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Offenbarung 9
Hoffnung für Alle

Die fünfte Posaune

9 Da stieß der fünfte Engel in seine Posaune. Ich sah einen Stern, der vom Himmel auf die Erde gefallen war. Diesem Stern wurde der Schlüssel zu dem Schacht gegeben, der in den Abgrund hinabführt. 2 Er öffnete den Schacht, und heraus quoll beißender Rauch wie aus einem riesigen Schmelzofen. Die Luft war vom Qualm so erfüllt, dass man die Sonne nicht mehr sehen konnte.

3 Aus dem Rauch kamen Heuschrecken hervor und überfielen die Erde. Sie erhielten die Macht, wie Skorpione zu stechen. 4 Doch sie durften weder dem Gras noch den Bäumen oder irgendeiner Pflanze auf der Erde Schaden zufügen. Sie sollten nur die Menschen quälen, die nicht das Siegel Gottes auf ihrer Stirn trugen. 5 Es wurde ihnen nicht erlaubt, die Menschen zu töten, aber sie durften ihnen fünf Monate lang qualvolle Schmerzen zufügen, wie sie der Stich eines Skorpions hervorruft. 6 In dieser Zeit werden sich die Menschen verzweifelt den Tod wünschen, aber er wird sie nicht erlösen. Sie wollen nur noch sterben, aber der Tod wird vor ihnen fliehen.

7 Die Heuschrecken sahen aus wie Schlachtrosse, die in den Kampf ziehen. Auf ihren Köpfen glänzte es, als würden sie goldene Kronen tragen, und ihre Gesichter hatten menschliche Züge. 8 Sie hatten eine Mähne wie Frauenhaar und Zähne wie Löwen. 9 Brustschilde hatten sie wie Eisenpanzer, und ihre Flügelschläge dröhnten wie Streitwagen, die mit vielen Pferden bespannt in die Schlacht ziehen. 10 Sie hatten Schwänze und Stacheln wie Skorpione. Mit ihrem Gift konnten sie die Menschen fünf Monate lang quälen. 11 Als König herrschte über sie der Engel aus dem Abgrund. Auf Hebräisch heißt er Abaddon, auf Griechisch Apollyon. Das bedeutet »Zerstörer«.

12 Aber das ist noch nicht alles. Diesem ersten Unheil werden noch zwei weitere folgen.

Die sechste Posaune

13 Jetzt blies der sechste Engel seine Posaune. Ich hörte eine Stimme von allen vier Ecken[a] des goldenen Altars, der vor dem Thron Gottes steht. 14 Diese Stimme forderte den sechsten Engel auf: »Befrei die vier Engel, die am Euphrat, dem großen Strom, gefangen sind!« 15 Und die vier Engel wurden befreit. Auf dieses Jahr, diesen Monat, diesen Tag, ja, genau auf diese Stunde waren sie bereitgehalten worden, um ein Drittel der Menschheit zu töten. 16 Sie führten ein riesiges Heer mit zweihundert Millionen Reitern. Das ist die Zahl, die mir gesagt wurde.

17 Und dann sah ich sie in dieser Vision: Die Pferde trugen ebenso wie ihre Reiter feuerrot, dunkelblau und schwefelgelb glänzende Rüstungen. Mächtig wie Löwenköpfe waren die Köpfe der Pferde. Feuer, Rauch und brennender Schwefel schossen aus ihren Mäulern. 18 Mit diesen drei Waffen töteten sie ein Drittel der Menschheit. 19 Aber nicht nur aus ihren Mäulern kamen Tod und Zerstörung, auch mit ihren Schwänzen konnten sie die Menschen umbringen. Denn ihre Schwänze sahen aus wie Schlangen und hatten Köpfe, mit denen sie den Menschen Schaden zufügten.

20 Doch trotz all dieser entsetzlichen Katastrophen dachten die Überlebenden nicht daran, sich zu ändern und zu Gott umzukehren. Nach wie vor beteten sie die Dämonen an und ihre selbst gemachten Götzen aus Gold, Silber, Bronze, Stein oder Holz, die weder hören noch sehen noch laufen können. 21 Ja, die Menschen kehrten nicht um. Sie hörten nicht auf, einander umzubringen, Zauberei zu treiben, sexuell unmoralisch zu leben und einander zu bestehlen.

Footnotes

  1. 9,13 Wörtlich: Hörnern. – Vgl. 2. Mose 30,2.
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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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啟示錄 9
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition

9 第五位天使吹號，我就看見一顆星從天上墜落到地上；有無底坑的鑰匙賜給它。 2 它開了無底坑，就有煙從坑裏往上冒，好像大火爐的煙；太陽和天空都因這煙昏暗了。 3 有蝗蟲從煙中出來，飛到地上，有權柄賜給牠們，好像地上的蠍子有權柄一樣。 4 牠們奉命不可傷害地上的草、各樣綠色植物和各種樹木，惟獨可傷害額上沒有　神印記的人； 5 但是不許蝗蟲害死他們，只可使他們受痛苦五個月；這痛苦就像人被蠍子螫了的痛苦一樣。 6 在那些日子，人求死，卻死不了；想死，死卻避開他們。

7 蝗蟲的形狀好像預備上陣的戰馬一樣，頭上戴的好像金冠冕，臉面好像男人的臉面， 8 頭髮像女人的頭髮，牙齒像獅子的牙齒； 9 牠們胸前有甲，好像鐵甲；又有翅膀的響聲，好像許多車馬奔跑上陣的聲音。 10 牠們有尾巴像蠍子，長着毒刺，尾巴上的毒刺有能力傷害人五個月。 11 牠們有無底坑的使者作牠們的王，按着希伯來話名叫亞巴頓，希臘話名叫亞玻倫。

12 第一樣災禍過去了；看哪，還有兩樣災禍要來。

13 第六位天使吹號，我聽見有聲音從　神面前金壇的四[a]角發出來， 14 吩咐那吹號的第六位天使，說：「把那捆綁在幼發拉底大河的四個使者釋放了。」 15 那四個使者就被釋放；他們原是預備好，在特定的年、月、日、時，要殺人類的三分之一。 16 騎兵有二億；他們的數目我聽見了。 17 我在異象中看見那些馬和騎馬的：騎馬的穿着火紅、紫瑪瑙及硫磺色的胸甲；馬的頭好像獅子的頭，有火、有煙、有硫磺從馬的口中噴出來。 18 從馬的口中所噴出來的火、煙和硫磺這三樣災害殺了人類的三分之一。 19 馬的能力在於牠們的口和尾巴；牠們的尾巴像蛇，有頭，用頭來傷害人。

20 其餘未曾被這些災難所殺的人仍舊不為自己手所做的悔改，還是去拜鬼魔和那些不能看、不能聽、不能走，用金、銀、銅、木、石所造的偶像。 21 他們也不為自己所犯的那些兇殺、邪術、淫亂、偷竊的事悔改。

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  1. 9．13 有古卷沒有「四」。
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Revelation 9
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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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