Revelation 8
1 When [Jesus], the [one who is like a] lamb, opened the seventh seal, there was no sound at all in heaven for (a very short time/about half an hour).
小羊が第七の封印を解いたとき、天に半時間ばかり静けさがあった。
2 I saw the seven angels who stand in front of God. A trumpet was given {([God/An angel]) gave a trumpet} to each one of them.
それから私は、神の御前に立つ七人の御使いを見た。彼らに七つのラッパが与えられた。
3 Another angel, who had a golden container for burning incense, came and stood at the altar. [He was given] {[An angel] gave to him} a large quantity of incense, in order that he might offer it, with the prayers of all God’s people, upon the golden altar that is in front of [God’s] throne. [Then he burned this incense on the altar].
また、もうひとりの御使いが出て来て、金の香炉を持って祭壇のところに立った。彼にたくさんの香が与えられた。すべての聖徒の祈りとともに、御座の前にある金の祭壇の上にささげるためであった。
4 From the [pot in] the angel’s hand, the smoke of the incense, along with the prayers of God’s people, went up to God.
香の煙は、聖徒たちの祈りとともに、御使いの手から神の御前に立ち上った。
5 [In response], the angel took the golden incense burner and filled it with [coals of] fire from the altar. He threw [the contents of] the [MTY] incense burner onto the earth. Thunder sounded and rumbled, lightning was flashing, and the earth shook.
それから、御使いは、その香炉を取り、祭壇の火でそれを満たしてから、地に投げつけた。すると、雷鳴と声といなずまと地震が起こった。
6 The seven angels, [each] of which had [one of] the seven trumpets, prepared to blow them.
すると、七つのラッパを持っていた七人の御使いはラッパを吹く用意をした。
7 When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire mixed with blood poured down onto the earth. [As a result], a third of [everything on the surface of] the land was burned up {[the fire] burned up a third of [everything on the surface of] the land}. A third of the trees were also burned up {It also burned up a third of the trees}, and [a third of] all the green grass was burned up.
第一の御使いがラッパを吹き鳴らした。すると、血の混じった雹と火とが現われ、地上に投げられた。そして地上の三分の一が焼け、木の三分の一も焼け、青草が全部焼けてしまった。
8 When the second angel blew his trumpet, something that was like a huge burning mountain fell into the ocean. [As a result], a third of the ocean became [red like] [MTY] blood,
第二の御使いがラッパを吹き鳴らした。すると、火の燃えている大きな山のようなものが、海に投げ込まれた。そして海の三分の一が血となった。
9 a third of the living creatures in the ocean died, and a third of the ships [in the ocean] were destroyed.
すると、海の中にいた、いのちのあるものの三分の一が死に、舟の三分の一も打ちこわされた。
10 When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star, which was burning like a torch, fell from the sky into a third of the rivers and into [a third of] the springs.
第三の御使いがラッパを吹き鳴らした。すると、たいまつのように燃えている大きな星が天から落ちて来て、川々の三分の一とその水源に落ちた。
11 The name of the star is Bitterness. [As a result], the water in a third [of the rivers and springs] became bitter, and many people died from [drinking] the water because it had become bitter.
この星の名は苦よもぎと呼ばれ、川の水の三分の一は苦よもぎのようになった。水が苦くなったので、その水のために多くの人が死んだ。
12 When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, [God] struck the sun, the moon, and the stars, so that they lost a third of their light. The [sun] also did not shine during a third of the day, and [the moon and stars did not shine during a third] of the night.
第四の御使いがラッパを吹き鳴らした。すると、太陽の三分の一と、月の三分の一と、星の三分の一とが打たれたので、三分の一は暗くなり、昼の三分の一は光を失い、また夜も同様であった。
13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying high in the sky, shouting in a loud voice, “Terrible things will happen to [rebellious] people who live on the earth! Terrible things will happen when the three remaining angels blow their trumpets! And they are about to blow them!”
また私は見た。一羽のわしが中天を飛びながら、大声で言うのを聞いた。「わざわいが来る。わざわいが、わざわいが来る。地に住む人々に。あと三人の御使いがラッパを吹き鳴らそうとしている。」
