ تَحتَ قَدَمَيها، وعلى رَأسِها إِكْليلٌ مِنِ ٱثنَي عَشَرَ كَوكَبًا

حامِلٌ تَصرُخُ مِن أَلَمِ المَخاض

وظَهَرَت في السَّماءِ آيَةٌ أُخْرى: تِنِّينٌ كَبيرٌ أَشقَر لَه سَبعَةُ رُؤُوسٍ وعَشرَةُ قُرون، وعلى رُؤُوسِه سَبعَةُ تيجان

وذَنَبُه يَجُرُّ ثُلثَ كَواكِبِ السَّماء، فأَلْقاها إِلى الأَرض. ووَقَفَ أَمامَ المَرأَةِ الَّتي توشِكُ أَن تَلِد، حَتَّى إِذا وَضَعَت وَلَدَها ٱبتَلَعَه

فوَضَعَتِ ٱبنًا ذَكَرًا، وهو الَّذي سَوفَ يَرْعى جَميعَ الأُمَمِ بِعَصًا مِن حَديد. وخُطِفَ وَلَدُها إِلى حَضرَةِ اللهِ إِلى عَرشِه

وهَرَبَتِ المَرأَةُ إِلى البَرِّيَّة، حَيثُ أَعَدَّ اللهُ لَها مَكانًا لِتُقاتَ هُناكَ أَلفَ يَومٍ ومائَتَي يَومٍ وسِتِّين

ونَشِبَت حَربٌ في السَّماء، فإِنَّ ميخائيلَ ومَلائِكَتَه حارَبوا التِّنِّين، وحارَبَ التِّنِّينُ ومَلائِكَتُه

فلَم يَقوَ علَيهم، ولا بَقِيَ لَهم مَكانٌ في السَّماء

فأُلقِيَ التِّنِّينُ الكَبير، الحَيَّةُ القَديمة، ذاكَ الَّذي يقالُ لَه إِبْليسُ والشَّيطان، مُضَلِّلُ المَعْمورِ كُلِّه، أُلقِيَ إِلى الأَرضِ وأُلقِيَ معَه مَلائِكَتُه

ثُمَّ سَمِعتُ صَوتًا جَهيرًا في السَّماءِ يَقول: «الآنَ حَصَلَ خَلاصُ إِلٰهِنا وقُدرَتُه ومُلكُه وسُلْطانُ مَسيحِه، فقَد أُلقِيَ مُتَّهِمُ إِخوَتِنا، الَّذي يَتَّهِمُهم نَهارًا ولَيلًا عِندَ إِلٰهِنا

إِنَّهم قد غَلَبوه بِدَمِ الحَمَلِ وبِكَلِمَةِ شَهادَتِهم، ولَم يُفَضِّلوا حَياتَهم على المَوت

فلِذٰلِكَ ٱفرَحي أَيَّتُها السَّمَوات، وٱفرَحوا يا سُكَّانَها. الوَيلُ لَكما أَيُّها البَرُّ والبَحْر! إِنَّ إِبْليسَ قد هَبَطَ علَيكما، يَستَشيطُ غَيظًا وقد عَلِمَ أَنَّ لَه وَقتًا قَليلًا»

ورَأَى التِّنِّينُ أَنَّه قد أُلقِيَ إِلى الأَرض، فطارَدَ المَرأَةَ الَّتي وَضَعَتِ الوَلَدَ الذَّكَر

فأُعطِيَتِ المَرأَةُ جَناحَيِ العُقابِ الكَبيرِ لِتَطيرَ بِهما إِلى البَرِّيَّة، إِلى مَكانِها، فتُقاتُ هُناكَ وَقتًا ووَقتَينِ ونِصفَ وَقت، في مَأمَنٍ مِنَ الحَيَّة

فأَفرَغَتِ الحَيَّةُ مِن فَمِها خَلفَ المَرأَةِ مِثلَ نَهرٍ مِنَ الماءِ لِيَجرُفَها النَّهر

فأَغاثَتِ الأَرضُ المَرأَة، ففَتَحَتِ الأَرضُ فاها وٱبتَلَعَتِ النَّهرَ الَّذي أَفرَغَه التِّنِّينُ مِن فَمِه

فغَضِبَ التِّنِّينُ على المَرأَة، ومضى يُحارِبُ سائِرَ نَسلِها الَّذينَ يَحفَظونَ وَصايا الله وعِندَهم شَهادَةُ يَسوعَ المسيح

فوَقَفَ على رَملِ البَحْر

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

She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.

Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.

The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.

There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.

They didn’t prevail. No place was found for them any more in heaven.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”

When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.

The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.