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Offenbarung 9
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Die fünfte Posaune: Heuschrecken aus dem Abgrund

9 Daraufhin blies der fünfte Engel seine Posaune. Ich sah einen Stern, der vom Himmel auf die Erde herabgestürzt war. Diesem Stern wurde der Schlüssel zu dem Schacht gegeben, der in den Abgrund hinunterführt. 2 Als er den Schacht zum Abgrund aufschloss, quoll Rauch heraus wie aus einem riesigen Schmelzofen und erfüllte die Luft; sogar die Sonne wurde[a] davon verdunkelt. 3 Aus dem Rauch kamen Heuschrecken hervor, denen die Fähigkeit gegeben war, wie Skorpione zu stechen. Sie schwärmten über die ganze Erde aus[b], 4 doch wurde ihnen ausdrücklich verboten, das Gras abzufressen oder an Bäumen oder anderen Pflanzen irgendwelchen Schaden anzurichten. Sie durften nur Menschen angreifen, und zwar alle diejenigen, die nicht das Siegel Gottes auf der Stirn trugen. 5 Töten durften sie sie zwar nicht, aber sie bekamen die Macht, ihnen fünf Monate lang qualvolle Schmerzen zuzufügen – Schmerzen, die so ´unerträglich` sind wie der Stich eines Skorpions. 6 Während dieser Zeit werden die Menschen den Tod suchen, ihn aber nicht finden. Sie werden sich danach sehnen zu sterben, aber der Tod wird vor ihnen fliehen.

7 Das Aussehen der Heuschrecken erinnerte an Pferde, die für die Schlacht gerüstet sind. Auf ihren Köpfen hatten sie etwas, was wie eine goldschimmernde Krone aussah, und ihre Gesichter glichen Menschengesichtern. 8 Sie hatten ´lange` Haare wie Frauen und Zähne wie die eines Löwen. 9 Ihr Rumpf war wie mit Eisen gepanzert, und ihre Flügel machten einen Lärm, als würde ein ganzes Heer von Pferden und Streitwagen in den Kampf ziehen. 10 Ihre Hinterleiber waren wie der Schwanz eines Skorpions geformt und mit einem Stachel versehen. Mit diesem Teil ihres Körpers verursachen sie die Qualen, denen die Menschen fünf Monate lang ausgesetzt sein werden. 11 Der König dieser Heuschrecken ist der Engel aus dem Abgrund; er heißt ´»der Verderber«`– auf Hebräisch Abaddon und auf Griechisch Apollyon.

12 Das erste Unheil, das der Wehruf angekündigt hat,[c] ist vorüber; das zweite und das dritte stehen noch bevor.

Die sechste Posaune: Ein todbringendes Reiterheer

13 Nun blies der sechste Engel seine Posaune. Ich hörte eine Stimme, die von den vier Hörnern des goldenen Altars kam, der vor ´dem Thron` Gottes stand. 14 Sie befahl dem Engel, der die sechste Posaune ´geblasen` hatte: »Binde die vier Engel los, die am großen Strom, dem Euphrat, in Fesseln gelegt sind!« 15 Da wurden die vier Engel von ihren Fesseln befreit. Auf Jahr, Monat, Tag und Stunde genau waren sie ´für diesen Zeitpunkt` bereitgehalten worden, um ein Drittel der Menschheit zu töten. 16 Sie verfügten über ein riesiges Heer von zweihundert Millionen Reitern; diese Zahl wurde mir ausdrücklich genannt.[d]

17 Die Pferde und ihre Reiter sahen in der Vision, die ich hatte, folgendermaßen aus: Die Reiter[e] trugen feuerrote, violette[f] und schwefelgelbe Brustpanzer. Die Pferde hatten Köpfe, die wie Löwenköpfe aussahen, und aus ihren Mäulern schossen Feuer, Rauch und Schwefel. 18 Diesen drei schrecklichen Plagen – dem Feuer, dem Rauch und dem Schwefel aus den Mäulern der Pferde – fiel ein Drittel der Menschheit zum Opfer. 19 Aber die tödliche Wirkung ging nicht nur von den Mäulern der Pferde aus, sondern auch von ihren Schwänzen.[g] Denn diese Schwänze glichen Schlangen und hatten Köpfe, mit denen sie die Menschen angriffen.

20 Doch diejenigen, die diese Plagen überlebten, waren nicht zur Umkehr bereit. Sie hörten nicht auf, Dämonen anzubeten und sich vor Götzenbildern aus Gold, Silber, Bronze, Stein und Holz niederzuwerfen, die sie mit eigenen Händen gemacht hatten und die[h] weder sehen noch hören, noch sich von der Stelle bewegen können. 21 Statt umzukehren, mordeten sie weiter, übten okkulte Praktiken aus, lebten in sexueller Ausschweifung und bestahlen einander, ´wie sie es schon immer getan hatten`.

Footnotes

  1. Offenbarung 9:2 W Schmelzofen, und die Sonne und die Luft wurden.
  2. Offenbarung 9:3 W kamen Heuschrecken hervor auf die Erde, und es wurde ihnen Macht gegeben, wie die Skorpione der Erde Macht haben.
  3. Offenbarung 9:12 W Das erste Wehe. Siehe Kapitel 8,13.
  4. Offenbarung 9:16 W Und die Zahl der berittenen Truppen war zweimal zehntausend mal zehntausend; ich hörte ihre Zahl.
  5. Offenbarung 9:17 Od Die Reiter und die Pferde.
  6. Offenbarung 9:17 Od dunkelblaue. W hyazinthfarbene.
  7. Offenbarung 9:19 W Denn die Macht der Pferde ist in ihrem Maul und in ihren Schwänzen.
  8. Offenbarung 9:20 W Und die Übrigen der Menschen, die durch diese Plagen nicht getötet wurden, kehrten auch ´jetzt` nicht um von den Werken ihrer Hände, sodass sie die Dämonen und die Götzenbilder aus Gold, Silber, Bronze, Stein und Holz nicht mehr (sich niederwerfend) angebetet hätten, die.
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Revelation 9
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9 Then[a] the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky[b] to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.[c] 2 He[d] opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it[e] like smoke from a giant furnace. The[f] sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft. 3 Then[g] out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power[h] like that of the scorpions of the earth. 4 They[i] were told[j] not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people[k] who did not have the seal of God on their[l] forehead. 5 The locusts[m] were not given permission[n] to kill[o] them, but only to torture[p] them[q] for five months, and their torture was like that[r] of a scorpion when it stings a person.[s] 6 In[t] those days people[u] will seek death, but[v] will not be able to[w] find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

7 Now[x] the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On[y] their heads were something like crowns similar to gold,[z] and their faces looked like men’s[aa] faces. 8 They[ab] had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9 They had breastplates[ac] like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. 10 They have[ad] tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability[ae] to injure people for five months is in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.[af]

12 The first woe has passed, but[ag] two woes are still coming after these things!

13 Then[ah] the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the[ai] horns on the golden altar that is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding[aj] the trumpet, “Set free[ak] the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 15 Then[al] the four angels who had been prepared for this[am] hour, day,[an] month, and year were set free to kill[ao] a third of humanity. 16 The[ap] number of soldiers on horseback was 200,000,000;[aq] I heard their number. 17 Now[ar] this is what the horses and their riders[as] looked like in my[at] vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red,[au] dark blue,[av] and sulfurous[aw] yellow in color.[ax] The[ay] heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur[az] came out of their mouths. 18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is,[ba] by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 For the power[bb] of the horses resides[bc] in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. 20 The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made[bd] of gold, silver,[be] bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. 21 Furthermore,[bf] they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells,[bg] of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
  2. Revelation 9:1 tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
  3. Revelation 9:1 tn On this term BDAG 2 s.v. ἄβυσσος 2 states, “netherworld, abyss, esp. the abode of the dead Ro 10:7 (Ps 106:26) and of demons Lk 8:31; dungeon where the devil is kept Rv 20:3; abode of the θηρίον, the Antichrist 11:7; 17:8; of ᾿Αβαδδών (q.v.), the angel of the underworld 9:11…φρέαρ τῆς ἀ. 9:1f; capable of being sealed 9:1; 20:1, 3.”
  4. Revelation 9:2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  5. Revelation 9:2 tn Grk “the shaft,” but since this would be somewhat redundant in English, the pronoun “it” is used here.
  6. Revelation 9:2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  7. Revelation 9:3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
  8. Revelation 9:3 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
  9. Revelation 9:4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  10. Revelation 9:4 tn The dative indirect object (αὐταῖς, autais) was converted into the subject (“they”) as this more closely approximates English usage. The following ἵ῞να (hina) is taken as substantival, introducing a direct object clause. In this case, because it is reported speech, the ἵνα is similar to the declarative ὅτι (hoti).
  11. Revelation 9:4 tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used in a generic sense here of both men and women.
  12. Revelation 9:4 tn The article τῶν (tōn) has been translated as a possessive pronoun here (ExSyn 215).
  13. Revelation 9:5 tn Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  14. Revelation 9:5 tn The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
  15. Revelation 9:5 tn The two ἵνα (hina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edothē).
  16. Revelation 9:5 tn On this term BDAG 168 s.v. βασανισμός states, “1. infliction of severe suffering or pain associated with torture or torment, tormenting, torture Rv 9:5b.—2. the severe pain experienced through torture, torment vs. 5a; 14:11; 18:10, 15; (w. πένθος) vs. 7.”
  17. Revelation 9:5 tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text but is picked up from the previous clause.
  18. Revelation 9:5 tn Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.
  19. Revelation 9:5 tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.
  20. Revelation 9:6 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  21. Revelation 9:6 tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used in a generic sense here of both men and women.
  22. Revelation 9:6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
  23. Revelation 9:6 tn The phrase “not be able to” was used in the translation to emphasize the strong negation (οὐ μή, ou mē) in the Greek text.
  24. Revelation 9:7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of the description of the locusts, which is somewhat parenthetical in the narrative.
  25. Revelation 9:7 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  26. Revelation 9:7 tn The translation attempts to bring out the double uncertainty in this clause in the Greek text, involving both the form (ὡς στέφανοι, hōs stephanoi, “like crowns”) and the material (ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ, homoioi chrusō, “similar to gold”).
  27. Revelation 9:7 tn Or “human faces.” The Greek term ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is often used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women. However, because “women’s hair” in the next clause suggests a possible gender distinction here, “men’s” was retained.
  28. Revelation 9:8 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  29. Revelation 9:9 tn Or perhaps, “scales like iron breastplates” (RSV, NRSV) although the Greek term θώραξ (thōrax) would have to shift its meaning within the clause, and elsewhere in biblical usage (e.g., Eph 6:14; 1 Thess 5:8) it normally means “breastplate.” See also L&N 8.38.
  30. Revelation 9:10 tn In the Greek text there is a shift to the present tense here; the previous verbs translated “had” are imperfects.
  31. Revelation 9:10 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
  32. Revelation 9:11 sn Both the Hebrew Abaddon and the Greek Apollyon mean “Destroyer.”
  33. Revelation 9:12 tn Grk “behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the context.
  34. Revelation 9:13 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
  35. Revelation 9:13 tc ‡ Several key mss (P47 א1 A 0207 1611 2053 2344 lat syh co) lack the word τεσσάρων (tessarōn, “four”) before κεράτων (keratōn, “horns”). The word seems to have been added by scribes because a “horned” altar (described in the OT [Exod 30:2, 10]) could have only four “horns” or projections at the corners. NA28 includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
  36. Revelation 9:14 tn Grk “having.”
  37. Revelation 9:14 tn On λῦσον (luson) BDAG 606-7 s.v. λύω 2 states, “set free, loose, untie—a. lit. a pers., animal, or thing that is bound or tied…Angels that are bound Rv 9:14f.”
  38. Revelation 9:15 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
  39. Revelation 9:15 tn The Greek article τήν (tēn) has been translated with demonstrative force here.
  40. Revelation 9:15 tn The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term “month” since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
  41. Revelation 9:15 tn Grk “so that they might kill,” but the English infinitive is an equivalent construction to indicate purpose here.
  42. Revelation 9:16 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  43. Revelation 9:16 tn Grk “twenty thousand of ten thousands.”
  44. Revelation 9:17 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of the description of the horses and riders, which is somewhat parenthetical in the narrative.
  45. Revelation 9:17 tn Grk “and those seated on them.”
  46. Revelation 9:17 tn Grk “the vision”; the Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
  47. Revelation 9:17 tn L&N 79.33 states, “‘fiery red’…. One may also render ‘fiery red’ as ‘red like fire’ or ‘the color of fire.’”
  48. Revelation 9:17 tn On this term BDAG 1022 s.v. ὑακίνθινος states, “hyacinth-colored, i.e., dark blue (dark red?) w. πύρινος Rv 9:17.”
  49. Revelation 9:17 tn On this term BDAG 446 s.v. θειώδης states, “sulphurous Rv 9:17.”
  50. Revelation 9:17 sn The colors of the riders’ breastplates parallel the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur in v. 18.
  51. Revelation 9:17 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  52. Revelation 9:17 tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”
  53. Revelation 9:18 tn The phrase ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν (“by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths”) is taken as epexegetical (explanatory) to the phrase τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων (“these three plagues”).
  54. Revelation 9:19 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
  55. Revelation 9:19 tn Grk “is.”
  56. Revelation 9:20 tn The word “made” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
  57. Revelation 9:20 tn The Greek conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the following materials in this list, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
  58. Revelation 9:21 tn Grk “and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation, with “furthermore” used to indicate a continuation of the preceding.
  59. Revelation 9:21 tn On the term φαρμακεία (pharmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people—‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”
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