Apocalisse 9
La Bibbia della Gioia
Il pozzo senza fondo
9 Il quinto angelo suonò, e vidi una stella che cadeva dal cielo sulla terra, alla quale fu data la chiave del pozzo senza fondo. 2 Quando lʼaprì, dal pozzo uscì un fumo, simile a quello di una grande fornace, che oscurò il sole e lʼaria.
3 Allora dal fumo uscirono delle locuste che si precipitarono sulla terra: a loro fu dato il potere di pungere come scorpioni. 4 Ma fu detto loro di non danneggiare né lʼerba della terra, né le piante, né gli alberi, ma soltanto gli uomini, che non avevano in fronte il marchio di Dio. 5 Non dovevano ucciderli, ma tormentarli per cinque mesi con dolori simili a quelli che dà la puntura dello scorpione. 6 «In quei giorni la gente cercherà di suicidarsi, ma senza riuscirci, la morte non verrà. Gli uomini desidereranno con tutto il cuore di morire, ma la morte fuggirà via!»
7 Le locuste sembravano cavalli armati per la guerra. Sulla testa avevano come delle corone che sembravano di oro, e i loro volti parevano umani. 8 Avevano capelli lunghi, come quelli di donna, e denti come quelli di leone. 9 Indossavano corazze che sembravano di ferro; e il rumore che facevano con le ali sembrava quello di un gran numero di cavalli e carri che si lanciano in battaglia. 10 Avevano la coda col pungiglione, come quella degli scorpioni; e proprio nella coda risiedeva il loro potere di tormentare gli uomini per cinque mesi. 11 Alla loro testa stava il re del pozzo senza fondo, che in ebraico si chiama Abaddòn e in greco Apollion (in italiano il Distruttore).
12 «La prima sventura è passata, ma eccone altre due che sopraggiungono!»
I quattro demòni
13 Il sesto angelo suonò, e udii una voce che usciva dai quattro angoli dellʼaltare dʼoro che è davanti al trono di Dio. 14 Quella voce diceva al sesto angelo che aveva la tromba: «Libera i quattro angeli che sono incatenati sulla riva del grande fiume Eufrate!» 15 Subito furono sciolti i quattro angeli, che erano pronti per quellʼora, quel giorno, quel mese e quellʼanno; furono liberati per uccidere la terza parte dellʼumanità. 16 Guidavano un esercito di duecento milioni di cavalieri: ne udii il numero esatto.
17-18 Ed ecco come apparvero nella mia visione cavalli e cavalieri. Alcuni cavalieri avevano corazze color rosso fuoco, altri blu intenso, altri ancora giallo zolfo. Le teste dei cavalli sembravano teste di leoni, dalla cui bocca uscivano fuoco, fumo e zolfo. Il fuoco, il fumo e lo zolfo causarono tre catastrofi, nelle quali morì un terzo dellʼumanità. 19 La potenza dei cavalli risiedeva sia nella bocca che nella coda: code che parevano tante teste di serpenti che mordevano e ferivano gli abitanti della terra.
20 Ma il resto dellʼumanità, che non rimase ucciso da questi flagelli, non si pentì affatto e continuò a rifiutarsi di adorare Dio! Non volevano rinunciare ad adorare i demòni e i propri idoli dʼoro, dʼargento, di rame, di pietra e di legno, idoli che non possono né vedere, né udire, né camminare! 21 Proprio così, i superstiti non si pentirono affatto dei loro omicidi, né delle loro magie, né delle loro depravazioni, né dei loro furti.
ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 9
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9 και ο πεμπτος αγγελος εσαλπισεν και ειδον αστερα εκ του ουρανου πεπτωκοτα εις την γην και εδοθη αυτω η κλεις του φρεατος της αβυσσου
2 και ηνοιξεν το φρεαρ της αβυσσου και ανεβη καπνος εκ του φρεατος ως καπνος καμινου μεγαλης και εσκοτισθη ο ηλιος και ο αηρ εκ του καπνου του φρεατος
3 και εκ του καπνου εξηλθον ακριδες εις την γην και εδοθη αυταις εξουσια ως εχουσιν εξουσιαν οι σκορπιοι της γης
4 και ερρεθη αυταις ινα μη αδικησωσιν τον χορτον της γης ουδε παν χλωρον ουδε παν δενδρον ει μη τους ανθρωπους μονους οιτινες ουκ εχουσιν την σφραγιδα του θεου επι των μετωπων αυτων
5 και εδοθη αυταις ινα μη αποκτεινωσιν αυτους αλλ ινα βασανισθωσιν μηνας πεντε και ο βασανισμος αυτων ως βασανισμος σκορπιου οταν παιση ανθρωπον
6 και εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις ζητησουσιν οι ανθρωποι τον θανατον και ουχ ευρησουσιν αυτον και επιθυμησουσιν αποθανειν και φευξεται ο θανατος απ αυτων
7 και τα ομοιωματα των ακριδων ομοια ιπποις ητοιμασμενοις εις πολεμον και επι τας κεφαλας αυτων ως στεφανοι ομοιοι χρυσω και τα προσωπα αυτων ως προσωπα ανθρωπων
8 και ειχον τριχας ως τριχας γυναικων και οι οδοντες αυτων ως λεοντων ησαν
9 και ειχον θωρακας ως θωρακας σιδηρους και η φωνη των πτερυγων αυτων ως φωνη αρματων ιππων πολλων τρεχοντων εις πολεμον
10 και εχουσιν ουρας ομοιας σκορπιοις και κεντρα ην εν ταις ουραις αυτων και η εξουσια αυτων αδικησαι τους ανθρωπους μηνας πεντε
11 και εχουσιν εφ αυτων βασιλεα τον αγγελον της αβυσσου ονομα αυτω εβραιστι αβαδδων και εν τη ελληνικη ονομα εχει απολλυων
12 η ουαι η μια απηλθεν ιδου ερχονται ετι δυο ουαι μετα ταυτα
13 και ο εκτος αγγελος εσαλπισεν και ηκουσα φωνην μιαν εκ των τεσσαρων κερατων του θυσιαστηριου του χρυσου του ενωπιον του θεου
14 λεγουσαν τω εκτω αγγελω ος ειχε την σαλπιγγα λυσον τους τεσσαρας αγγελους τους δεδεμενους επι τω ποταμω τω μεγαλω ευφρατη
15 και ελυθησαν οι τεσσαρες αγγελοι οι ητοιμασμενοι εις την ωραν και ημεραν και μηνα και ενιαυτον ινα αποκτεινωσιν το τριτον των ανθρωπων
16 και ο αριθμος στρατευματων του ιππικου δυο μυριαδες μυριαδων και ηκουσα τον αριθμον αυτων
17 και ουτως ειδον τους ιππους εν τη ορασει και τους καθημενους επ αυτων εχοντας θωρακας πυρινους και υακινθινους και θειωδεις και αι κεφαλαι των ιππων ως κεφαλαι λεοντων και εκ των στοματων αυτων εκπορευεται πυρ και καπνος και θειον
18 υπο των τριων τουτων απεκτανθησαν το τριτον των ανθρωπων εκ του πυρος και εκ του καπνου και εκ του θειου του εκπορευομενου εκ των στοματων αυτων
19 αι γαρ εξουσιαι αυτων εν τω στοματι αυτων εισιν αι γαρ ουραι αυτων ομοιαι οφεσιν εχουσαι κεφαλας και εν αυταις αδικουσιν
20 και οι λοιποι των ανθρωπων οι ουκ απεκτανθησαν εν ταις πληγαις ταυταις ουτε μετενοησαν εκ των εργων των χειρων αυτων ινα μη προσκυνησωσιν τα δαιμονια και ειδωλα τα χρυσα και τα αργυρα και τα χαλκα και τα λιθινα και τα ξυλινα α ουτε βλεπειν δυναται ουτε ακουειν ουτε περιπατειν
21 και ου μετενοησαν εκ των φονων αυτων ουτε εκ των φαρμακειων αυτων ουτε εκ της πορνειας αυτων ουτε εκ των κλεμματων αυτων
Revelation 9
New International Version
9 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) 2 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) 3 And out of the smoke locusts(G) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions(H) of the earth. 4 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) 5 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. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(N)
7 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) 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.(Q) 9 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.
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