Apocalypse 12

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Un signe grandiose apparut au ciel: une Femme! le soleil l'enveloppe, la lune est sous ses piedset douze étoiles couronnent sa tête;	1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.
2 elle est enceinte et crie dans les douleurs et le travail de l'enfantement.	2 And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth.
3 Puis un second signe apparut au ciel: un énorme Dragon rouge-feu, à sept têtes et dix cornes,chaque tête surmontée d'un diadème.	3 And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
4 Sa queue balaie le tiers des étoiles du ciel et les précipite sur la terre. En arrêt devant la Femmeen travail, le Dragon s'apprête à dévorer son enfant aussitôt né.	4 And his tail drew down a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, who was about to give birth, so that, when she had brought forth, he might devour her son.
5 Or la Femme mit au monde un enfant mâle, celui qui doit mener toutes les nations avec unsceptre de fer;	5 And she brought forth a male child, who was soon to rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.
6 et son enfant fut enlevé jusqu'auprès de Dieu et de son trône, tandis que la Femme s'enfuyaitau désert, où Dieu lui a ménagé un refuge pour qu'elle y soit nourrie 1.260 jours.	6 And the woman fled into solitude, where a place was being held ready by God, so that they might pasture her in that place for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
7 Alors, il y eut une bataille dans le ciel: Michel et ses Anges combattirent le Dragon. Et leDragon riposta, avec ses Anges,	7 And there was a great battle in heaven. Michael and his Angels were battling with the dragon, and the dragon was fighting, and so were his angels.
8 mais ils eurent le dessous et furent chassés du ciel.	8 But they did not prevail, and a place for them was no longer found in heaven.
9 On le jeta donc, l'énorme Dragon, l'antique Serpent, le Diable ou le Satan, comme on l'appelle,le séducteur du monde entier, on le jeta sur la terre et ses Anges furent jetés avec lui.	9 And he was thrown out, that great dragon, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduces the whole world. And he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
10 Et j'entendis une voix clamer dans le ciel: "Désormais, la victoire, la puissance et la royautésont acquises à notre Dieu, et la domination à son Christ, puisqu'on a jeté bas l'accusateur de nos frères, celui quiles accusait jour et nuit devant notre Dieu.	10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying: “Now have arrived salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night.
11 Mais eux l'ont vaincu par le sang de l'Agneau et par la parole dont ils ont témoigné, car ils ontméprisé leur vie jusqu'à mourir.	11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of his testimony. And they loved not their own lives, even unto death.
12 Soyez donc dans la joie, vous, les cieux et leurs habitants. Malheur à vous, la terre et la mer,car le Diable est descendu chez vous, frémissant de colère et sachant que ses jours sont comptés."	12 Because of this, rejoice, O heavens, and all who dwell within it. Woe to the earth and to the sea! For the devil has descended to you, holding great anger, knowing that he has little time.”
13 Se voyant rejeté sur la terre, le Dragon se lança à la poursuite de la Femme, la mère del'enfant mâle.	13 And after the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who brought forth the male child.
14 Mais elle reçut les deux ailes du grand aigle pour voler au désert jusqu'au refuge où, loin duSerpent, elle doit être nourrie un temps et des temps et la moitié d'un temps.	14 And the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly away, into the desert, to her place, where she is being nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 Le Serpent vomit alors de sa gueule comme un fleuve d'eau derrière la Femme pourl'entraîner dans ses flots.	15 And the serpent sent out from his mouth, after the woman, water like a river, so that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.
16 Mais la terre vint au secours de la Femme: ouvrant la bouche, elle engloutit le fleuve vomipar la gueule du Dragon.	16 But the earth assisted the woman. And the earth opened her mouth and absorbed the river, which the dragon sent out from his mouth.
17 Alors, furieux contre la Femme, le Dragon s'en alla guerroyer contre le reste de ses enfants,ceux qui gardent les commandements de Dieu et possèdent le témoignage de Jésus.	17 And the dragon was angry at the woman. And so he went away to do battle with the remainder of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony of Jesus Christ.
	18 And he stood upon the sand of the sea.