1 And a great sign was seen in the heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars;

2 and being with child she cried, {being} in travail, and in pain to bring forth.

3 And another sign was seen in the heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems;

4 and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.

5 And she brought forth a male son, who shall shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to his throne.

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has there a place prepared of God, that they should nourish her there a thousand two hundred {and} sixty days.

7 And there was war in the heaven: Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels;

8 and he prevailed not, nor was their place found any more in the heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, who accused them before our God day and night:

11 and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.

12 Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time.

13 And when the dragon saw that he had been cast out into the earth, he persecuted the woman which bore the male {child}.

14 And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, from {the} face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be {as} one carried away by a river.

16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17 And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus.

18 And I stood upon the sand of the sea.

1 Na ka kitea he tohu nui i te rangi; he wahine, ko te ra tona kakahu, ko te marama kei raro i ona waewae, i runga ano i tona matenga ko nga whetu kotahi tekau ma rua hei karaunga:

2 Kua hapu hoki ia, na karanga ana, oke ana, he mamae whanautanga.

3 A ka kitea tetahi atu tohu i te rangi, na, he tarakona nui, he mea whero, e whitu ona mahunga, tekau ona haona, e whitu ano nga karauna i runga i ona mahunga.

4 A e kumea ana e tona hiku te wahi tuatoru o nga whetu o te rangi, maka ana e ia ki te whenua: a ka tu te tarakona i te aroaro o te wahine i mea nei ki te whanau, hei kai i tana tamaiti ina whanau.

5 Na ka whanau te tamaiti a te wahine ra, he tane, ko ia hei whakahaere tikanga mo nga iwi katoa ki te tokotoko rino: na kua kahakina atu tana tamaiti ki te Atua, ki tona torona hoki.

6 A ka oma te wahine ra ki te koraha, kua rite noa ake hoki i te Atua he kainga mona ki reira, ki reira whangainga ai ia, kia taka ra ano nga ra kotahi mano e rua rau e ona tekau.

7 Na he whawhai tera kei te rangi: ko Mikaera ratou ko ana anahera e whawhai ana ki te tarakona; whawhai ana hoki te tarakona ratou ko ana anahera;

8 A kihai ratou i toa; kihai ano hoki to ratou wahi i kitea i te rangi i muri iho.

9 Na ka maka te tarakona nui, te nakahi onamata, e huaina nei ko te Rewera, ko Hatana hoki, e whakapohehe nei i te ao katoa: ka maka ia ki te whenua, a i maka tahitia ana anahera me ia.

10 A ka rongo ahau i te reo nui i te rangi e ki ana, Tenei kua tae mai te whakaoranga, te kaha, me te rangatiratanga o to tatou Atua, me te mana hoki o tana Karaiti: no te mea kua whakataka te kaiwhakapae ki o tatou teina, e whakapae nei ki a ratou i te ao, i te po, i te aroaro o to tatou Atua.

11 Hinga ana ia i a ratou, he meatanga na nga toto o te Reme, na te kupu hoki o ta ratou whakaatu: kihai ratou i aroha ki te ora mo ratou, a mate noa.

12 Kia hari koutou ki tenei, e nga rangi, e te hunga hoki e noho ana i reira. Aue te mate mo te whenua, mo te moana hoki! Kua heke atu hoki ki a koutou te rewera, nui atu hoki tona riri, no te mea kua matau ia he poto tona taima.

13 A, no ka kite te tarakona kua maka ia ki te whenua, ka whakatoia e ia te wahine nana te tamaiti tane i whanau nei.

14 Na e rua nga pakau o te ekara nui kua hoatu ki te wahine, kia rere ai ia ki te koraha, ki tona kainga, ki reira whangainga ai a taka noa he taima, etahi taima, me te hawhe taima, kei kitea mai e te nakahi.

15 Na ka whakaruakina mai e te nakahi i tona mangai i muri i te wahine ra he wai, ano he awa, kia kahakina atu ai ia e te awa.

16 A ka awhinatia mai te wahine e te whenua, ka hamama te mangai o te whenua, inumia ake te awa i whakaruakina nei e te tarakona i roto i tona mangai.

17 A riri ana te tarakona ki te wahine; haere ana ia ki te whawhai ki era atu o tana whanau, ki te hunga e pupuri ana i nga ture a te Atua, kei a ratou nei te whakaatu o Ihu Karaiti.