Revelation 9

1 And the fifth agent sounded, and I saw a star fallen from the sky to the earth. And the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him. (Abyssos g12)

The fifth angel blew his trumpet; and I saw a Star which had fallen from Heaven to the earth; and to him was given the key of the depths of the bottomless pit, (Abyssos g12)

2 And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the pit, like smoke of a burning furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit. (Abyssos g12)

and he opened the depths of the bottomless pit. And smoke came up out of the pit resembling the smoke of a vast furnace, so that the sun was darkened, and the air also, by reason of the smoke of the pit. (Abyssos g12)

3 And locusts came forth out of the smoke upon the earth, and power was given to them, like the scorpions of the earth have power.

And from the midst of the smoke there came locusts on to the earth, and power was given to them resembling the power which earthly scorpions possess.

4 And it was told them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor anything green, nor any tree, except the men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads.

And they were forbidden to injure the herbage of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree. They were only to injure human beings--those who have not the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 And it was given them that they would not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion inflicts when it stings a man.

6 And in those days men will seek death, and will, no, not find it. And they will long to die, and death will flee from them.

And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility find it, and will long to die, but death evades them.

7 And the likeness of the locusts was similar to horses prepared for battle. And upon their heads were like golden crowns, and their faces were as men's faces.

The appearance of the locusts was like that of horses equipped for war. On their heads they had wreaths which looked like gold.

8 And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as of lions.

Their faces seemed human and they had hair like women's hair, but their teeth resembled those of lions.

9 And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle.

They had breast-plates which seemed to be made of steel; and the noise caused by their wings was like that of a vast number of horses and chariots hurrying into battle.

10 And they have tails similar to scorpions, and stings. And in their tails they have power to hurt men five months.

They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings; and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind for five months.

11 Having a king over them, the agent of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)

The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is 'Abaddon,' while in the Greek he is called 'Apollyon.' (Abyssos g12)

12 One woe is departed, behold, two woes yet come after these.

The first woe is past; two other woes have still to come.

13 And the sixth agent sounded, and I heard a voice, one from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

The sixth angel blew his trumpet; and I heard a single voice speaking from among the horns of the golden incense altar which is in the presence of God.

14 saying to the sixth agent who has the trumpet, Loose the four agents who have been bound at the great river Euphrates.

It said to the sixth angel--the angel who had the trumpet, "Set at liberty the four angels who are prisoners near the great river Euphrates."

15 And the four agents were loosed, who were prepared for the hour and for the day and month and year, so that they would kill the third part of men.

And the four angels who had been kept in readiness for that hour, day, month, and year, were set at liberty, so that they might kill a third part of mankind.

16 And the number of the armies of the horsemen was ten thousands of ten thousands. I heard the number of them.

The number of the cavalry was two hundred millions; I heard their number.

17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sit on them having breastplates fiery red, and hyacinth color, and brimstone. And the heads of the horses are like heads of lions, and out of their mouths come fire and smoke and brimstone.

And this was the appearance of the horses which I saw in my vision--and of their riders. The body-armour of the riders was red, blue and yellow; and the horses' heads were shaped like the heads of lions, while from their mouths there came fire and smoke and sulphur.

18 By these three plagues the third part of men was killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone coming out of their mouths.

By these three plagues a third part of mankind were destroyed--by the fire and the smoke, and by the sulphur which came from their mouths.

19 For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails. For their tails are similar to serpents, having heads, and by them they injure.

For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails being like serpents, and having heads, and it is with them that they inflict injury.

20 And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they would not worship the demons, and the golden and silver and brass and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

But the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, did not even then repent and leave the things they had made, so as to cease worshipping the demons, and the idols of gold and silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear, nor move.

21 And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Nor did they repent of their murders, their practice of magic, their fornication, or their thefts.