Otkrivenje 9
1 Peti anđeo zatrubi. I vidjeh: zvijezda je s neba na zemlju pala i dani su joj ključi zjala Bezdanova. (Abyssos g12)
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)
2 Ona otvori zjalo Bezdanovo i vinu se iz zjala dim kao dim iz peći goleme te pomrča sunce i zrak od dima iz zjala. (Abyssos g12)
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)
3 Iz dima pak iziđoše na zemlju skakavci i dana im je moć kakvu imaju štipavci zemaljski.
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. [They were given] {[God] gave them} power [to sting people], like scorpions [sting people].
4 I zapovjeđeno im je da ne ude travi zemaljskoj nit ikojem zelenilu nit ikojem stablu, nego samo ljudima koji nemaju pečata Božjega na čelu.
[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].
5 I dano im je ne da ih ubijaju, nego samo da ih muče pet mjeseci, a muka njihova da bude kao muka od uboda štipavaca.
[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.
6 U one će dane ljudi iskati smrt, ali je neće naći; poželjet će umrijeti, ali smrt će bježati od njih.
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].
7 Skakavci bijahu izgledom nalik na konje za boj spremne. Na glavama im kao neki zlatni vijenci, lica im kao u ljudi,
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.
8 kose kao u žena, a zubi kao u lavova.
They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.
9 Imahu oklope kao od željeza, a šum krila njihovih kao štropot bojnih kola s mnogo konja što u boj jure.
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.
10 Repovi im kao u štipavaca, sa žalcima, a u repovima im moć da ude ljudima pet mjeseci.
They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.
11 Nad njima je kralj, anđeo Bezdana, hebrejski mu ime Abadon, grčki Apolion - Upropastitelj. (Abyssos g12)
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)
12 Prvi Jao prođe. Evo, za njim dolaze još dva druga Jao.
That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
13 Šesti anđeo zatrubi. I začujem neki glas iz rogova zlatnoga žrtvenika pred Bogom.
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.
14 Govoraše šestom anđelu koji je držao trublju: “Odriješi ona četiri anđela svezana na Rijeci velikoj, Eufratu.”
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!”
15 I odriješena bijahu četiri anđela, spremna za taj čas i dan i mjesec i godinu, da pobiju trećinu ljudi.
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.
16 A broj četa konjaničkih, kako sam čuo, bijaše dvije mirijade mirijada.
The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
17 Ovako u viđenju vidjeh konje i njihove jahače: imahu oklope ognjene, plavetne i sumporne boje; glave im kao u lavova, iz usta im sukljao oganj, dim i sumpor.
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.
18 Od ovih triju zala poginu trećina ljudi - od ognja, dima i sumpora što sukljahu konjima iz usta.
Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
19 Doista, snaga je ovim konjima u ustima i repovima: repovi im kao u zmija, s glavama kojima ude.
The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
20 Ipak, preostali ljudi, što ne poginuše od tih zala, ne obratiše se od djela ruku svojih, da se više ne klanjaju zlodusima i kumirima - ni zlatnima, ni srebrnima, ni mjedenima, ni kamenima ni drvenima koji niti vide niti čuju nit hodaju -
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.
21 i ne obratiše se od svojih ubojstava ni od svojih čaranja ni od svoga bluda niti od svojih krađa.
They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
