Apocalipse 12

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Apareceu em seguida um grande sinal no céu: uma Mulher revestida do sol, a lua debaixo dos seus pés e na cabeça uma coroa de doze estrelas.	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 Estava grávida e gritava de dores, sentindo as angústias de dar à luz.	2 And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth.
3 Depois apareceu outro sinal no céu: um grande Dragão vermelho, com sete cabeças e dez chifres, e nas cabeças sete coroas.	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 Varria com sua cauda uma terça parte das estrelas do céu, e as atirou à terra. Esse Dragão deteve-se diante da Mulher que estava para dar à luz, a fim de que, quando ela desse à luz, lhe devorasse o filho.	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 Ela deu à luz um Filho, um menino, aquele que deve reger todas as nações pagãs com cetro de ferro. Mas seu Filho foi arrebatado para junto de Deus e do seu trono.	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 A Mulher fugiu então para o deserto, onde Deus lhe tinha preparado um retiro para aí ser sustentada por mil duzentos e sessenta dias.	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 Houve uma batalha no céu. Miguel e seus anjos tiveram de combater o Dragão. O Dragão e seus anjos travaram combate,	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 mas não prevaleceram. E já não houve lugar no céu para eles.	8 But they did not prevail, and a place for them was no longer found in heaven.
9 Foi então precipitado o grande Dragão, a primitiva Serpente, chamado Demônio e Satanás, o sedutor do mundo inteiro. Foi precipitado na terra, e com ele os seus anjos.	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 Eu ouvi no céu uma voz forte que dizia: Agora chegou a salvação, o poder e a realeza de nosso Deus, assim como a autoridade de seu Cristo, porque foi precipitado o acusador de nossos irmãos, que os acusava, dia e noite, diante do nosso Deus.	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 Mas estes venceram-no por causa do sangue do Cordeiro e de seu eloqüente testemunho. Desprezaram a vida até aceitar a 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 Por isso alegrai-vos, ó céus, e todos que aí habitais. Mas, ó terra e mar, cuidado! Porque o Demônio desceu para vós, cheio de grande ira, sabendo que pouco tempo lhe resta.	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 O Dragão, vendo que fora precipitado na terra, perseguiu a Mulher que dera à luz o Menino.	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 Mas à Mulher foram dadas duas asas de grande águia, a fim de voar para o deserto, para o lugar de seu retiro, onde é alimentada por um tempo, dois tempos e a metade de um tempo, fora do alcance da cabeça da 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 A Serpente vomitou contra a Mulher um rio de água, para fazê-la submergir.	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 A terra, porém, acudiu à Mulher, abrindo a boca para engolir o rio que o Dragão vomitara.	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 Este, então, se irritou contra a Mulher e foi fazer guerra ao resto de sua descendência, aos que guardam os mandamentos de Deus e têm o testemunho de Jesus.	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 ele se estabeleceu na praia.	18 And he stood upon the sand of the sea.