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)
Neye mungelo wa cisanu walalilisha tolompita yakendi. Ndalabona lunyenyenshi lwalesa kuwila panshi, kayi lwalapewa cakucalwisha ku cisengu citali. (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)
Lunyenyenshi lusa mpolwalacalula ku cisengu, mwalapula bwishi bulyeti bwishi bwa bufuni bunene, lisuba ne mwilu byonse byalashipa cebo ca bwishi bwalafuma mu cisengu. (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].
Mubwishi mwalapula bisoshi byalesula cishi conse ca panshi, kayi byalapewa ngofu shilyeti shikute nkalang'ongo.
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].
Bisoshi ibyo balabyambileti, kabitononga mila, nambi bitondo nambi mumena uli wonse, nsombi bantu babula cishibisho ca Lesa cadindwa pa nkumo shabo.
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.
Ibi bisoshi nkabyalasuminishiwa kushina bantu, nsombi kubapensha kwa myenshi isanu. Bululu bwa kupenshewa uko kwalikubeti bululu bwa kulumwa kwa nkalang'ongo.
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].
Mukati mwa myenshi isanu iyo bantu nibakalangaule cela kubashina, nsombi nteti cikacanike sobwe. Nibakayande kufwa, nsombi nalo lufu nilukabafwambe.
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.
Bisoshi byalikuboneketi mahaki alibambila nkondo, pa mitwi yabyo palikuba byalikuboneketi ngowani sha golide, kayi kucinso byalikuboneketi cinso ca muntu.
8 They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.
Byalikukute mishishi ilyeti ya batukashi, meno abyo alikubeti meno a nkalamu.
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.
Byali byabyo byali cinjilishiwa ne bintu byalikuboneketi byela byali kusebenseshewa pa nkondo, kulila kwa mapepe akendi kwalikubeti mang'ola angi alakwelewanga ne mahaki alafwambilinga ku nkondo.
10 They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.
Mu micila ya bisoshibyo emwalikuba bululu bulyeti bwa nkalang'ongo, micila yabyo eyalikukute ngofu ya kupensha bantu kwa myenshi isanu.
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)
Bikute mwami ukute kubyendelesha, uyu emungelo ukute ngofu pa cisengu citali. Mu Cihebeli lina lyakendi ni Abadoni, mu Cigiliki lina lyakendi ni Apolyoni. Lilapandululungeti, “Shikushina.” (Abyssos g12)
12 That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
Malele akutanguna alapiti, nomba kayi kulashala malele abili alesanga.
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.
Lino mungelo wa cisanu ne umo neye walalilisha tolompita yakendi. Ndalanyumfwa maswi kufuma ku mbasu shina sha nteme ya golide yalikuba pantangu pa Lesa.
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!”
Awo maswi alikwambila mungelo wa cisanu ne umo walikukute tolompita kambeti, “Sungulula bangelo bana basungwa pa mulonga unene wa Filate!”
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.
Neye mungelo wacisanu ne umo walabasungulula basa bangelo bana, kwambeti benga bashine mbasu shitatu sha bantu bonse. Abo bangelo, Lesa walababambila ola, busuba, mwenshi kayi ne caka cakwinseco.
16 The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
Kayi walang'ambila cibelengelo ca makoto abashilikali batanta pa mahaki ankondo ali myanda ibili ya bina.
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.
Mu cimboni mboni, ndalabona mahaki ne batantapo balikuba bafwala byakulicingilisha bya cela byafubeleti mulilo, ne bya shipuluka kayi ne byakateshi eti sulufule. Mitwi ya mahaki yalikubeti mitwi ya nkalamu, mulilo ne bwishi kayi byalikufuma mu milomo.
18 Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
Mbasu shitatu sha mushobo wa bantu shalafwa ku malwashi atatu, awa ni mulilo ne bwishi kayi ne sulufule, byalikufuma mu milomo ya mahaki.
19 The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
Pakwinga ngofu sha mahaki awa, shalikuba mu milomo kayi ne mu micila yasho. micila yasho yalikubeti mitwi ya njoka kwambeti ipenshe bantu.
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.
Bantu balashala balabula kufwa ku malwashi awa, baliya kuleka kwinsa byaipa byakukambilila bintu mbyebalabamba ne makasa abo. Baliya kuleka kukambilila mishimu yaipa, tumbwanga twa golide, twasilifa ne twamukuba ne twamabwe kayi ne twabitondo. Utu tonse nkatubono, nkatunyumfu nambi kwenda.
21 They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
Bantu aba baliya kulapa bwipishi bwakushinana umo ne munendi, nambi kuleka buloshi, nambi kuleka bufule butambiki, nambi bukabwalala.
