Pahayag 9
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
9 Hinipan ng ikalimang anghel ang kanyang trumpeta at nakita kong nahulog sa lupa ang isang bituin; ibinigay rito ang susi sa bukana ng napakalalim na hukay. 2 Binuksan(A) ng bituin ang napakalalim na hukay at may lumabas na makapal na usok, tulad ng usok ng malaking hurno, kaya't nagdilim ang araw at ang himpapawid. 3 Mula sa usok ay(B) may naglabasang mga balang na kumalat sa lupa. Binigyan sila ng kapangyarihang tulad ng sa mga alakdan. 4 Ipinagbilin(C) sa kanila na huwag sirain ang mga damo, punongkahoy o anumang halaman. Ang mga tao lamang na walang tatak ng Diyos sa noo ang maaari nilang saktan. 5 Hindi pinahintulutan ang mga balang na patayin ang mga taong ito, kundi pahirapan lamang sa loob ng limang buwan. Parang kagat ng alakdan ang kirot na dulot ng mga balang na ito. 6 Sa(D) loob ng panahong iyon, hahanapin ng mga tao ang kamatayan ngunit hindi ito matatagpuan. Nanaisin nila ang kamatayan ngunit lalayuan sila nito.
7 Ang(E) anyo ng mga balang ay tulad sa mga kabayong handa na sa pakikipagdigma. Sa kanilang ulo ay may parang koronang ginto, at parang mukha ng tao ang kanilang mukha. 8 Parang(F) buhok ng babae ang kanilang buhok at parang ngipin ng leon ang kanilang mga ngipin. 9 Natatakpan(G) ng parang mga baluting bakal ang kanilang dibdib at ang pagaspas ng kanilang pakpak ay parang dagundong ng maraming karwaheng hila ng mga kabayong lulusob sa labanan. 10 Sila ay may mga buntot na may tulis gaya ng sa alakdan. Nasa buntot nila ang kapangyarihang manakit ng mga tao sa loob ng limang buwan. 11 Ang pinuno nila'y ang anghel na bantay sa napakalalim na hukay. Ang kanyang pangalan sa wikang Hebreo ay Abadon,[a] at sa wikang Griego'y Apolion.[b]
12 Nakaraan na ang unang lagim; dalawa pang lagim ang darating.
13 Hinipan(H) ng ikaanim na anghel ang kanyang trumpeta at nakarinig ako ng tinig mula sa mga sulok ng gintong dambana na nasa harapan ng Diyos. 14 Iniutos nito sa ikaanim na anghel na may trumpeta, “Kalagan mo ang apat na anghel na nakagapos sa tabi ng malaking Ilog Eufrates.” 15 At pinalaya ang apat na anghel upang patayin nila ang ikatlong bahagi ng sangkatauhan; talagang inihanda sila para sa oras, araw, buwan at taóng ito. 16 Narinig ko na ang bilang ng hukbong nakakabayo ay dalawandaang milyon (200,000,000). 17 Sa(I) aking pangitain ay nakita ko ang mga kabayo, at ang mga dibdib ng mga sakay nito ay may mapulang baluti na gaya ng apoy, asul na gaya ng safiro, at dilaw na parang asupre. Ang mga ulo ng mga kabayo ay parang ulo ng leon, at ang kanilang bibig ay bumubuga ng apoy, usok at asupre. 18 Ang ikatlong bahagi ng sangkatauhan ay pinatay ng tatlong salot na ito: ang apoy, usok at asupre na nagmula sa bibig ng mga kabayo. 19 Sapagkat ang kapangyarihan ng mga kabayo'y nasa kanilang mga bibig at mga buntot. Ang kanilang mga buntot ay parang ahas na may ulo, na siyang ginagamit nila sa pananakit ng tao.
20 Ang(J) natira sa sangkatauhan na hindi namatay sa mga salot na ito ay hindi nagsisi. Hindi sila tumalikod ni tumigil man sa pagsamba sa mga demonyo at sa mga diyus-diyosang ginawa ng kanilang kamay, mga larawang ginto, pilak, tanso, bato at kahoy, na di nakakakita, nakakarinig o nakakalakad man. 21 Ni hindi rin nila pinagsisihan ang kanilang mga pagpatay, pangkukulam, pakikiapid at pagnanakaw.
Revelation 9
King James Version
9 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation 9
Complete Jewish Bible
9 The fifth angel sounded his shofar; and I saw a star that had fallen out of heaven onto the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft leading down to the Abyss. 2 He opened the shaft of the Abyss, and there went up smoke from the shaft like the smoke of a huge furnace; the sun was darkened, and the sky too, by the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then out of the smoke onto the earth came locusts, and they were given power like the power scorpions have on earth. 4 They were instructed not to harm the grass on the earth, any green plant or any tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 The locusts were not allowed to kill them, only to inflict pain on them for five months; and the pain they caused was like the pain of a scorpion sting. 6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 Now these locusts looked like horses outfitted for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. 8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions. 9 Their chests were like iron breastplates, and the sound their wings made was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails like those of scorpions, with stings; and in their tails was their power to hurt people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is “Abaddon” and in our language, “Destroyer.”
12 The first woe has passed, but there are still two woes to come.
13 The sixth angel sounded his shofar, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel, the one with the shofar, “Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 15 And they were released. These four angels had been kept ready for this moment, for this day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind; 16 and the number of cavalry soldiers was two hundred million! — I heard the number.
17 Here is how the horses looked in the vision: the riders had breastplates that were fire-red, iris-blue and sulfur-yellow; the horses’ heads were like lions’ heads; and from their mouths issued fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 It was these three plagues that killed a third of mankind — the fire, smoke and sulfur issuing from the horses’ mouths. 19 For the power of the horses was in their mouths — and also in their tails, for their tails were like snakes with heads, and with them they could cause injury.
20 The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by these plagues, even then did not turn from what they had made with their own hands — they did not stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.[a] 21 Nor did they turn from their murdering, their involvement with the occult and with drugs, their sexual immorality or their stealing.
Footnotes
- Revelation 9:20 Psalms 115:4–7; 135:15–17; Daniel 5:23
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