en_tn/rev/20/01.md

# General Information:

John begins to describe a vision of an angel throwing the devil into the bottomless pit.

# Then I saw

Here "I" refers to John.

# bottomless pit

This is an extremely deep narrow hole. Possible meanings are 1) the pit has no bottom; it continues to go down further forever or 2) the pit is so deep that it is as if it had no bottom. See how you translated this in [Revelation 9:1](../09/01.md).

# dragon

This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# sealed it over him

The angel sealed the pit to keep anyone from opening it. AT: "sealed it to prevent anyone from opening it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# deceive the nations

Here "nations" is a metonym for the people of the earth. AT: "deceive the people-groups" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# the thousand years

"1,000 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# he must be set free

This can be stated in active form. AT: "God will command the angel to free him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pit]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serpent]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/satan]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/seal]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deceive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

			`John begins to describe a vision of an angel throwing the devil into the bottomless pit.`

			`# Then I saw`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`Here "I" refers to John.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# bottomless pit`

			`This is an extremely deep narrow hole. Possible meanings are 1) the pit has no bottom; it continues to go down further forever or 2) the pit is so deep that it is as if it had no bottom. See how you translated this in [Revelation 9:1](../09/01.md).`

			`# dragon`

			`This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])`

			`# sealed it over him`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The angel sealed the pit to keep anyone from opening it. AT: "sealed it to prevent anyone from opening it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# deceive the nations`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "nations" is a metonym for the people of the earth. AT: "deceive the people-groups" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the thousand years`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"1,000 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# he must be set free`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "God will command the angel to free him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pit]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serpent]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/satan]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/seal]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deceive]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]`