Apocalisse 12

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Poi apparve nel cielo un gran prodigio: una donna vestita di sole, che aveva la luna sotto i piedi e sul capo una corona di dodici stelle.	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 Essendo incinta gridava per le doglie e per gli sforzi di partorire.	2 And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth.
3 E un altro prodigio apparve in cielo: ecco venir un gran dragone rosso, con sette teste, dieci corna e sette diademi sulle teste.	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 Con la coda si traeva dietro la terza parte delle stelle del cielo e le fe' precipitare sulla terra. Il dragone si pose davanti alla donna che stava per partorire, per divorare il figliolo, appena l'avesse dato alla luce.	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 E la donna partorì un figliolo maschio destinato a governare tutte le nazioni con scettro di ferro, e il suo figliolo fu portato a Dio e al trono di lui.	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 E la donna se ne fuggì nella solitudine, ove aveva un luogo preparato da Dio, per esservi nutrita per mille duecento sessanta giorni.	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 E in cielo vi fu una gran battaglia: Michele e i suoi Angeli combattevano contro il dragone, e combattevano pure il dragone e gli angeli suoi;	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 ma non la vinsero e nel cielo non ci fu più posto per loro.	8 But they did not prevail, and a place for them was no longer found in heaven.
9 E quel gran dragone, l'antico serpente, che si chiama diavolo e Satana, il seduttore del mondo intero, fu precipitato sulla terra con tutti gli angioli suoi.	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 E udii una gran voce che in cielo diceva: Or la salvezza, la potenza, il regno appartengono al nostro Dio e il potere al suo Cristo; perchè l'accusatore dei nostri fratelli, colui che giorno e notte li accusava davanti al nostro Dio, è precipitato;	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 essi l'han vinto in virtù del sangue dell'Agnello e colla parola della testimonianza, che han data disprezzando la vita in faccia alla morte.	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 Rallegratevi adunque, o cieli e voi che li abitate. Guai alla terra e al mare, perchè il diavolo scende a voi con ira grande, sapendo di aver poco tempo.	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 Or come il dragone si vide precipitato sulla terra, si mise a perseguitare la donna che aveva partorito il maschio;	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 ma furon date alla donna due ali di aquila grande, perchè volasse nel deserto, nel suo ritiro, per esservi nutrita un tempo, due tempi e metà d'un tempo, lungi dal serpente.	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 E allora il serpente gettò fuori dalla bocca quasi un fiume di acqua dietro alla donna, per farla portar via dalla fiumana.	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 Ma la terra diè soccorso alla donna e, spalancate le sue fauci, assorbì la fiumana che il dragone aveva gettata dalla sua bocca.	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 E il dragone, furibondo contro la donna, andò a far guerra a quelli che restano delia progenie di lei, a quelli che osservano i comandamenti di Dio e ritengono la testimonianza di Gesù Cristo;	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 e si fermò sulla rena del mare.	18 And he stood upon the sand of the sea.