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La quinta trompeta

El quinto ángel tocó su trompeta, y vi una estrella[a] que había caído del cielo a la tierra. A ella se le dio la llave del túnel que lleva al Abismo profundo.[b] Y cuando la estrella abrió el túnel del Abismo, de allí salió humo, como de un horno muy grande, y el humo oscureció el sol y el aire. Del humo salieron saltamontes, los cuales cubrieron la tierra y recibieron poder para picar como escorpiones a la gente. Luego, Dios les ordenó que no dañaran a la tierra, ni a los árboles ni a las plantas, sino sólo a quienes no tuvieran en su frente la marca del sello de Dios.

Dios les permitió que hirieran a la gente durante cinco meses, pero no les permitió que mataran a nadie. Y las heridas que hacían los saltamontes eran tan dolorosas como la picadura de los escorpiones.

Durante esos cinco meses, la gente que había sido picada quería morirse, pero seguía viviendo. Era como si la muerte huyera de ellas.

Los saltamontes parecían caballos de guerra, listos para entrar en batalla. En la cabeza tenían algo que parecía una corona de oro, y sus caras parecían humanas. Sus crines parecían cabellos de mujer, y sus dientes parecían colmillos de león. Sus cuerpos estaban protegidos con algo parecido a una armadura de hierro, y sus alas resonaban como el estruendo de muchos carros tirados por caballos cuando entran en combate. 10 En la cola tenían un aguijón como de escorpión, con el que podían dañar a la gente durante cinco meses. 11 El ángel del Abismo es el jefe de los saltamontes. En hebreo se llama Abadón, y en griego se llama Apolión; en ambos idiomas, su nombre quiere decir «Destructor».

12 Ése fue el primer desastre, pero todavía faltan dos.

La sexta trompeta

13 El sexto ángel tocó su trompeta. De pronto oí una voz, que salía de en medio de los cuatro cuernos del altar de oro que estaba frente a Dios. 14 La voz le dijo al sexto ángel que había tocado la trompeta: «Suelta a los cuatro ángeles que están atados junto al gran río Éufrates».

15 Entonces el sexto ángel soltó a los cuatro ángeles, para que mataran a la tercera parte de los seres humanos, pues Dios los había preparado exactamente para esa hora, día, mes y año.

16 Y oí el número de los que peleaban montados a caballo, y eran doscientos millones de soldados.

17 Los soldados que vi montados a caballo llevaban, en su pecho, una armadura de metal roja como el fuego, azul como el zafiro y amarilla como el azufre. Los caballos tenían cabeza como de león, y de su hocico salía fuego, humo y azufre. 18 La tercera parte de los seres humanos murió por causa del fuego, del humo y del azufre. 19 Las colas de los caballos parecían serpientes, y con sus cabezas herían a la gente. Es decir, los caballos tenían poder en el hocico y en la cola.

20 El resto de la gente, es decir, los que no murieron a causa del fuego, el humo y el azufre, no dejaron de hacer lo malo, ni dejaron de adorar a los demonios y a las imágenes de dioses falsos. Al contrario, siguieron adorando imágenes de piedra, de madera, y de oro, plata y bronce. Esos dioses falsos no pueden ver ni oír, ni caminar. 21 Esa gente no dejó de matar ni de hacer brujerías; tampoco dejó de robar ni de tener relaciones sexuales prohibidas.

Footnotes

  1. Apocalipsis 9:1 En la antigüedad se pensaba que las estrellas eran seres vivientes, como los ángeles.
  2. Apocalipsis 9:1 El Abismo profundo: Lugar donde están prisioneros los malos espíritus.

The Fifth Trumpet: Shaft of the Abyss

Then the (A)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a (B)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the (C)key to the (D)shaft of the abyss was given to him. He opened the shaft of the abyss, and (E)smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and (F)the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft. Then out of the smoke came (G)locusts [a]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the (H)scorpions of the earth have power. They were told not to (I)hurt the (J)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the (K)seal of God on their foreheads. And [b]they were not permitted to kill [c]anyone, but to torment for (L)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a (M)scorpion when it [d]stings a person. And in those days (N)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death [e]will flee from them!

The [f](O)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces. They had hair like the hair of women, and their (P)teeth were like the teeth of lions. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the (Q)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10 They have tails like (R)scorpions, and stings; and in their (S)tails is their power to hurt people for (T)five months. 11 They have as king over them, the angel of the (U)abyss; his name in (V)Hebrew is [g](W)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name [h]Apollyon.

12 (X)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet: Army from the East

13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard [i]a voice from the [j]four (Y)horns of the (Z)golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the (AA)four angels who are bound at the (AB)great river Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were (AC)released, so that they would kill a (AD)third of mankind. 16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was (AE)two hundred million; (AF)I heard the number of them. 17 And this is how I saw (AG)in my vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire, of hyacinth, and of [k](AH)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and (AI)out of their mouths *came fire and smoke and [l](AJ)brimstone. 18 A (AK)third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the (AL)fire, the smoke, and the [m]brimstone which came out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (AM)did not repent of (AN)the works of their hands so as not to (AO)worship demons and (AP)the idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21 and they (AQ)did not repent of their murders, nor of their (AR)witchcraft, nor of their (AS)sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:3 Lit into
  2. Revelation 9:5 Lit it was given to them
  3. Revelation 9:5 Lit them
  4. Revelation 9:5 Lit strikes
  5. Revelation 9:6 Lit flees (intensive expression)
  6. Revelation 9:7 Lit likenesses
  7. Revelation 9:11 I.e., destruction
  8. Revelation 9:11 I.e., destroyer
  9. Revelation 9:13 Lit one voice
  10. Revelation 9:13 Two early mss do not contain four
  11. Revelation 9:17 I.e., burning sulfur
  12. Revelation 9:17 I.e., burning sulfur
  13. Revelation 9:18 I.e., burning sulfur

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.