A woman clothed with the sun travails. |
The great red dragon stands before her, ready to devour her child; |
when she is delivered she flees into the desert. |
Michael and his angels fight with the dragon, and prevail. |
Ἄρτι ἐγένετο ἡ σωτηρία καὶ ἡ δύναμις |
καί ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν |
καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ, |
ὅτι ἐβλήθη ὁ κατήγωρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν, |
ὁ κατηγορῶν αὐτοὺς ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν |
ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός. |
11 καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνίκησαν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀρνίου |
καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν |
καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου. |
12 διὰ τοῦτο εὐφραίνεσθε οὐρανοὶ |
καὶ οἱ ἐν αὐτοῖς σκηνοῦντες. |
οὐαὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, |
ὅτι κατέβη ὁ διάβολος πρὸς ὑμᾶς |
ἔχων θυμὸν μέγαν, |
εἰδὼς ὅτι ὀλίγον καιρὸν ἔχει. |
The dragon, being cast down into the earth, persecutes the woman. |