The Fifth Trumpet

The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth.(A) The key for the shaft to the abyss(B) was given to him. He opened the shaft to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great[a] furnace(C) so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.(D) Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth,(E) and power[b] was given to them(F) like the power that scorpions have on the earth.(G) They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree,(H) but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.(I) They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone. In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.(J)

The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle.(K) Something like golden crowns was on their heads; their faces were like human faces; they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth;(L) they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots with horses rushing into battle; 10 and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months. 11 They had as their king[c] the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,[d](M) and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[e]

12 The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.(N)

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Notas al pie

  1. 9:2 Other mss omit great
  2. 9:3 Or authority, also in v. 10
  3. 9:11 Or as king over them
  4. 9:11 Or Destruction
  5. 9:11 Or Destroyer

· kai The ho fifth pemptos angel angelos blew his trumpet salpizō, and kai I saw a star astēr fallen piptō from ek the ho sky ouranos to eis the ho earth ; and kai he autos was given didōmi the ho key kleis to the ho shaft phrear of the ho abyss abyssos. · kai He opened anoigō the ho shaft phrear of the ho abyss abyssos, and kai from ek the ho shaft phrear rose anabainō smoke kapnos like hōs the smoke kapnos of a giant megas furnace kaminos, and kai the ho sun hēlios and kai the ho air aēr were darkened skotoō with ho smoke kapnos from ek the ho shaft phrear. Then kai out of ek the ho smoke kapnos came exerchomai locusts akris onto eis the ho earth , and kai they autos were given didōmi power exousia like hōs the power exousia of · ho scorpions skorpios of the ho earth . · kai They autos were told legō not to harm adikeō the ho grass chortos of the ho earth or oude any pas green plant chlōros or oude any pas tree dendron, but only ei those ho people anthrōpos who hostis did not ou have echō the ho seal sphragis of ho God theos on epi their ho foreheads metōpon. · kai They autos were allowed didōmi not to kill apokteinō them autos but alla to torture basanizō them for five pente months mēn, and kai · ho their autos torture basanismos was like hōs the torture basanismos of a scorpion skorpios when hotan it stings paiō a person anthrōpos. And kai in en · ho those ekeinos days hēmera people anthrōpos will seek zēteō · ho · ho death thanatos but kai will not ou mē find heuriskō it autos; · kai they will long epithumeō to die apothnēskō, but kai death thanatos will flee pheugō · ho from apo them autos.

· kai · ho In appearance homoiōma the ho locusts akris were like homoios horses hippos prepared hetoimazō for eis battle polemos. · kai On epi · ho their autos heads kephalē were something homoios like hōs crowns stephanos of gold chrysos, and kai · ho their autos faces prosōpon were like hōs human anthrōpos faces prosōpon. · kai They had echō hair thrix like hōs women’ s gynē hair thrix, and kai · ho their autos teeth odous were eimi like hōs lions’ leōn teeth. · kai They had echō breastplates thōrax like hōs breastplates thōrax of iron sidērous, and kai the ho sound phōnē of ho their autos wings pteryx was like hōs the sound phōnē of many polys horse-drawn hippos chariots harma rushing trechō into eis battle polemos. 10 · kai They had echō tails oura like homoios scorpions skorpios, with kai stingers kentron; and kai · ho · ho their autos power exousia to hurt adikeō · ho people anthrōpos for five pente months mēn lies in en their autos tails oura. 11 They have echō as king basileus over epi them autos the ho angel angelos of the ho abyss abyssos, whose autos name onoma in Hebrew Hebraisti is Abaddon Abaddōn, but kai in en · ho Greek Hellēnikos he has echō the name onoma Apollyon Apollyōn. 12 The ho first heis woe ouai · ho has passed aperchomai; behold idou, two dyo woes ouai are yet eti to come erchomai after meta this houtos.

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