Revelation 8
1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Mwana-Kondoo alipoivunja ile lakiri ya saba, pakawa kimya mbinguni kwa muda wa nusu saa.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
Nami nikawaona wale malaika saba wanaosimama mbele za Mungu, nao wakapewa tarumbeta saba.
3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
Malaika mwingine aliyekuwa na chetezo cha dhahabu, akaja na kusimama mbele ya madhabahu. Akapewa uvumba mwingi ili autoe pamoja na maombi ya watakatifu wote, juu ya yale madhabahu ya dhahabu yaliyo mbele ya kile kiti cha enzi.
4 And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.
Ule moshi wa uvumba pamoja na yale maombi ya watakatifu, vikapanda juu mbele za Mungu, kutoka mkononi mwa huyo malaika.
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
Kisha yule malaika akachukua kile chetezo, akakijaza moto kutoka kwa yale madhabahu, akautupa juu ya dunia. Pakatokea sauti za radi, ngurumo, umeme wa radi na tetemeko la ardhi.
6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
Basi wale malaika saba waliokuwa na zile tarumbeta saba wakajiandaa kuzipiga.
7 Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
Malaika wa kwanza akaipiga tarumbeta yake, pakatokea mvua ya mawe na moto uliochanganyika na damu, navyo vikatupwa kwa nguvu juu ya nchi. Na theluthi ya dunia ikateketea, theluthi ya miti ikateketea, na nyasi yote mbichi ikateketea.
8 Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
Malaika wa pili akaipiga tarumbeta yake na kitu kama mlima mkubwa unaowaka moto kikatupwa baharini. Theluthi ya bahari ikawa damu,
9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
theluthi ya viumbe vyenye uhai viishivyo baharini vikafa na theluthi ya meli zikaharibiwa.
10 Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Malaika wa tatu akaipiga tarumbeta yake, na nyota kubwa iliyokuwa ikiwaka kama taa ikaanguka toka angani, ikaangukia theluthi ya mito na chemchemi za maji.
11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
Nyota hiyo inaitwa Uchungu. Theluthi ya maji yakawa machungu na watu wengi wakafa kutokana na maji hayo kwa maana yalikuwa machungu.
12 Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
Kisha malaika wa nne akaipiga tarumbeta yake, na theluthi ya jua, theluthi ya mwezi na theluthi ya nyota zikapigwa. Kwa hiyo theluthi moja ya mwanga ikawa giza. Theluthi ya mchana ikawa haina mwanga na pia theluthi ya usiku.
13 And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
Nilipokuwa tena nikitazama, nikamsikia tai mmoja akipiga kelele kwa sauti kuu wakati akiruka katikati ya mbingu, akisema, “Ole! Ole! Ole wa watu waishio duniani, kwa sababu ya tarumbeta ambazo malaika hao wengine watatu wanakaribia kuzipiga!”
