第五位天使吹号的时候,我见有一颗星从天上坠落到地上,有无底坑的钥匙赐给它。 它打开无底坑时,浓烟从坑里冒出来,好像大火炉的烟一样,太阳和天空都变得昏暗了。 有蝗虫从烟里飞出来,落到地上,有地上蝎子的能力赐给它们。 它们得到命令,不得毁坏地上的青草、树木和其他植物,只伤害额上没有上帝印记的人, 但不可杀死他们,只折磨他们五个月。那种折磨就像被蝎子蛰到一样。 那时候,人求死,却求不到;想死,死却躲避他们。

那些蝗虫好像预备出征的战马一样,头上好像戴了金冠,面孔好像人脸, 毛发好像女人的头发,牙齿好像狮子的牙, 胸前有甲,如同铁甲,鼓动翅膀时声音如同千军万马奔赴战场。 10 它们像蝎子一样尾巴上有毒钩,可以折磨人五个月。 11 它们的王是无底坑的天使,希伯来文名叫亚巴顿,希腊文名叫亚玻伦,意思是“毁灭者”。

12 第一样灾祸过去了,另外两样接踵而来。

13 第六位天使吹号的时候,我听见有一个声音从上帝面前的金祭坛的四个角发出来, 14 对刚才吹号的第六位天使说:“将那捆绑在幼发拉底河的四个天使放出来!” 15 那四个天使就被释放了,他们为了此年、此月、此日、此刻已经预备好了,要杀掉人类的三分之一。 16 我听见他们共有二亿兵马。 17 我在异象中看见了马和骑士。骑士胸甲的颜色像火焰、紫玛瑙和硫磺。马的头像狮子的头,口中喷出火、烟和硫磺。 18 马口中喷出的这三样灾害杀死了世上三分之一的人口。 19 这些马的杀伤力不只在口,也在尾巴。它们的尾巴像蛇,有头能咬伤人。

20 其余没有被这些灾害所杀的人仍不肯悔改、停止手中的恶行,还是去拜魔鬼和那些用金、银、铜、石、木所造,不能看、不能听、不能行走的偶像。 21 他们不肯为自己所犯的凶杀、邪术、淫乱和偷盗悔改。

La quinta trompeta

El quinto ángel tocó la trompeta(A), y vi una estrella que había caído del cielo(B) a la tierra, y se le dio la llave(C) del pozo del abismo(D). Cuando abrió el pozo del abismo, subió humo(E) del pozo como el humo de un gran horno, y el sol y el aire(F) se oscurecieron por el humo del pozo. Del humo salieron langostas sobre[a] la tierra(G), y se les dio poder como tienen poder[b] los escorpiones de la tierra(H).

Se les dijo que no dañaran(I) la hierba de la tierra(J), ni ninguna cosa verde, ni ningún árbol, sino solo a los hombres que no tienen el sello de Dios en la frente(K). No se les permitió matar a nadie[c], sino atormentarlos por cinco meses(L). Su tormento era como el tormento de un escorpión cuando pica[d] al hombre(M). En aquellos días los hombres buscarán la muerte y no la hallarán(N); y ansiarán morir, y la muerte huirá[e] de ellos.

El aspecto[f] de las langostas era semejante al de caballos dispuestos para la batalla(O), y sobre sus cabezas tenían como coronas que parecían de oro, y sus caras eran como rostros humanos. Tenían cabellos como cabellos de mujer, y sus dientes eran como de leones(P). También tenían corazas como corazas de hierro. El ruido de sus alas era como el estruendo de carros, de muchos caballos que se lanzan a la batalla(Q). 10 Tienen colas parecidas a escorpiones(R), y aguijones. En sus colas está su poder para hacer daño a los hombres(S) por cinco meses(T). 11 Tienen sobre ellos por rey al ángel del abismo(U), cuyo nombre en hebreo(V) es Abadón[g](W), y en griego se llama Apolión[h].

12 El primer ¡ay(X)! ha pasado; pero aún vienen dos ayes después de estas cosas.

La sexta trompeta

13 El sexto ángel tocó la trompeta, y oí una voz que salía de los cuatro[i] cuernos(Y) del altar de oro(Z) que está delante de Dios, 14 y decía al sexto ángel que tenía la trompeta: «Suelta a los cuatro ángeles(AA) que están atados junto al gran río Éufrates(AB)». 15 Y fueron desatados los cuatro ángeles que habían sido preparados para la hora, el día, el mes, y el año(AC), para matar a la tercera parte de la humanidad[j](AD).

16 El número de los ejércitos de los jinetes era doscientos millones(AE); yo escuché su número(AF). 17 Así es como vi[k] en la visión(AG) los caballos y a los que los montaban: los jinetes tenían corazas color de fuego, de jacinto[l] y de azufre(AH). Las cabezas de los caballos eran como cabezas de leones, y de sus bocas salía fuego(AI), humo, y azufre(AJ).

18 La tercera parte(AK) de la humanidad[m] fue muerta por estas tres plagas: por el fuego(AL), el humo, y el azufre que salían de sus bocas. 19 Porque el poder de los caballos está en su boca y en sus colas; pues sus colas son semejantes a serpientes, tienen cabezas y con ellas hacen daño.

20 El resto de la humanidad[n], los que no fueron muertos por estas plagas, no se arrepintieron(AM) de las obras de sus manos(AN) ni dejaron de[o] adorar a los demonios(AO) y a los ídolos de oro, de plata, de bronce, de piedra, y de madera, que no pueden ver ni oír ni andar(AP). 21 Tampoco se arrepintieron de sus homicidios(AQ) ni de sus hechicerías(AR) ni de su inmoralidad[p](AS) ni de sus robos.

Footnotes

  1. 9:3 Lit. hacia.
  2. 9:3 O como el poder que tienen.
  3. 9:5 Lit. Y se les concedió no matarlos.
  4. 9:5 Lit. hiere.
  5. 9:6 Lit. huye.
  6. 9:7 Lit. las apariencias.
  7. 9:11 I.e. Destrucción.
  8. 9:11 I.e. Destructor.
  9. 9:13 Algunos mss. antiguos no incluyen: cuatro.
  10. 9:15 Lit. los hombres.
  11. 9:17 Lit. así vi.
  12. 9:17 O zafiro.
  13. 9:18 Lit. los hombres.
  14. 9:20 Lit. los hombres.
  15. 9:20 Lit. para no.
  16. 9:21 O fornicación.

The Fifth Trumpet

The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth.(A) The key for the shaft to the abyss(B) was given to him. He opened the shaft to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great[a] furnace(C) so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.(D) Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth,(E) and power[b] was given to them(F) like the power that scorpions have on the earth.(G) They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree,(H) but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.(I) They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone. In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.(J)

The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle.(K) Something like golden crowns was on their heads; their faces were like human faces; they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth;(L) they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots with horses rushing into battle; 10 and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months. 11 They had as their king[c] the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,[d](M) and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[e]

12 The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.(N)

The Sixth Trumpet

13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet. From the four[f] horns of the golden altar(O) that is before God, I heard a voice 14 say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels(P) bound at the great river Euphrates.”(Q) 15 So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year(R) were released to kill a third(S) of the human race. 16 The number of mounted troops was two hundred million;[g] I heard their number. 17 This is how I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: They had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.(T) 18 A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues—by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads that inflict injury.

20 The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands(U) to stop worshiping demons(V) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood,(W) which cannot see, hear, or walk.(X) 21 And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

Footnotes

  1. 9:2 Other mss omit great
  2. 9:3 Or authority, also in v. 10
  3. 9:11 Or as king over them
  4. 9:11 Or Destruction
  5. 9:11 Or Destroyer
  6. 9:13 Other mss omit four
  7. 9:16 Other mss read a hundred million

The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.(A) The star was given the key(B) to the shaft of the Abyss.(C) When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(D) The sun and sky were darkened(E) by the smoke from the Abyss.(F) And out of the smoke locusts(G) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions(H) of the earth. They were told not to harm(I) the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,(J) but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.(K) They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.(L) And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion(M) when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(N)

The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.(O) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.(P) Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.(Q) They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.(R) 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(S) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(T) whose name in Hebrew(U) is Abaddon(V) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(W)

13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns(X) of the golden altar that is before God.(Y) 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels(Z) who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”(AA) 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released(AB) to kill a third(AC) of mankind.(AD) 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.(AE)

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths(AF) came fire, smoke and sulfur.(AG) 18 A third(AH) of mankind was killed(AI) by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur(AJ) that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(AK) of the work of their hands;(AL) they did not stop worshiping demons,(AM) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(AN) 21 Nor did they repent(AO) of their murders, their magic arts,(AP) their sexual immorality(AQ) or their thefts.