揭開第七印

羔羊揭開第七印時,天上寂靜無聲,約半小時。 然後,我看見站在上帝面前的七位天使領受了七支號角。

另一位天使手裡拿著金香爐上前來,站在祭壇旁邊。他接過了許多香,把香和眾聖徒的祈禱一起獻在寶座前的金壇上。 這香發出的煙,連同眾聖徒的禱告從那天使的手中向上升,直達上帝面前。 天使又拿著香爐,盛滿祭壇的火,將它倒在地上,於是有雷鳴、巨響、閃電和地震。

天使吹號

這時,那七位拿著號角的天使也預備要吹號。

第一位天使吹響號角的時候,冰雹和火攙雜著血從天上傾盆而下。地的三分之一、樹木的三分之一和一切的青草都被燒毀了。

第二位天使吹號的時候,一座好像燃燒的大山被丟進海裡。海洋的三分之一變成了血, 海中的活物死了三分之一,船隻也被毀了三分之一。

10 第三位天使吹號的時候,有一顆好像火炬般燃燒著的巨星從天上墜落在三分之一的江河溪流和水泉裡。 11 這顆星名叫「苦艾」,它使三分之一的水都變苦了,許多人因為喝了這種苦水而死去。

12 第四位天使吹號的時候,太陽、月亮和星辰的三分之一都受到重擊,以致失去了光輝,於是日間的三分之一黯淡無光,夜間也是如此。 13 我又看見有一隻鷹在半空中飛翔,聽見牠大聲宣告:「有禍了!有禍了!世上的居民有禍了!還有三位天使要吹響號角。」

And when the SEH, (Lamb, SHEMOT 12:3; YESHAYAH 53:7 Moshiach) opened the chotam hashevi’i (seventh seal), there was silence in Shomayim about half an hour.

And I saw the shivat hamalachim (seven angels) who stand before Hashem, and there were given to them shivah shofarot.

And another malach came and stood at the Mizbe’ach (altar), having a golden mikteret (fire pan), and there was given to him much ketoret (incense, TEHILLIM 141:2) to offer with the tefillos (prayers) of all the Kadoshim at the golden Mizbe’ach before the Kes (Throne). [SHEMOT 30:1-6]

And the smoke of the ketoret ascended with the tefillos of the Kadoshim out of the hand of the malach (angel) before Hashem. [TEHILLIM 141:2]

And the malach has taken the mikteret and filled it from the eish (fire) of the Mizbe’ach (altar) and he threw it down to ha’aretz, and there were thunders and sounds and lightning and an earthquake. [VAYIKRA 16:12,13]

And the shivat hamalachim (seven angels) having the shiva shofarot prepared themselves that they might sound the shofarot.

And harishon sounded his shofar; and there came barad (hail) and eish (fire) having been mingled with dahm and it was thrown to ha’aretz, and a third of ha’aretz was burned up, and a third of the etzim (trees) was burned up and all green grass was burned up. [YECHEZKEL 38:22]

And the malach hasheyni (second angel) sounded his shofar; and as it were a great mountain with eish (fire) burning was thrown into the yam (sea), and a third of the yam became dahm [YIRMEYAH 51:25]

And a third of the living yetzurim hayam (creatures of the sea) died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10 And the malach hashlishi (third angel) sounded his shofar; and there fell out of Shomayim a kokhav gadol (great star) blazing as a torch and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the wells of mayim (water). [YESHAYAH 14:12]

11 And the name of the kokhav (star) is said to be "Wormwood," and a third of the mayim became bitter wormwood, and many of the Bnei Adam died from the mayim because the mayim were made bitter. [YIRMEYAH 9:15, 23:15]

12 And the malach harevi’i (fourth angel) sounded his shofar; and a third of the shemesh (sun) was struck and a third of the levanah (moon) and a third of the kokhavim (stars), that a third of them might be darkened, and the yom (day) could not appear, and likewise the lailah (night). [SHEMOT 10:21-23; YECHEZKEL 32:7]

13 And I saw, and I heard one nesher (eagle) flying in midair, saying with a kol gadol (loud voice), Oy, oy, oy to the ones dwelling on ha’aretz (the earth), because of the remaining blasts of the shofar of the shloshet hamalachim (three angels) being about to sound.