Revelation 9
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9 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fall from ·the sky [or heaven] to the earth. The star was given the key to the ·deep hole [shaft] ·that leads to the bottomless pit [L of the Abyss; C the place of the dead and/or a prison for fallen angels; Luke 8:31; Rom. 10:7]. 2 Then ·it [or he] opened up the ·hole that leads to the bottomless pit [shaft of the Abyss], and smoke came up from the ·hole [shaft] like smoke from a ·big [great; giant] furnace. Then the sun and ·sky [air] became dark because of the smoke from the ·hole [shaft]. 3 Then locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke [C similar to the eighth Egyptian plague; Ex. 10:1–20; see also Joel 1:2—2:10], and they were given the power ·to sting like [L like the power of] scorpions [L of the earth]. 4 They were told not to ·harm [damage] the grass on the earth or any ·plant [greenery] or tree. They could ·harm [damage] only the people who did not have the ·sign [seal] of God on their foreheads [7:3]. 5 These locusts were not ·given the power [permitted] to kill anyone, but to ·cause pain to [torture; torment] the people for five months [C perhaps referring to the limited life span of a locust]. And ·the pain they felt was like the pain a scorpion gives [L their torture/torment was like the torture/torment of a scorpion] when it stings someone. 6 During those days people will ·look for a way to die [L seek death], but they will not find it. They will ·want [long; desire] to die, but death will ·run away [flee] from them.
7 The locusts looked like horses ·prepared [equipped; trained] for battle [Joel 2:4]. On their heads they wore what looked like crowns of gold [C indicating their victory; 2:10], and their faces looked like human faces. 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth [Joel 1:6]. 9 Their chests looked like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horses and chariots ·hurrying [charging; running] into battle [Joel 2:5]. 10 The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails was their ·power [authority] to ·hurt [damage; harm] people for five months. 11 The locusts had a king who was the ·angel [or messenger] of the ·bottomless pit [L Abyss; 9:1]. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon and in the Greek language is Apollyon [C both mean “Destroyer”; perhaps a reference to Satan].
12 The first ·trouble [L woe] is past; there are still two other ·troubles [L woes] that will come [8:13].
13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns [C some ancient manuscripts specify that there are four horns; protrusions on the four corners of the altar symbolizing God’s strength] on the golden altar [C the incense altar; Ex. 30:1–10] that is before God. 14 The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “·Free [Release] the four angels who are ·tied [bound] at the great river Euphrates [7:1].” 15 And they ·let loose [released] the four angels who had been ·kept ready [prepared] for this hour and day and month and year so they could kill a third of ·all people on the earth [L humanity; mankind]. 16 I heard how many troops on horses were in their army—two hundred million.
17 The horses and their riders I saw in the vision looked like this: They had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue [L hyacinth-colored], and yellow like sulfur [brimstone]. The heads of the horses looked like heads of lions, with fire, smoke, and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 18 A third of ·all the people on earth [humanity; mankind] were killed by these three ·terrible disasters [plagues] coming out of the horses’ mouths: the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur. 19 The horses’ ·power [authority] was in their mouths and in their tails; their tails were like snakes with heads [12:9; Gen. 3:1–7], and with them they ·hurt [damaged; injured; wounded] people.
20 The ·other [rest of the] people who were not killed by these ·terrible disasters [plagues] still did not ·change their hearts and turn away from what they had made with their own hands [L repent from the works of their hands]. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see or hear or walk [Ps. 115:4–7; 135:17; Jer. 10:1–16]. 21 These people did not ·change their hearts and turn away from [repent of] murder or ·evil magic [sorcery], from their ·sexual sins [fornication] or stealing.
Apocalipse 9
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9 Tocou então a sua trombeta o quinto anjo. E vi uma estrela que caíra do céu sobre a Terra e foi-lhe dada a chave do abismo insondável. 2 E quando o abriu, saiu dali fumo, como se fosse de uma imensa fornalha, a ponto de escurecer completamente o ar e o Sol.
3 E saíram gafanhotos, do meio daquele grande fumo, que desceram sobre a Terra. E deram-lhes poder para ferroar como os escorpiões. 4 Foi-lhes dito que poupassem a vegetação da Terra, a erva, os arbustos, as árvores, e que atacassem somente as pessoas que não tinham nas suas testas a marca de Deus. 5 Não deviam matá-las, mas sim torturá-las, durante cinco meses, com um sofrimento semelhante ao que provoca a picada do escorpião. 6 Durante esse tempo os homens hão de querer morrer, procurando matar-se e não serão capazes de o fazer: a morte não lhes virá, fugirá deles!
7 Esses gafanhotos pareciam cavalos aparelhados para a guerra. Traziam na cabeça algo como coroas de ouro e o seu focinho assemelhava-se ao rosto de homens. 8 Tinham na cabeça cabelos compridos, como as mulheres, e viam-se-lhes dentes como de leão. 9 Traziam o peito protegido por uma couraça de ferro e quando batiam as asas faziam barulho como um batalhão de carros de combate avançando para a guerra. 10 Tinham caudas armadas de um ferrão, tal como os escorpiões, e era com isso que podiam ferir as pessoas, durante cinco meses, como lhes tinha sido ordenado. 11 O seu comandante é o anjo do abismo profundo, cujo nome em hebraico é Abadom, e em grego é Apolion, que quer dizer “Destruidor”.
12 Assim terminou o primeiro “ai”, mas ainda hão de vir mais dois.
13 O sexto anjo tocou a sua trombeta e ouvi uma voz que falava a partir dos quatro chifres do altar de ouro diante de Deus. 14 Dirigia-se ao sexto anjo que tinha a trombeta, dizendo: “Solta os quatro anjos que estão amarrados junto do grande rio Eufrates.” 15 Eles tinham sido mantidos prontos para aquele momento exato, precisamente para aquela hora, dia, mês e ano. Foram então soltos para que matassem uma terça parte da humanidade. 16 E dirigiam um exército de 200 milhões de militares, segundo o número que ouvi anunciar.
17 Os cavalos desse exército eram montados por cavaleiros com couraças cor de fogo umas, e outras azuis e amarelas. As cabeças dos cavalos assemelhavam-se às de leões, e saía fogo, enxofre incandescente e fumo das suas bocas. 18 Assim mataram uma terça parte de toda a humanidade. 19 O poder que tinham para matar estava nas suas bocas e também nas caudas, porque estas eram semelhantes a cabeças de serpentes que podiam ferir mortalmente.
20 E os seres humanos que não foram mortos por essas pragas, mesmo assim não se arrependeram das suas obras más! Não quiseram abandonar o culto aos demónios, nem deixar os ídolos de ouro, prata, bronze, pedra e madeira, que não podem ver, nem ouvir, nem andar! 21 Não quiseram arrepender-se dos seus assassínios, das suas bruxarias, dos seus atos de imoralidade sexual e dos seus roubos.
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