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)
El quinto ángel tocó la trompeta. Vi una estrella que caía del cielo a la tierra. Se le dio la llave del pozo del abismo y (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)
lo abrió. Del pozo subió un humo, como el de un gran horno. El sol y el aire se oscurecieron a causa del humo del pozo. (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].
Del humo salieron langostas a la tierra, y se les dio poder como el de los escorpiones de la tierra.
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].
Se les dijo que no hicieran daño a la hierba de la tierra, ni a ninguna cosa verde, ni a ningún árbol, sino solo a los hombres que no tienen el sello de Dios en su frente.
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.
Se les ordenó que no los mataran, sino que los atormentaran durante cinco meses. Su tormento era como el de escorpión cuando hiere al hombre.
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].
En aquellos días los hombres buscarán la muerte, y de ningún modo la hallarán. Anhelarán morir, y la muerte huirá de ellos.
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.
La apariencia de las langostas era semejante a caballos preparados para [la] batalla. Sobre sus cabezas había como coronas que parecían de oro, y sus caras eran como rostros de hombres.
8 They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.
Tenían cabellos como mujeres, sus dientes eran como de leones,
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.
y tenían corazas como de hierro. El estruendo de sus alas era como el de muchos carruajes de caballos que corren a una batalla.
10 They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.
Tenían colas semejantes a escorpiones y aguijones. Su poder estaba en sus colas para dañar a los hombres durante cinco meses.
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)
Su rey es el ángel del abismo, cuyo nombre en hebreo es Abadón, y en griego Apolión. (Abyssos g12)
12 That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
El primer ¡ay! pasó. Después de estas cosas vienen aún dos ayes.
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.
El sexto ángel tocó la trompeta. Escuché una voz de los cuernos del altar de oro que estaba delante de Dios,
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!”
la cual decía al sexto ángel que tenía la trompeta: ¡Suelta los cuatro ángeles que están atados junto al gran río Éufrates!
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.
Fueron desatados los cuatro ángeles que estaban preparados para la hora, día, mes y año, a fin de matar a la tercera parte de los hombres.
16 The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
El número de los jinetes era 200 millones. Escuché su número.
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.
Así vi en la visión los caballos y sus jinetes. Tenían corazas de color fuego, jacinto y azufre. Las cabezas de los caballos eran como cabezas de leones. De sus bocas salían fuego, humo y azufre.
18 Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
Por estas tres plagas, el fuego, el humo y el azufre que salían de sus bocas, murió la tercera parte de los hombres.
19 The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
El poder de los caballos estaba en sus bocas y en sus colas. Las colas eran semejantes a serpientes con cabezas que dañaban.
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.
El resto de los hombres, los que no murieron por estas plagas, no cambiaron de mente con respecto a las obras de sus manos para no adorar a los demonios y a los ídolos de oro, plata, bronce, piedra y madera, los cuales no pueden ver, ni oír, ni andar.
21 They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
Tampoco cambiaron de mente con respecto a sus homicidios, ni a sus hechicerías, ni a su inmoralidad sexual, ni a sus robos.
