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)

Pea naʻe ifi ʻe hono nima ʻoe ʻāngelo, pea u mamata naʻe tō ʻae fetuʻu mei he langi ki he fonua; pea naʻe ʻatu kiate ia ʻae kī ʻoe luo taʻehanotakele. (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)

Pea naʻe fakaava ʻe ia ʻae luo taʻehanotakele; pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae kohu mei he luo, ʻo hangē ko e kohu ʻoe fuʻu luo afi; pea ko e meʻa ʻi he kohu ʻoe luo, naʻe fakapoʻuli ʻae laʻā mo e ʻatā. (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].

Pea naʻe haʻu mei he kohu ʻae fanga heʻe ki he fonua: pea naʻe ʻatu ki ai ʻae mālohi, ʻo hangē ko e mālohi ʻoe fanga sikopio ʻoe fonua.

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].

Pea naʻe fekau kiate kinautolu ke ʻoua te nau maumau ʻae mohuku ʻoe fonua, pe ha meʻa mata ʻe taha, pe ha ʻakau; ka ko e kau tangata pe ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi honau foʻi laʻē ʻae fakaʻilonga ʻae ʻOtua.

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.

Pea naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu ke ʻoua naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu, ka ke fakamamahiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he māhina ʻe nima: pea ko ʻenau mamahi naʻe tatau mo e mamahi ʻoe tangata kuo taaʻi ʻe he sikopio.

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].

Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, ʻe kumi ʻae kakai ki he mate, ka ʻe ʻikai ʻilo ia; pea te nau holi ke mate, ka ʻe puna ʻae mate meiate kinautolu.

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.

Pea ko e sino ʻoe fanga heʻe naʻe tatau mo e fanga hoosi kuo teuteu ki he tau; pea naʻe ʻi honau ʻulu ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi pale koula, pea ko honau mata naʻe tatau mo e mata ʻoe tangata.

8 They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.

Pea naʻa nau louʻulu ʻo hangē ko e louʻulu ʻoe kau fefine, pea ko honau kau nifo naʻe hangē [ko e nifo ]ʻoe fanga laione.

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.

Pea naʻe ai honau ngaahi sifa fatafata, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi sifa fatafata ukamea; pea ko e patū ʻo honau kapakau naʻe tatau mo e longoaʻa. ʻOe ngaahi saliote, mo e fanga hoosi lahi ʻoku feleleʻi ki he tau.

10 They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.

Pea naʻe ai honau ngaahi iku ʻo hangē ko e fanga sikopio, pea naʻe ʻi honau ngaahi iku ʻae ngaahi huhu: pea naʻa nau mālohi ke tautea ʻae kakai ʻi he māhina ʻe nima.

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)

Pea naʻe ai ʻae tuʻi kiate kinautolu, ko e ʻāngelo ʻoe luo taʻehanotakele, ko hono hingoa ʻi he lea fakaHepelū ko ʻApatoni, ka ko hono hingoa ʻi he lea fakaKiliki ko ʻApolione. (Abyssos g12)

12 That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.

Kuo hili ange ʻae malaʻia ʻe taha; vakai, ʻoku haʻu ʻamui ʻae malaʻia kehe ʻe ua,

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.

Pea naʻe ifi ʻe hono ono ʻoe ʻāngelo, pea u fanongo ki he leʻo mei he nifo ʻe fā ʻoe ʻesifeilaulau koula ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua,

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!”

‌ʻOku pehē ki hono ono ʻoe ʻāngelo, naʻe ʻi ai ʻae meʻa lea, “Vevete ʻae kau ʻāngelo ʻe toko fā, ʻaia kuo haʻisia ʻi he vaitafe lahi ko ʻIufaleti.”

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.

Pea naʻe vete ange ʻae kau ʻāngelo ʻe toko fā, ʻakinautolu naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ki ha feituʻulaʻā, pea ki ha ʻaho, pea ki ha māhina, pea ki ha taʻu, koeʻuhi ke tāmateʻi ʻa hono tolu ʻoe vahe ʻoe kakai.

16 The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.

Pea ko hono lau ʻoe tau, ko e kau tangata heka hoosi ko e toko uangeau miliona: pea ne u fanongo ki honau lau.

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.

Pea naʻe pehē pē ʻa ʻeku mamata ki he fanga hoosi, ʻi he meʻa naʻe hā mai, mo kinautolu naʻe heka ai, ko honau sifa fatafata naʻe lanu ki he afi, mo e lanu moana, mo e felofelo: pea ko e ʻulu ʻoe fanga hoosi naʻe tatau mo e ʻulu ʻoe fanga laione; pea naʻe ʻoho mei honau ngutu ʻae afi, mo e ʻohuafi, mo e sulifa.

18 Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.

Ko e meʻa ko eni ʻe tolu naʻe tāmate ʻaki ʻa hono tolu ʻoe vahe ʻoe kakai, ʻae afi, mo e ʻohuafi, mo e sulifa, ʻaia naʻe ʻoho mei honau ngutu.

19 The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.

He ko honau mālohi ʻoku ʻi honau ngutu, mo honau iku: he naʻe tatau honau iku mo e fanga ngata, pea naʻe fakaʻulu, pea ko ia ʻoku nau fai ʻaki ʻae maumau.

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.

Pea ko hono toe ʻoe kakai naʻe ʻikai ke tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi fakamamahi ni, naʻe ʻikai te nau fakatomala ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻa honau nima, ke ʻoua te nau hū ki he kau tēvolo, mo e ngaahi tamapua koula, mo e siliva, mo e palasa, mo e maka, mo e ʻakau: ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa mamata, pe fanongo, pe ʻaʻeva:

21 They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].

Pea naʻe ʻikai tenau fakatomala ʻi he ʻenau ngaahi fakapō, mo ʻenau ngaahi fie mana, mo ʻenau feʻauaki, mo ʻenau faʻa kaihaʻa.