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譯本是參照 AFV (A Faithful Version) 2009
10. And I heard a great voice in heaven say, “Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ because the accuser of our brethren has been cast down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11. But they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb, and through the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death. 12. Therefore, rejoice you heavens and those who dwell in them. Woe to those who inhabit the earth and the sea! For the Devil has come down to you, having great wrath because he knows that he has only a short time.” 13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had brought forth the man child. 14. And two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly to her place in the wilderness, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15. And the serpent cast water out of his mouth as a river, so that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed up the river that the dragon had cast out of his mouth. 17. Then the dragon was furious with the woman and went to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (A Faithful Version)
10. 古龍被摔下時,天上有大聲音說:救恩能力與屬神的權柄,並基督給人的選擇,現在已經臨到,是因有推到弟兄在地,日夜在神面前對他們作出的指控,已經被否定。
11. 這些兄弟之所以能勝過,是靠羔羊的血,和自己的見證,是有愛的生命而不是引向死亡的生命。
12. 為此,天上和居住在其中的,都當頌讚!哀哉!那惡者會到那些住在陸上和海上的,帶著極其的忿怒到來,是因為知道時日無多。
13. 龍被摔倒,就想轉移去逼害那婦人和她的兒子。
14. 只是,婦人給賜下二個翅膀,讓她能瞬間飛到曠野,牧養三載半,躲避那古蛇的攻擊。
15. 於是,蛇從口中吐出江河,希望大水把她沖走。
16. 只是,大地張開了嘴巴,吞噬從龍口中吐出的大水。
17. 龍非常氣憤,要去對付這婦人,並她存留的種子,是信守神誡命,見證耶穌的傳人。
這龍就是古蛇,是蛇裝成龍的樣子,看似是正派而且有能力,只是真身是魔,心懷不軌,為的是什麼?
這個看似是鬥爭,那是一面倒的事,所謂邪不勝正。這處描述龍和同党不敵米迦勒和使者,天上不行就轉而在地再戰。就希望能把這婦人及其兒子(神差來的基督,以及因為信神而成兒子的信眾),滋擾以及殺害。
這種描述,以耶穌及眾使徒的在地上傳好消息時,所遭遇的對待,正正是這裡所描繪的,是那麼真實的事。這小說中的預言,不就是給猶太人了解耶穌和神的關係,與他們先祖亞伯拉罕的關係,以及開創了新時代信仰的關係,讓他們明白箇中的緣因。
這個歷史的陳述,說明信神不是神話,是一個民族的歷史作出的證明,在今日的以色列仍在作出見證:這古蛇仍被打倒,慎而滋擾死心不息。而在外邦人世界,共產主義在中國也是同樣的,作出滋擾。

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