Revelation 9

1 Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet. I saw a star from heaven that had fallen to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. (Abyssos g12)

So the fifth angel trumpeted, and I saw a ‘star’ that had fallen out of the sky to the earth. And to him was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. (Abyssos g12)

2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and the air turned dark by the smoke pouring out of the shaft. (Abyssos g12)

So he opened the shaft of the Abyss and smoke went up out of the shaft, like the smoke of a burning furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the shaft. (Abyssos g12)

3 Out of the smoke locusts came on the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth.

And ‘locusts’ exited from the smoke into the earth. And to them was given a capability just like the scorpions of the earth have capability.

4 They were told not to damage the grass on the earth or any green plant or tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

And they were told not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green plant, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 They were not given permission to kill those people, but only to torture them for five months. Their agony would be like the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a person.

And it was designated to them [locusts], not to kill them [men] but, to torment them five months. And their torment is like the torment of a scorpion whenever it strikes a person.

6 In those days people will seek death, but will not find it. They will greatly desire to die, but death will flee from them.

And in those days the people will seek death but not find it; they will want to die but death will run away from them.

7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

Now the appearance of the ‘locusts’ was like horses prepared for battle, and something like a golden crown was on their heads, and their faces were like human faces.

8 They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

They had hair like a woman's and their teeth were like a lion's.

9 They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound made by many chariots and horses running into battle.

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.

10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions; in their tails they had power to harm people for five months.

And, they have tails like scorpions and stingers precisely in those tails! They have the capability to hurt the populace five months,

11 They had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew was Abaddon, and in Greek he had the name Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)

having as king over them the angel of the Abyss—his name in Hebrew is Abbaddon, while in Greek he has the name Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)

12 The first woe is past. Look! After this there are still two disasters to come.

The first woe is past, but, two woes are still coming, after these things.

13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is present before God.

So the sixth angel trumpeted, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God

14 The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.”

saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

15 The four angels who had been prepared for that hour, that day, that month, and that year, were released to kill a third of mankind.

So the four angels were released—they had been prepared for the hour and the day and month and year—so that they might kill a third of mankind.

16 The number of the soldiers on horseback was 200,000,000. I heard their number.

And the number of the mounted troops was a hundred million (I heard their number).

17 This is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode on them: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue and sulfurous yellow. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.

And in the vision I saw the horses like this: those who rode them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue and sulfur yellow; the heads of the horses were like lions' heads; out of their mouths came fire, smoke and brimstone.

18 A third of the people were killed by these three plagues: the fire, smoke, and sulfur that came out of their mouths.

By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone that came out of their mouths.

19 For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails—for their tails were like snakes, and they had heads with which they inflicted wounds on people.

For the capability of the horses is in their mouths—and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads, and with them they do harm.

20 The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the deeds they had done, nor did they stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see, hear, or walk.

Yet the rest of the people, those who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as to stop worshiping the demons, even the idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

21 Neither did they repent of their murders, their sorcery, their sexual immorality or their acts of theft.

and they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their fornication or their thefts.