The Woman and the Dragon
1 Something important appeared in the sky. It was a woman whose clothes were the sun. The moon was under her feet, and a crown made of twelve stars was on her head. 2 She was about to give birth, and she was crying because of the great pain.
3 Something else appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and a crown on each of its seven heads. 4 With its tail, it dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them down to the earth. Then the dragon turned toward the woman, because it wanted to eat her child as soon as it was born.
5 The woman gave birth to a son, who would rule all nations with an iron rod. The boy was snatched away. He was taken to God and placed on his throne. 6 The woman ran into the desert to a place that God had prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1,260 days.
Michael Fights the Dragon
7 A war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels were fighting against the dragon and its angels. 8 But the dragon lost the battle. It and its angels were forced out of their places in heaven 9 and were thrown down to the earth. Yes, that old snake and his angels were thrown out of heaven! That snake, who fools everyone on earth, is known as the devil and Satan. 10 Then I heard a voice from heaven shout,
“Our God has shown
his saving power,
and his kingdom has come!
God's own Chosen One
has shown his authority.
Satan accused our people
in the presence of God
day and night.
Now he has been thrown out!
11 “Our people defeated Satan
because of the blood
of the Lamb
and the message of God.
They were willing
to give up their lives.
12 “The heavens should rejoice,
together with everyone
who lives there.
But pity the earth
and the sea,
because the devil
was thrown down
to the earth.
He knows his time is short,
and he is very angry.”
13 When the dragon realized it had been thrown down to the earth, it tried to make trouble for the woman who had given birth to a son. 14 But the woman was given two wings like those of a huge eagle, so she could fly into the desert. There she would escape from the snake and be taken care of for a time, two times, and half a time.
15 The snake then spewed out water like a river to sweep the woman away. 16 But the earth helped her and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon's mouth. 17 This made the dragon terribly angry with the woman. So it started a war against the rest of her children. They are the people who obey God and are faithful to what Jesus did and taught. 18 The dragon stood on the beach beside the sea.
Omukainhu a djalekwa etango
Ongadu novaengeli vayo tava tewa kuMikael ndele tava ekelwa pedu
1 Ndele meulu omwa monika edidiliko linene. Omukainhu ou a djalekwa etango, nohani ya kala koshi yeemhadi daye, nokomutwe waye oshishani sheenyofi omulongo nambali. 2 Oye okwa li omufimba nokwa kuwa mokufetwa nomokuyehamekwa kokudala.
3 Nedidiliko likwao la holoka meulu: Tala, ongadu inene itilyana ya fa omundilo, i nomitwe heyali neembinga omulongo, nokomitwe dayo oishani iheyali. 4 Nomushila wayo wa komba po oshititatu sheenyofi domeulu, ndele ye di ekela pedu. Nongadu oya kala ofika komesho yomukainhu ou e li pokudala, i xwake po okaana kaye, ngeenge ka dalwa. 5 Oye nokwa dala okaana okalume, ke nokulifa oiwana aishe nodibo yoshivela, nokaana kaye oka vakulwa, ka kale puKalunga nopolukalwapangelo laye. 6 Nomwalikadi okwa ya onhapo mombuwa, oku Kalunga e mu longela onhele, opo a palulilwe ko omafiku eyovi nomafele avali nomilongo hamano.
7 Ndele meulu omwa tukuluka olwoodi; Mikael novaengeli vaye va lwifa ongadu. Nongadu novaengeli vaye ova lwa yo, 8 ndele ova nyengwa, nonhele yokukala kwavo meulu inai monika vali. 9 Nongadu inene ya ekelwashi, eyoka likulu, la ifanwa ondiaboli naSatana, ou ta hongaula ounyuni aushe, okwa ekelwa pedu, novaengeli vaye ova ekelwashi yo pamwe naye.
10 Onda uda ondaka inene meulu ya tya: “Paife exupifo neenghono nouhamba owa ninga waKalunga ketu, nepangelo olaKristus waye, osheshi omuhokololifi wovamwatate vetu okwa ekelwashi, ou kwa li he va hokololifa koshipala shaKalunga omutenya noufiku. 11 Ovo ve mu finda nohonde yOdjona neendjovo domahepaululo avo, ndele va li inava hokwa eemwenyo davo fiyo okufya. 12 Onghee hano nyakukweni, onye omaulu, naava mwa kala muwo! Woo, edu nefuta, osheshi Satana a kulukila kunye nehandu linene, osheshi e shi shii e nokafimbo kaxupi kongaho.”
13 Hano ongadu ei eshi ya mona ya ekelwashi kombada yedu, oya ka shikula omukainhu ou a dala okamati. 14 Omukainhu okwa pewa omavava avali onhwa inya inene, a ka tukile kombuwa konhele yaye, oko ta ka palulwa efimbo limwe nomafimbo netatafimbo, a kale kokule noshipala sheyoka. 15 Neyoka la pembela omukainhu omeva, a dja mokanya kalo a fa omulonga, a twaalelwe komulonga. 16 Nedu ola kwafa omukainhu: la akamifa okanya kalo, ndele la pona omulonga ou ongadu ye u pemba mokanya kayo. 17 Nongadu oya handukila omwalikadi, ndele oya ya i ka lwife ovakwao vomepata laye, ava hava diinine oipango yaKalunga, ndele ve na ehepaululo laJesus. 18 Ndele yo oya kala ofika peheke lefuta.
