Revelation 9
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (Abyssos g12)
Nú blés fimmti engillinn. Þá sá ég einhvern, sem hafði fallið frá himnum og niður til jarðarinnar, og var honum fenginn lykillinn að hinum botnlausu undirdjúpum. (Abyssos g12)
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. (Abyssos g12)
Þegar hann opnaði þau gaus upp reykur, eins og úr stórum ofni, svo að sólin og loftið myrkvuðust. (Abyssos g12)
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts on the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Allt í einu flugu engisprettur út úr reyknum og settust á jörðina. Þeim var gefið vald til að stinga á sama hátt og sporðdrekar.
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.
Þeim var sagt að hlífa grasi, plöntum og trjám, en ráðast hins vegar á fólk sem ekki hafði innsigli Guðs á enni sér.
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 strikes a man.
Þeim var bannað að drepa, en þær máttu kvelja fólkið í fimm mánuði og líkjast kvalir þess, sviða eftir sporðdrekabit.
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.
Þá munu menn reyna að fremja sjálfsmorð, en án árangurs – dauðinn mun forðast þá! Menn munu óska þess að deyja, en dauðann verður hvergi að finna.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared to battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Engisprettur þessar líktust hestum búnum til bardaga. Á höfðinu báru þær eitthvað sem líktist gullkórónum og andlit þeirra voru eins og mannsandlit.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Þær höfðu sítt hár eins og konur, en tennur þeirra voru líkastar ljónstönnum.
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.
Þær voru klæddar brynjum, sem virtust vera úr járni, og vængjaþytur þeirra var eins og gnýr frá vögnum sem bruna fram til orrustu.
10 And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Þær höfðu hala sem gat stungið eins og broddar á sporðdrekum. Þar bjó valdið sem þeim hafði verið gefið til að kvelja mennina í fimm mánuði.
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 has his name Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)
Foringi þeirra er konungur undirdjúpanna. Nafn hans er Abaddón á hebresku. Á grísku heitir hann Apollýón – eyðandinn. (Abyssos g12)
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Hér endar fyrsti þáttur hörmunganna, en tveim er enn ólokið!
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Þegar sjötti engillinn þeytti lúðurinn, heyrði ég rödd sem kom frá fjórum hornum gullaltarisins, sem stendur fyrir framan hásæti Guðs.
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Röddin sagði við sjötta engilinn: „Slepptu hinum fjórum illu og voldugu öndum sem eru í haldi við fljótið mikla Evfrat.“
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.
Þar höfðu þeir beðið þessarar stundar og talið mánuðina og dagana, en nú var þeim sleppt svo að þeir gætu drepið þriðjung alls mannkynsins.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Þeir stjórnuðu her sem í voru 200 milljónir manna – mér var sögð talan.
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.
Það næsta sem ég sá í sýninni, var að hestar þeirra geystust fram. Flestir riddaranna voru í eldrauðum brynjum, en þó voru sumir í bláum og aðrir í gulum. Höfuð hestanna líktust mest ljónshöfðum og reykur, eldur og glóandi brennisteinn vall út úr skoltum þeirra, svo að þriðjungur mannkynsins lét lífið.
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 to serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Þeir notuðu ekki aðeins kjaftinn til þess að drepa, heldur einnig töglin og þau líktust helst eitruðum höggormum, sem valda banvænum sárum.
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:
En þrátt fyrir þessar plágur vildu þeir, sem lifðu þær af, ekki enn snúa sér til Guðs. Þeir vildu ekki hætta að tilbiðja illu andana né skurðgoð úr gulli, silfri, eir, steini og tré – sem hvorki geta séð, heyrt né gengið.
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Þeir vildu ekki iðrast og hætta manndrápum, kuldi, göldrum, lauslæti og þjófnaði.
