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Die fünfte und sechste Posaunen

Und der fünfte Engel posaunte; und ich sah einen Stern, der vom Himmel auf die Erde gefallen war, und es wurde ihm der Schlüssel zum Schlunde des Abgrunds gegeben. Und er öffnete den Schlund des Abgrunds, und ein Rauch stieg empor aus dem Schlunde, wie der Rauch eines großen Ofens, und die Sonne und die Luft wurden verfinstert von dem Rauch des Schlundes. Und aus dem Rauch kamen Heuschrecken hervor auf die Erde; und es wurde ihnen Macht gegeben, wie die Skorpione der Erde Macht haben. Und es wurde ihnen gesagt, daß sie das Gras der Erde nicht schädigen sollten, auch nicht irgend etwas Grünes, noch irgend einen Baum, sondern nur die Menschen, welche das Siegel Gottes nicht an ihrer Stirne haben. Und es wurde ihnen gegeben, sie nicht zu töten, sondern zu plagen fünf Monate lang. Und ihre Qual war wie die Qual von einem Skorpion, wenn er einen Menschen sticht. Und in jenen Tagen werden die Menschen den Tod suchen und ihn nicht finden; sie werden begehren zu sterben, und der Tod wird von ihnen fliehen.

Und die Gestalten der Heuschrecken glichen Pferden, zum Kampfe gerüstet, und auf ihren Köpfen [waren] wie goldene Kronen, und ihre Angesichter wie menschliche Angesichter. Und sie hatten Haare wie Frauenhaare, und ihre Zähne waren wie Löwenzähne. Und sie hatten Panzer wie eiserne Panzer, und das Rasseln ihrer Flügel war wie das Rasseln vieler Wagen und Rosse, welche zum Kampfe laufen. 10 Und sie haben Schwänze wie Skorpione, und Stacheln, und in ihren Schwänzen lag ihre Macht, die Menschen zu schädigen fünf Monate lang. 11 Und sie haben als König über sich den Engel des Abgrunds; sein Name ist auf hebräisch Abaddon[a], und im Griechischen hat er den Namen Apollyon[b].

12 Das eine Wehe ist vorüber, siehe, es kommen noch zwei Wehe nach diesem.

13 Und der sechste Engel posaunte, und ich hörte eine Stimme aus den vier Hörnern des goldenen Altars, der vor Gott steht, 14 die sprach zu dem sechsten Engel, der die Posaune hatte: Löse die vier Engel, die am großen Strom Euphrat gebunden sind! 15 Und die vier Engel wurden losgebunden, die auf Stunde und Tag und Monat und Jahr bereitstanden, den dritten Teil der Menschen zu töten. 16 Und die Zahl des Reiterheeres war zweimal zehntausendmal zehntausend; ich hörte ihre Zahl.

17 Und so sah ich im Gesicht die Pferde und die darauf saßen: sie hatten feurige und violette und schwefelgelbe Panzer, und die Köpfe der Pferde waren wie Löwenköpfe; und aus ihren Mäulern geht Feuer und Rauch und Schwefel hervor. 18 Durch diese drei Plagen wurde der dritte Teil der Menschen getötet, durch das Feuer und den Rauch und den Schwefel, die aus ihren Mäulern gingen. 19 Denn die Macht der Pferde liegt in ihrem Maul und in ihren Schwänzen; denn ihre Schwänze gleichen Schlangen, und sie haben Köpfe, und mit diesen schädigen sie.

20 Aber die übrigen der Menschen, die durch diese Plagen nicht getötet wurden, taten nicht Buße von den Werken ihrer Hände, so daß sie nicht mehr die Dämonen und die Götzen von Gold und Silber und Erz und Stein und Holz angebetet hätten, die weder sehen, noch hören, noch gehen können. 21 Und sie taten nicht Buße, weder von ihren Mordtaten noch von ihren Zaubereien noch von ihrer Unzucht noch von ihren Diebereien.

Footnotes

  1. Offenbarung 9:11 Abbadon, w. Zerstörer
  2. Offenbarung 9:11 Apollyon, w. Verderber

Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit

Then the fifth angel sounded: (A)And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to (B)the [a]bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the (C)sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, (D)as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded (E)not to harm (F)the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have (G)the seal of God on their foreheads. And [b]they were not given authority to kill them, (H)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In those days (I)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

(J)The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. (K)On their heads were crowns of something like gold, (L)and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women’s hair, and (M)their teeth were like lions’ teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was (N)like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had as king over them (O)the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is [c]Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name [d]Apollyon.

12 (P)One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates

13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the (Q)golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound (R)at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a (S)third of mankind. 16 Now (T)the number of the army (U)of the horsemen was two hundred million; (V)I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; (W)and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. 19 For [e]their power is in their mouth and in their tails; (X)for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.

20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (Y)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship (Z)demons, (AA)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders (AB)or their [f]sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:1 Lit. shaft of the abyss
  2. Revelation 9:5 The locusts
  3. Revelation 9:11 Lit. Destruction
  4. Revelation 9:11 Lit. Destroyer
  5. Revelation 9:19 NU, M the power of the horses
  6. Revelation 9:21 NU, M drugs

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.