El quinto ángel tocó su trompeta y vi que había caído del cielo a la tierra una estrella, a la cual se le entregó la llave del pozo del abismo. Lo abrió y del pozo subió una humareda, como la de un horno gigantesco que oscureció el sol y el aire. De la humareda descendieron langostas sobre la tierra y se les dio poder como el que tienen los escorpiones de la tierra. Se les ordenó que no dañaran la hierba de la tierra, ni ninguna planta ni ningún árbol, sino solo a las personas que no llevaran en la frente el sello de Dios. No se les dio permiso para matarlas, sino solo para atormentarlas durante cinco meses. Su tormento es como el producido por la picadura de un escorpión. En aquellos días la gente buscará la muerte, pero no la encontrará; desearán morir, pero la muerte huirá de ellos.

El aspecto de las langostas era como de caballos equipados para la guerra. Llevaban en la cabeza algo que parecía una corona de oro y su cara se asemejaba a un rostro humano. Su crin parecía cabello de mujer y sus dientes eran como de león. Llevaban coraza como de hierro y el ruido de sus alas se escuchaba como el estruendo de carros de muchos caballos que se lanzan a la batalla. 10 Tenían cola y aguijón como de escorpión. En la cola tenían poder para herir a la gente durante cinco meses. 11 El rey que los dirigía era el ángel del abismo, que en hebreo se llama Abadón y en griego Apolión.[a]

12 El primer ¡ay! ya pasó, pero vienen todavía otros dos.

13 El sexto ángel tocó su trompeta y oí una voz que salía de entre los cuernos del altar de oro que está delante de Dios. 14 A este ángel que tenía la trompeta, la voz le dijo: «Suelta a los cuatro ángeles que están atados a la orilla del gran río Éufrates». 15 Así que los cuatro ángeles que habían sido preparados precisamente para esa hora y ese día, mes y año, quedaron sueltos para matar a la tercera parte de la humanidad. 16 Oí que el número de las tropas de caballería llegaba a doscientos millones.

17 Así vi en la visión a los caballos y a sus jinetes: tenían coraza de color rojo encendido, púrpura y amarillo como azufre. La cabeza de los caballos era como de león y por la boca echaban fuego, humo y azufre. 18 La tercera parte de la humanidad murió a causa de las tres plagas de fuego, humo y azufre que salían de la boca de los caballos. 19 Es que el poder de los caballos radicaba en su boca y en su cola; pues sus colas, semejantes a serpientes, tenían cabezas con las que hacían daño.

20 El resto de la humanidad, los que no murieron a causa de estas plagas, tampoco se arrepintieron de sus malas acciones ni dejaron de adorar a los demonios y a los ídolos de oro, plata, bronce, piedra y madera, los cuales no pueden ver ni oír ni caminar. 21 Tampoco se arrepintieron de sus asesinatos ni de sus artes mágicas, inmoralidad sexual y robos.

Footnotes

  1. 9:11 Abadón y Apolión significan Destructor.

El quinto ángel tocó la trompeta, y vi una estrella que cayó del cielo a la tierra; y se le dio la llave del pozo del abismo. Y abrió el pozo del abismo, y subió humo del pozo como humo de un gran horno; y se oscureció el sol y el aire por el humo del pozo. Y del humo salieron langostas sobre la tierra;(A) y se les dio poder, como tienen poder los escorpiones de la tierra. Y se les mandó que no dañasen a la hierba de la tierra, ni a cosa verde alguna, ni a ningún árbol, sino solamente a los hombres que no tuviesen el sello de Dios en sus frentes.(B) Y les fue dado, no que los matasen, sino que los atormentasen cinco meses; y su tormento era como tormento de escorpión cuando hiere al hombre. Y en aquellos días los hombres buscarán la muerte, pero no la hallarán; y ansiarán morir, pero la muerte huirá de ellos.(C)

El aspecto de las langostas era semejante a caballos preparados para la guerra;(D) en las cabezas tenían como coronas de oro; sus caras eran como caras humanas; tenían cabello como cabello de mujer; sus dientes eran como de leones;(E) tenían corazas como corazas de hierro; el ruido de sus alas era como el estruendo de muchos carros(F) de caballos corriendo a la batalla; 10 tenían colas como de escorpiones, y también aguijones; y en sus colas tenían poder para dañar a los hombres durante cinco meses. 11 Y tienen por rey sobre ellos al ángel del abismo, cuyo nombre en hebreo es Abadón, y en griego, Apolión.[a]

12 El primer ay pasó; he aquí, vienen aún dos ayes después de esto.

13 El sexto ángel tocó la trompeta, y oí una voz de entre los cuatro cuernos del altar de oro(G) que estaba delante de Dios, 14 diciendo al sexto ángel que tenía la trompeta: Desata a los cuatro ángeles que están atados junto al gran río Éufrates. 15 Y fueron desatados los cuatro ángeles que estaban preparados para la hora, día, mes y año, a fin de matar a la tercera parte de los hombres. 16 Y el número de los ejércitos de los jinetes era doscientos millones. Yo oí su número. 17 Así vi en visión los caballos y a sus jinetes, los cuales tenían corazas de fuego, de zafiro y de azufre. Y las cabezas de los caballos eran como cabezas de leones; y de su boca salían fuego, humo y azufre. 18 Por estas tres plagas fue muerta la tercera parte de los hombres; por el fuego, el humo y el azufre que salían de su boca. 19 Pues el poder de los caballos estaba en su boca y en sus colas; porque sus colas, semejantes a serpientes, tenían cabezas, y con ellas dañaban.

20 Y los otros hombres que no fueron muertos con estas plagas, ni aun así se arrepintieron de las obras de sus manos, ni dejaron de adorar a los demonios, y a las imágenes de oro, de plata, de bronce, de piedra y de madera, las cuales no pueden ver, ni oír, ni andar;(H) 21 y no se arrepintieron de sus homicidios, ni de sus hechicerías, ni de su fornicación, ni de sus hurtos.

Footnotes

  1. Apocalipsis 9:11 O, destructor.

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.

Poi suonò la tromba il quinto angelo, ed io vidi una stella caduta dal cielo sulla terra; e a lui fu data la chiave del pozzo dell'abisso

Ed egli aprí il pozzo dell'abisso e dal pozzo salí un fumo, simile al fumo di una grande fornace; e il sole e l'aria si oscurarono per il fumo del pozzo.

E da quel fumo uscirono sulla terra delle locuste, a cui fu dato un potere simile a quello degli scorpioni della terra.

E fu detto loro di non danneggiare l'erba della terra né verdura alcuna né albero alcuno, ma soltanto gli uomini che non avessero il sigillo di Dio sulla fronte.

E fu loro dato il potere, non di ucciderli, ma di tormentarli per cinque mesi; e il loro tormento era come il tormento dello scorpione quando punge un uomo.

In quei giorni gli uomini cercheranno la morte, ma non la troveranno; desidereranno di morire, ma la morte fuggirà da loro.

Or l'aspetto delle locuste era simile a cavalli pronti alla battaglia; e sulle loro teste avevano come delle corone d'oro, e le loro facce erano come facce d'uomini.

E avevano capelli come capelli di donna e i loro denti erano come denti di leone.

Avevano delle corazze come corazze di ferro, e lo strepito delle loro ali era come lo strepito di molti carri e cavalli lanciati all'assalto.

10 Avevano delle code simili a quelle degli scorpioni, e nelle loro code avevano dei pungiglioni nei quali risiedeva il potere di danneggiare gli uomini per cinque mesi.

11 E avevano per re sopra di loro l'angelo dell'abisso, il cui nome in ebraico è Abaddon e in greco Apollion.

12 Il primo guaio è passato; ecco, vengono ancora due guai dopo queste cose.

13 Poi il sesto angelo suonò la tromba, e io udii una voce dai quattro corni dell'altare d'oro che è davanti a Dio,

14 che diceva al sesto angelo che aveva la tromba: «Sciogli i quattro angeli che sono legati sul grande fiume Eufrate».

15 Allora i quattro angeli, che erano stati preparati per quell'ora, giorno, mese e anno, furono sciolti per uccidere la terza parte degli uomini.

16 E il numero delle truppe di cavalleria era di duecento milioni, e io udii il loro numero.

17 E cosí vidi nella visione i cavalli e quelli che li cavalcavano; essi avevano delle corazze color di fuoco, di giacinto e di zolfo; e le teste dei cavalli erano come teste di leoni e dalle loro bocche usciva fuoco, fumo e zolfo.

18 Da queste tre piaghe, cioè dal fuoco, dal fumo e dallo zolfo che usciva dalle loro bocche, fu uccisa la terza parte degli uomini.

19 Il loro potere infatti era nella loro bocca e nelle loro code, poiché le loro code erano simili a serpenti, che avessero teste e con esse causavano danno.

20 E il resto degli uomini, che non furono uccisi da queste piaghe, non si ravvide ancora dalle opere delle loro mani e non cessarono di adorare i demoni e gli idoli d'oro, d'argento, di bronzo, di pietra e di legno, che non possono né vedere, né udire, né camminare;

21 essi non si ravvidero dei loro omicidi né dalle loro magie né dalla loro fornicazione né dai loro furti.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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.

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

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.