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)
Nake mũraika wa gatano akĩhuha karumbeta gake, na niĩ ngĩona njata yumĩte igũrũ ĩkagũa thĩ. Nayo njata ĩyo ĩkĩnengerwo cabi ya Irima-rĩtarĩ-Gĩturi. (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)
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aahingũrire Irima-rĩtarĩ-Gĩturi-rĩ, rĩkiuma ndogo yahaanaga ta ndogo ya icua inene. Narĩo riũa na matu igĩĩkĩrwo nduma nĩ ndogo ĩyo yoimaga Irima-rĩu-rĩtarĩ-Gĩturi. (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].
Na thĩinĩ wa ndogo ĩyo gũkiuma ngigĩ, igĩũka thĩ, nacio ikĩheo ũhoti ũtariĩ ta wa tũngʼaurũ twa thĩ.
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].
Nacio ikĩĩrwo itikeehie nyeki ya thĩ, kana mũmera o wothe o na kana mũtĩ, o tiga andũ arĩa matarĩ na rũũri rwa Ngai ithiithi ciao.
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.
Nacio ikĩaga kũheo ũhoti wa kũmooraga, o tiga wa kũmaherithia mĩeri ĩtano. Naruo ruo rũrĩa maiguire rwarĩ o ta ruo rwa kangʼaurũ karathĩte mũndũ.
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].
Matukũ-inĩ macio andũ nĩmagacaragia gĩkuũ, no matigakĩona; nĩmakeriragĩria gũkua, nakĩo gĩkuũ gĩkamoorĩra.
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.
Ngigĩ icio ciahaanaga ta mbarathi ihaarĩirio nĩ ũndũ wa mbaara. Mĩtwe-inĩ yacio ciarĩ na kĩndũ kĩahaanaga ta thũmbĩ cia thahabu, namo mothiũ maacio maahaanaga ta mothiũ ma andũ.
8 They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.
Njuĩrĩ yacio yahaanaga ta njuĩrĩ cia andũ-a-nja, namo magego maacio maatariĩ ta magego ma mũrũũthi.
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.
Nacio ciarĩ na ngo cia kũgitĩra gĩthũri ciahaanaga ta ngo cia kĩgera, naguo mũgambo wa mathagu maacio warĩ ta mũrurumo wa mbarathi nyingĩ na ngaari cia ita itengʼerete irorete mbaara-inĩ
10 They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.
Ciarĩ na mĩtingʼoe, o na mboora ta cia tũngʼaurũ, na mĩtingʼoe-inĩ yacio ciarĩ na ũhoti wa kũnyariira andũ ihinda rĩa mĩeri ĩtano.
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)
Na nĩ ciarĩ na mũthamaki waciathaga, na nĩwe mũraika wa Irima-rĩtarĩ-Gĩturi, narĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake na rũthiomi rwa Kĩhibirania nĩ Abadoni, ningĩ na Kĩyunani agetwo Apolioni. (Abyssos g12)
12 That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
Haaro ya mbere nĩyathira; haatigara ingĩ igĩrĩ iria igũũka thuutha.
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.
Mũraika wa gatandatũ nake akĩhuha karumbeta gake, na niĩ ngĩigua mũgambo ũkiuma hĩa-inĩ cia kĩgongona gĩa thahabu kĩrĩa kĩrĩ mbere ya Ngai.
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!”
Ũkĩĩra mũraika ũcio wa gatandatũ warĩ na karumbeta atĩrĩ, “Ohora araika arĩa ana arĩa moheirwo rũũĩ-inĩ rũrĩa rũnene rwa Farati.”
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.
Nao araika acio ana, arĩa maathagathagĩtwo nĩ ũndũ wa ihinda rĩu, na nĩ ũndũ wa mũthenya ũcio o na nĩ ũndũ wa mweri ũcio, o na mwaka ũcio makĩohorwo nĩguo moorage andũ gĩcunjĩ gĩa ithatũ kĩa andũ gũkũ thĩ.
16 The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
Nacio mbũtũ cia mbaara iria ciahaicĩte mbarathi mũigana wacio warĩ milioni magana meerĩ. Nĩndaiguire mũigana wacio.
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.
Mbarathi icio ndonire na kĩoneki hamwe na arĩa macihaicĩte-rĩ, ciahaanaga atĩrĩ: Ngo ciacio cia kũgitĩra gĩthũri ciarĩ cia rangi mũtune ta mwaki, na rangi wa bururu, na rangi wa ngoikoni ũhaana ta ũbiriti. Ciongo cia mbarathi icio ciahaanaga ta ciongo cia mĩrũũthi, natuo tũnua twacio twoimaga mwaki, na ndogo, o na ũbiriti.
18 Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
Gĩcunjĩ gĩa ithatũ kĩa andũ a gũkũ thĩ nĩkĩoragirwo nĩ mĩthiro ĩyo ĩtatũ ya mwaki, na ndogo, na ũbiriti iria cioimaga tũnua-inĩ twacio.
19 The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
Hinya wa mbarathi icio warĩ tũnua-inĩ twacio na mĩtingʼoe-inĩ yacio, nĩgũkorwo mĩtingʼoe yacio yahaanaga ta nyoka ĩrĩ na ciongo iria itihagia andũ nacio.
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.
Andũ a thĩ acio angĩ, arĩa matooragirwo nĩ mĩthiro ĩyo, matiigana kwĩrira mehia ma wĩra wa moko mao; matiigana gũtiga kũhooya ndaimono, na mĩhianano ya thahabu, na ya betha, na ya gĩcango, na ya mahiga, na ya mĩtĩ, o mĩhianano ĩrĩa ĩtangĩhota kuona, kana ĩigue, kana ĩĩtware.
21 They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
O na ningĩ matiigana kwĩrira nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma ũragani wao, kana ũrogi wao, kana ũmaraya wao, o na kana ũici wao.
