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第五位天使吹號,我就看見一顆星從天上落到地上,有無底坑的鑰匙賜給它。 它開了無底坑,就有煙從坑裡冒出來,好像大火爐的煙,太陽和天空因這坑的煙就都變黑了。 有蝗蟲從煙裡出來到了地上;有能力賜給牠們,好像地上蠍子的能力一樣。 有話吩咐牠們,不可傷害地上的草,和所有青翠的東西,以及所有的樹木,只可傷害那些額上沒有 神印記的人。 蝗蟲沒有能力殺死他們,只可使他們受痛苦五個月。他們的痛苦就像人給蠍子螫了的痛苦一樣。 在那些日子,人要求死,卻決不得死;切願要死,死卻遠離他們。

蝗蟲的形象,好像是預備好了要上陣的戰馬一樣。牠們頭上戴的好像金冠冕,臉像人的面孔, 牠們的頭髮好像女人的頭髮,牙齒好像獅子的牙齒; 牠們的胸甲像鐵甲,牠們翅膀的聲音好像許多馬車奔馳上陣的聲音。 10 牠們好像蠍子一樣有尾巴和毒刺,牠們的尾巴能傷害人五個月。 11 牠們有無底坑的使者作王統治牠們。這王的名字,希伯來話叫阿巴頓,希臘話叫阿波倫。

12 第一樣災禍過去了。看哪,以後還有兩樣災禍要來!

13 第六位天使吹號,我聽見有一個聲音從 神面前金壇的四角發出來, 14 對拿著號筒的第六位天使說:“把捆綁在幼發拉底大河的那四個使者放了吧!” 15 那四個使者就被釋放了,他們已經預備好,要在某年某月某日某時殺害人類的三分之一。 16 馬兵的數目有二萬萬;他們這個數目我聽見了。 17 在異象中,我看見那些馬和騎馬的是這樣:騎馬的穿著火紅紫青和硫磺色的胸甲,馬的頭好像獅子頭,有火、煙和硫磺從馬的口中噴出來。 18 馬口中噴出來的火、煙和硫磺這三種災害,殺死了人類的三分之一。 19 馬的能力是在口中和尾巴上。牠們的尾巴像蛇,並且有頭用來傷人。

20 其餘沒有在這些災難中被殺的人,仍然不為他們手所作的悔改,還是去拜鬼魔和那些金、銀、銅、石頭、木頭做的,不能看、不能聽、也不能走路的偶像。 21 他們也不為自己的兇殺、邪術、淫亂和偷盜悔改。

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.

Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit

Then the fifth angel sounded: (A)And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to (B)the [a]bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the (C)sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, (D)as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded (E)not to harm (F)the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have (G)the seal of God on their foreheads. And [b]they were not given authority to kill them, (H)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In those days (I)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

(J)The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. (K)On their heads were crowns of something like gold, (L)and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women’s hair, and (M)their teeth were like lions’ teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was (N)like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had as king over them (O)the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is [c]Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name [d]Apollyon.

12 (P)One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates

13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the (Q)golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound (R)at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a (S)third of mankind. 16 Now (T)the number of the army (U)of the horsemen was two hundred million; (V)I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; (W)and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. 19 For [e]their power is in their mouth and in their tails; (X)for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.

20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (Y)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship (Z)demons, (AA)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders (AB)or their [f]sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:1 Lit. shaft of the abyss
  2. Revelation 9:5 The locusts
  3. Revelation 9:11 Lit. Destruction
  4. Revelation 9:11 Lit. Destroyer
  5. Revelation 9:19 NU, M the power of the horses
  6. Revelation 9:21 NU, M drugs