Revelation 9

1 The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I watched a star fall from heaven to earth. He was given the key to the opening of the Abyss. (Abyssos g12)

Then the fifth angel blew; and I saw a star that had fallen on the earth from the heavens, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (Abyssos g12)

2 He opened the entrance to the Abyss, and smoke came up out of the Abyss like the smoke of a huge furnace. The sun and the atmosphere became dark because of the smoke from the Abyss. (Abyssos g12)

He opened the bottomless pit, and from the pit rose a smoke like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air grew dark because of the smoke from the pit. (Abyssos g12)

3 Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that possessed by scorpions.

Out of the smoke locusts descended on the earth, and they received the same power as that possessed by scorpions.

4 They were told not to harm the grass or any vegetation or any trees, only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

They were told not to harm the grass, or any plant, or any tree, but only those who have not the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 They were not allowed to kill, but they could torture these people for five months. The torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings someone.

Yet they were not allowed to kill them, but it was ordered that those men should be tortured for five months. Their torture was like the torture caused by a scorpion when it stings a person.

6 During that time people will look for death, but won't find it; they will want to die, but death will run away from them!

In those days people will seek Death and will not find it; They will long to die, but Death flees from them.

7 The locusts looked like war-horses. They wore what seemed to be golden crowns on their heads, and their faces looked human.

In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads there were what appeared to be crowns that shone like gold, their faces resembled human faces,

8 They had long hair like women and had teeth like lions.

and they had hair like the hair of a woman, their teeth were like lions’ teeth,

9 Their breastplates looked like they were made of iron, and the noise made by their wings sounded like many horses and chariots racing into battle.

and they had what seemed to be iron breastplates, while the noise of their wings was like the noise of chariots drawn by many horses, galloping into battle.

10 They had tails like scorpions, complete with stingers. They had the power to hurt people for five months with their tails.

They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and in their tails lies their power to harm people for five months.

11 Ruling over them as their king was the angel of the Abyss who is called Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek. (Abyssos g12)

They have as their king the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is ‘Abaddon,’ while, in Greek, his name is ‘Apollyon’ (the Destroyer). (Abyssos g12)

12 The first Disaster is over, but there are still two more to come.

The first Woe has passed; and still there are two Woes to follow!

13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice come from the horns of the golden altar that stands in front of God

Then the sixth angel blew; and I heard a voice proceeding from the corners of the golden altar that stood before God.

14 speaking to the sixth angel that had the trumpet: “Release the four angels that are tied up beside the great River Euphrates.”

It spoke to the sixth angel – the angel with the trumpet – and said ‘Let loose the four angels that are in chains at the great river Euphrates.’

15 The four angels who had been kept ready for this particular hour, day, month and year were released to kill one third of humanity.

Then the four angels, that were held in readiness for that hour and day and month and year, were let loose, to destroy a third of mankind.

16 I was told the number of the army of soldiers on horseback: it was 200 million.

The number of the hosts of cavalry was ten thousand times ten thousand, twice told; I heard their number.

17 In my vision I saw the horses and their riders who wore breastplates as red as fire, and dark blue and yellow. The heads of the horses looked like lions, and fire and smoke and sulfur streamed out of their mouths.

And this is what the horses and their riders appeared to be like in my vision: They had breastplates of fire, blood-red and sulphurous, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, while out of their mouths issue fire, and smoke, and sulfur.

18 One third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and smoke and sulfur streaming out of their mouths.

Through these three curses a third of humanity perished – because of the fire, and the smoke, and the sulfur that issued from their mouths;

19 The horses' power was in their tails as well as their mouths, for their tails were like serpents' heads that they used to hurt people.

for the power of the horses lies in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like snakes, with heads, and it is with them that they do harm.

20 But the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of what they were doing. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, and stone—which can't see or hear or walk!

But those who were left of humanity, who had not perished through these curses, did not repent and turn away from what their own hands had made; they would not abandon the worship of demons, and of idols made of gold or silver or brass or stone or wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk;

21 They did not repent of their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual sins, or their thefts.

and they did not repent of their murders, or their sorceries, or their licentiousness, or their thefts.