Revelation 9

1 The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw [an evil angel. He was like] a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. He was given {[Someone] gave him} the key to the shaft [that descended] ([to] the underworld/[to] the deep dark pit). (Abyssos g12)

Entonces el quinto ángel hizo sonar su trompeta. Y vi una estrella caer del cielo hasta la tierra. A él se le dio la llave que abre el Abismo. (Abyssos g12)

2 When he opened that shaft, smoke arose from it like smoke from a huge burning furnace. The smoke prevented [anyone from seeing] the sky and the light of the sun. (Abyssos g12)

Y abrió la puerta del Abismo, y salía humo de allí, como el humo de una caldera enorme. El sol y la atmósfera se oscurecieron por el humo que salía del Abismo. (Abyssos g12)

3 Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. [They were given] {[God] gave them} power [to sting people], like scorpions [sting people].

Salieron langostas del humo hasta la tierra, y se les dio poder como de escorpiones.

4 [God] told the locusts that they should not harm grass, nor any plants, nor any tree. [God said that they should harm only] those people who did not have a mark on the forehead [to show that they belonged to God].

Se les dijo que no hicieran daño al pasto, ni a la vegetación, ni a los árboles, solo a aquellos que no tenían el sello de Dios sobre sus frentes.

5 [God] did not allow the locusts to kill those people. Instead, [he] allowed them to continue torturing people for five months. When they tortured people, the pain those people felt was like the pain a scorpion causes when it stings someone.

Y no tenían permiso de matar, pero podían torturar a estas personas durante cinco meses. Y la tortura era como el aguijón de un escorpión.

6 During the time [when the locusts torture rebellious people, the pain will be so bad that] people will want to find a way to die, but they will not be able to [PRS].

Durante ese tiempo, la gente andará buscando la muerte, pero no la hallarán; querrán morir, pero la muerte huirá de ellos.

7 The locusts looked like horses that are ready for battle. They had on their heads what looked like golden crowns. Their faces were like the faces of people.

Las langostas parecían caballos de guerra. Usaban algo que parecía como coronas de oro sobre sus cabezas, y sus rostros eran como de humanos.

8 They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.

Tenían cabello largo como mujeres y dientes como de leones.

9 They wore metal breastplates. [When they were flying], their wings made a noise like the roar when many horses [pull chariots as they are] rushing into battle.

Sus pectorales parecían haber sido hechos de hierro, y el ruido que hacían con sus alas era como el sonido de muchos caballos y carruajes que corrían hacia la batalla.

10 They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.

Y tenían colas como de escorpiones, con aguijones. Tenían el poder de herir a la gente por seis meses con sus colas.

11 The king who ruled over them was the angel of the underworld. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. [Both of] those names [mean ‘Destroyer’]. (Abyssos g12)

Y quien los lideraba como su rey era el ángel del Abismo que se llama Abadón en Hebreo y Apolión en griego. (Abyssos g12)

12 That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.

El primer Desastre ha terminado, pero aún faltan dos más.

13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet. Then I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar that is in God’s presence.

Entonces el sexto ángel hizo sonar su trompeta. Y escuché una voz que venía desde los cuernos del altar de oro que está frente a Dios

14 It was saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels whom [I] have bound at the great river Euphrates!”

y hablaba con el sexto ángel que tenía la trompeta: “Libera a los cuatro ángeles que están atados junto al Río Éufrates”.

15 The four angels were released, those who had been {[He] released the four angels, whom [God] had} kept ready for that [exact] hour of that day, of that month, of that year. They were released {[He] released them} in order that they might enable [their soldiers to] kill a third of the [rebellious] people.

Los cuatro ángeles que habían sido reservados especialmente para esta hora, día, mes y año fueron liberados para matar a una tercera parte de la humanidad.

16 The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.

Se me dijo el número de los soldados del ejército a caballo: era 200 millones.

17 In the vision I saw what the horses and the [beings] that rode them looked like. They [wore] breastplates that were [red] like fire, [dusky blue] like smoke, and [yellow] like sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. From their mouths came fire, smoke, and [fumes of burning] sulfur.

Y en mi visión vi a los caballos y a sus jinetes, que usaban pectorales rojos como el fuego, también azul oscuro y amarillo. Las cabezas de los caballos parecían de leones, y de sus bocas salía fuego, humo y azufre.

18 Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.

Y por estas tres plagas murió una tercera parte de la humanidad, por el fuego, humo y azufre que salían de sus bocas.

19 The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.

El poder de los caballos estaba en sus colas y en sus bocas, pues sus colas eran como cabezas de serpientes que usaban para herir a la gente.

20 The rest of the [rebellious] people, those who were not killed by these plagues of [fire and smoke and burning sulfur], did not turn from their sinful behavior. [They did not stop worshipping] the idols that they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshipping demons and idols [that were made] of gold, of silver, of bronze, of stone, and of wood, [even though they are idols] that can neither see nor hear nor walk.

Pero el resto de la humanidad que no murió por estas plagas no se arrepintió de lo que estaba haciendo. No dejaron de adorar demonios ni ídolos de oro, plata, bronce y piedra, que no pueden oír ni caminar.

21 They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].

Tampoco se arrepintieron de sus asesinatos, su brujería, sus pecados sexuales, ni sus hurtos.