Revelation 9
1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. (Abyssos g12)
Kisha malaika wa tano akapiga tarumbeta yake. Nami nikaona nyota iliyokuwa imeanguka juu ya nchi kutoka mbinguni. Nayo ikapewa ufunguo wa shimo la Kuzimu. (Abyssos g12)
2 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. (Abyssos g12)
Basi, nyota hiyo ikafungua shimo la Kuzimu, kukatoka moshi wa tanuru kubwa. Jua na anga vikatiwa giza kwa moshi huo wa Kuzimu. (Abyssos g12)
3 Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Nzige wakatoka katika moshi huo, wakaingia duniani wakapewa nguvu kama ya ng'e.
4 They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads.
Wakaamrishwa wasiharibu nyasi za nchi wala majani wala miti yoyote, bali wawaharibu wale tu ambao hawakupigwa mhuri wa Mungu katika paji la uso.
5 They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.
Nzige hao hawakuruhusiwa kuwaua watu, ila kuwatesa tu kwa muda wa miezi mitano. Maumivu watakayosababisha ni kama maumivu yanayompata mtu wakati anapoumwa na ng'e.
6 In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
Muda huo watu watatafuta kifo lakini hawatakipata; watatamani kufa lakini kifo kitawakimbia.
7 The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces.
Kwa kuonekana, nzige hao walikuwa kama farasi waliowekwa tayari kwa vita. Juu ya vichwa vyao walikuwa na taji zilizo kama za dhahabu, na nyuso zao zilikuwa kama za binadamu.
8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
Nywele zao zilikuwa kama nywele za wanawake, na meno yao yalikuwa kama meno ya simba.
9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.
Vifua vyao vilikuwa vimefunikwa kitu kama ngao ya chuma. Sauti ya mabawa yao ilikuwa kama sauti ya msafara wa magari ya farasi wengi wanaokimbilia vitani.
10 They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
Walikuwa na mikia na miiba kama ng'e, na kwa mikia hiyo, walikuwa na nguvu ya kuwadhuru watu kwa muda wa miezi mitano.
11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”. (Abyssos g12)
Tena wanaye mfalme anayewatawala, naye ndiye malaika wa kuzimu; jina lake kwa Kiebrania ni Abadoni, na kwa Kigiriki ni Apolioni, yaani mwangamizi. (Abyssos g12)
12 The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.
Maafa ya kwanza yamepita; bado mengine mawili yanafuata.
13 The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Kisha malaika wa sita akapiga tarumbeta yake. Nami nikasikia sauti moja kutoka katika pembe nne za madhabahu ya dhahabu iliyokuwa mbele ya Mungu.
14 saying to the sixth angel who had the shofar, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
Sauti hiyo ikamwambia huyo malaika wa sita mwenye tarumbeta, “Wafungulie malaika wanne waliofungwa kwenye mto mkubwa Eufrate!”
15 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
Naye akawafungulia malaika hao wanne ambao walikuwa wametayarishwa kwa ajili ya saa hiyo ya siku ya mwezi huo, wa mwaka huohuo, kuua theluthi moja ya wanaadamu.
16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.
Nilisikia idadi ya majeshi wapanda farasi ilikuwa milioni mia mbili.
17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the horses’ heads resembled lions’ heads. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
Hivi ndivyo nilivyowaona hao farasi na wapanda farasi katika hiyo njozi: Walikuwa na ngao vifuani zilizokuwa moto mtupu, zenye rangi ya samawati na njano kama kiberiti. Vichwa vya hao farasi vilikuwa kama vya simba; na moto, moshi, na kiberiti vilikuwa vinatoka kinywani mwao.
18 By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Theluthi moja ya wanaadamu waliuawa kwa mabaa hayo matatu yaani, moto, moshi na kiberiti, yaliyokuwa yanatoka katika vinywa vyao;
19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads; and with them they harm.
maana nguvu ya farasi hao ilikuwa vinywani mwao na katika mikia yao. Mikia yao ilikuwa na vichwa kama nyoka, na waliitumia hiyo kuwadhuru watu.
20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which can’t see, hear, or walk.
Wanaadamu wengine waliobaki ambao hawakuuawa na mabaa hayo, hawakugeuka na kuviacha vitu walivyokuwa wametengeneza kwa mikono yao wenyewe; bali wakaendelea kuabudu pepo, sanamu za dhahabu, fedha, shaba, mawe na miti, vitu ambavyo haviwezi kuona, kusikia wala kutembea.
21 They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
Wala hawakutubu na kuacha kufanya mauaji, uchawi, uzinzi, na wizi.
