Uppenbarelseboken 9
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
9 Sedan blåste den femte ängeln i sin trumpet, och då såg jag en stjärna som hade fallit från himlen ner på jorden. Stjärnan fick nyckeln till avgrunden, 2 och när den öppnade avgrunden vällde det fram rök som från en väldig ugn, och solen och luften förmörkades av röken från avgrunden.
3 Sedan kom det fram gräshoppor ur röken ut över jorden, och de fick en likadan makt som skorpionerna har på jorden. 4 Men de blev tillsagda att inte skada gräset på jorden eller några växter eller träd, utan bara de människor som inte var märkta med Guds sigill på sina pannor. 5 De fick inte döda dem, men de skulle plåga dem under fem månader, och plågan som de orsakade kändes som skorpionstick. 6 På den tiden kommer människor att söka döden, men de ska inte finna den. De ska längta efter att få dö, men döden ska fly ifrån dem.
7 Gräshopporna såg ut som hästar, rustade till strid. De hade något som såg ut som kransar av guld på sina huvuden, och deras ansikten liknade människors ansikten. 8 Deras hår var som kvinnohår, och deras tänder var som lejontänder. 9 De hade bröstsköldar av något som liknade järn, och dånet av deras vingar lät som när en armé med hästar och vagnar rusar iväg till strid. 10 De hade stjärtar och giftgaddar som skorpioner, och det var i stjärten de hade makten att plåga människorna under fem månader. 11 Deras kung som de har över sig är avgrundens ängel. På hebreiska heter han Abaddon och på grekiska Apollyon[a].
12 Det första veropet är över, men det ska komma två till.
13 Den sjätte ängeln blåste nu i sin trumpet, och då hörde jag en röst från de fyra hornen på altaret av guld inför Guds tron. 14 Rösten sa till den sjätte ängeln med trumpeten: ”Släpp lös de fyra änglar som är bundna vid den stora floden Eufrat.” 15 De fyra änglar som hade hållits beredda för just den stunden, den dagen, den månaden och det året, släpptes lösa för att döda en tredjedel av människorna. 16 De ledde en armé med 200 miljoner[b] ryttare; jag fick höra hur många de var.
17 I min syn såg jag hästarna och ryttarna, och de såg ut så här: Ryttarna bar eldröda och mörkblå och svavelgula bröstsköldar. Hästarnas huvuden liknade lejonhuvuden, och ur deras mun kom det eld och rök och svavel. 18 En tredjedel av alla människor dödades av dessa tre plågor, av elden, röken, och svavlet som kom från hästarnas munnar. 19 De hade sin kraft i sina munnar, men också i sina svansar, för deras svansar var som ormar med huvuden, som de kunde vålla skada med.
20 Men de övriga människor som överlevde dessa plågor omvände sig fortfarande inte från sina händers verk. De fortsatte att tillbe onda andar och avgudabilder av guld, silver, koppar, sten och trä, och som varken kan se eller höra eller gå. 21 De omvände sig inte från sitt mördande, sin magi och ockultism, sin sexuella lössläppthet och sina stölder.
Revelation 9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star[a] fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit; 2 he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth; 4 they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads; 5 they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man. 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.
7 In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; 9 they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abad′don, and in Greek he is called Apol′lyon.[b]
12 The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphra′tes.”[c] 15 So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. 17 And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire[d] and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur issued from their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.
20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot either see or hear or walk; 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their immorality[e] or their thefts.
Footnotes
- 9.1 star: A fallen angel.
- Revelation 9:11 Or Destroyer
- 9.14 Euphrates: The region of the Parthians.
- Revelation 9:17 Greek hyacinth
- 9.21 immorality: See note on 2.20-21.
Revelation 9
King James Version
9 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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