Nyaɖeɖefia 9
1 Mawudɔla atɔ̃lia ku eƒe kpẽ la, eye mekpɔ ɣletivi si ge tso dziƒo va dze anyigba dzi la. Wotsɔ ʋe globo la ƒe safui na ɣletivi sia. (Abyssos g12)
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)
2 Esi wòʋu nu le ʋe globo la nu la, dzudzɔ do tso eme abe abolokpo gã aɖe mee dzudzɔ le dodom le ene. Dzudzɔ gã la na be ɣe kple dziŋgɔli do viviti. (Abyssos g12)
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)
3 Ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha gã aɖe do go tso dzudzɔ la me va anyigba dzi, eye wòna ŋusẽ wo be woawɔ nu abe ahɔ̃ siwo le anyigba dzi la ene.
Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 Wode se na wo be womegagblẽ gbe siwo le anyigba dzi, numiemie loo alo atiwo o, ke boŋ woagblẽ ame siwo Mawu ƒe nutrenu mele ŋgonu na o la.
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.
5 Womena ŋusẽ wo be woawu wo o, ke boŋ be woawɔ funyafunya wo dzinu atɔ̃. Ale fukpekpe si me woto la nɔ abe ale si ame si ahɔ̃ te la sea vevee ene.
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.
6 Le ŋkeke mawo me la, amewo adi ku, gake womakpɔe o. Ku adzro wo vevie, gake ku asi abu ɖe wo.
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.
7 Ʋetsuviawo ƒe dzedzeme le abe sɔ siwo bla akpa hena aʋayiyi ene. Woɖɔ nane ɖe ta si le abe sikafiakuku ene, eye woƒe mowo ɖi amegbetɔwo tɔ.
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.
8 Woƒe ɖa le abe nyɔnuwo ƒe ɖa ene, eye woƒe aɖuwo le abe dzatawo tɔ ene.
They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
9 Wodo akɔtakpoxɔnu siwo le abe gayibɔkɔtakpoxɔnuwo ene, eye woƒe aʋalawo ƒe hoowɔwɔ le abe sɔwo kple tasiaɖamwo ƒe hoowɔwɔ ne wolũ ɖe aʋa me la ene.
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.
10 Asiketiwo kple tiwo le wo si abe ahɔ̃wo tɔ ene, eye ŋusẽ le woƒe asiketiwo me be woawɔ funyafunya amewo hena ɣleti atɔ̃.
They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
11 Woƒe fiae nye mawudɔla si le ʋe globo la dzi kpɔm, ame si ƒe ŋkɔe nye Abadon le Hebrigbe me kple Apolion le Grikgbe me (si gɔmee nye Nugblẽla). (Abyssos g12)
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)
12 Vɔ̃ gbãtɔ nu va yi, eye vɔ̃ eve bubuwo le mɔ dzi gbɔna.
The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.
13 Mawudɔla adelia ku eƒe kpẽ la. Tete mese gbe aɖe tso sikavɔsamlekpui si nɔ Mawu ŋkume la ƒe lãdzowo gbɔ.
The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Gbe la gblɔ na mawudɔla adelia si lé kpẽ la ɖe asi la be, “Ɖe ga mawudɔla ene siwo wobla da ɖe Frat tɔsisi gã la to la.”
saying to the sixth angel who had the shofar, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
15 Ale woɖe ga mawudɔla ene siwo wodzra ɖo ɖi na gaƒoƒo vevi, ŋkeke vevi, dzinu vevi kple ƒe vevi sia be woayi aɖawu amegbetɔƒomea ƒe mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka.
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.
16 Asrafo siwo do sɔ la ƒe xexlẽme anɔ miliɔn alafa eve. Nye ŋutɔ mekpɔ woƒe xexlẽme.
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.
17 Sɔ kple sɔdola siwo mekpɔ le nye ŋutega me la ƒe dzedzeme nɔ ale: Woƒe akɔtakpoxɔnu biã hẽe abe dzo ene; ɖewo nye blɔ, eye ɖewo hã ɖi aŋuti ɖiɖi abe sulfakpe ene. Sɔawo ƒe tawo ɖi dzatawo ƒe ta, eye dzudzɔ kple sulfakpe do tso woƒe nuwo me.
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.
18 Dzo, dzudzɔ kple sulfakpe si do go tso sɔawo ƒe nu me la wu amegbetɔƒomea ƒe mama etɔ̃ ƒe ɖeka.
By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
19 Sɔawo ƒe ŋusẽ le woƒe nuwo kple asiketiwo me, elabena woƒe asiketiwo le abe dawo ene, eye ta li na asiketiawo, esiwo wotsɔna dea abi amewo ŋui.
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.
20 Amegbetɔƒomea si susɔ, ame siwo dɔvɔ̃ siawo mewu o la gbe tɔtrɔ le woƒe asiwo ƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ me. Wogbe be yewomaɖe asi le gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo subɔsubɔ, sika, klosalo, akɔbli, kpe kple ati legba siwo metea ŋu kpɔa nu, sea nu loo alo zɔna o la subɔsubɔ ŋuti o.
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.
21 Nenema ke wometrɔ le woƒe amewuwu, afakaka, ahasiwɔwɔ alo fififi yome o.
They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
