Apocalypse 16
1 J'entendis du temple une voix forte qui disait aux sept anges: « Allez, versez sur la terre les sept coupes de la colère de Dieu. »
[In the vision] I heard [someone] in the temple speak in a loud voice to the angels [who had the seven bowls]. He said, “Go [from here] and pour out on the earth [the wine/liquid in] [MTY] the seven bowls. [This will show that] God is angry with [rebellious people and will punish them].”
2 La première alla répandre sa coupe sur la terre, et elle devint un ulcère douloureux pour les gens qui avaient la marque de la bête et qui adoraient son image.
So the first angel went and poured out on the earth [the wine/liquid that was in] [MTY] his bowl. [As a result], horrible and painful sores broke out on God’s enemies who had allowed the beast’s [agents] to mark them and who worshipped the image of the beast.
3 Le second ange versa sa coupe dans la mer, qui devint du sang comme celui d'un mort. Tous les êtres vivants de la mer moururent.
The second angel poured out on the ocean [the wine/liquid that was in] [MTY] his bowl. [As a result], the [water in the ocean stank like the blood] of a person who has died. [And] [MTY] every living creature that was in the ocean died.
4 Le troisième versa sa coupe dans les fleuves et les sources d'eau, et ils devinrent du sang.
The third angel poured out on the rivers and water springs [the wine/liquid] [MTY] [that was in] his bowl. [As a result, the water in the rivers and springs] turned into blood.
5 J'entendis l'ange des eaux qui disait: « Tu es juste, toi qui es et qui étais, ô Saint, car tu as jugé ces choses.
I heard the angel [who has authority over] the waters say [to God], “[O God], you exist and have always existed. You are the holy one. You judge people justly.
6 Car ils ont répandu le sang des saints et des prophètes, et tu leur as donné du sang à boire. Ils méritent cela. »
[The rebellious people] murdered your holy people and prophets. So you are just in punishing them by giving them blood to drink. This is what they deserve!”
7 J'ai entendu l'autel dire: « Oui, Seigneur Dieu, le Tout-Puissant, tes jugements sont vrais et justes. »
Then I heard [an angel] respond [from] the altar [PRS], “Yes, Lord God, you who are almighty, you punish [people] rightly and justly!”
8 Le quatrième versa sa coupe sur le soleil, et il lui fut donné de brûler les hommes par le feu.
Then the fourth angel poured out on the sun [the wine/liquid that was in] [MTY] his bowl. [He] enabled the sun to scorch [people] with fiery [heat].
9 Les gens furent brûlés par une grande chaleur, et les gens blasphémèrent le nom de Dieu qui a le pouvoir sur ces fléaux. Ils ne se sont pas repentis et ne lui ont pas rendu gloire.
Because people were severely burned by the intense heat {the intense heat severely burned people}, they said evil things about God [MTY], [because] he had the power [to strike people with] plagues like those. But they refused to stop their evil behavior and refused to honor him.
10 Le cinquième versa sa coupe sur le trône de la bête, et son royaume fut obscurci. Ils se rongeaient la langue à cause de la douleur,
When the fifth angel poured out on the throne of the beast [the wine/liquid that was in] [MTY] his bowl, it became dark in the kingdom that the beast [ruled. As a result, the beast and the people whom it ruled] were biting their tongues because [they were suffering intense] pain.
11 et ils blasphémaient le Dieu du ciel à cause de leurs douleurs et de leurs ulcères. Ils ne se sont toujours pas repentis de leurs œuvres.
They insulted God [who rules in] heaven, because their sores were so painful. But they refused to stop doing the [evil] things that they were doing.
12 Le sixième versa sa coupe sur le grand fleuve, l'Euphrate. Ses eaux tarirent, afin que le chemin fût préparé pour les rois qui viendront du soleil levant.
The sixth angel poured out on the huge river Euphrates [the wine/liquid that was in] [MTY] his bowl. [As a result, the] water [in the river] was dried up so that the rulers from the eastern [MTY] [countries could cross it with their armies] [SYN].
13 Je vis sortir de la bouche du dragon, de la bouche de la bête et de la bouche du faux prophète, trois esprits impurs, semblables à des grenouilles;
I saw evil spirits that looked like frogs. One came out of the mouth of the dragon, one from the mouth of the beast, and one from the mouth of the false prophet.
14 car ce sont des esprits de démons, qui font des prodiges, et qui vont vers les rois de toute la terre habitée, afin de les rassembler pour le combat du grand jour de Dieu le Tout-Puissant.
Those spirits were demons who were [able to] perform miracles. They went out to the rulers of the whole world, in order to gather their [armies] [SYN] together to the battle that [they will fight] on the wonderful day when Almighty God [punishes his enemies] [MTY].
15 « Voici, je viens comme un voleur. Heureux celui qui veille et qui garde ses vêtements, afin qu'il ne marche pas nu, et qu'on ne voie pas sa honte. »
The evil spirits will gather the rulers at a place that is called in the Hebrew [language] Armageddon. [I heard the Lord Jesus say], “[You must] listen carefully to [me]: I am coming unexpectedly [SIM], like a thief. [So], I will be happy with those who stay alert and [keep on living righteously so that they will not be ashamed], just like [MET] a person keeps his clothes [on] so that he will not be ashamed [like a person who is] naked.”
16 Il les rassembla dans le lieu qui s'appelle en hébreu « Harmagedon ».
17 Le septième versa sa coupe dans l'air. Et une voix forte sortit du temple du ciel, du trône, en disant: « C'est fait! ».
The seventh angel poured out into the air [the wine/liquid that was in] [MTY] his bowl. [As a result, someone] said with a loud voice from the throne in the temple, “[The time for God to finish punishing rebellious people] is [about to be] start.”
18 Il y eut des éclairs, des sons, des tonnerres, et un grand tremblement de terre, tel qu'il n'y en a jamais eu depuis qu'il y a des hommes sur la terre, un tremblement de terre si grand et si puissant.
[When the angel emptied his bowl], lightning flashed, there were rumblings and thunder, and the earth shook. It shook more violently than it has ever shaken since people first [lived] on earth.
19 La grande ville fut divisée en trois parties, et les villes des nations tombèrent. On se souvint de Babylone la grande aux yeux de Dieu, pour lui donner la coupe du vin de l'ardeur de sa colère.
And [as a result], the very evil city [that is symbolized by Babylon] split into three parts. [God also] destroyed cities in [other] nations. God did not forget that [the people of] [MTY] the very evil [city symbolized by] Babylon [had sinned very much]. So he [caused the people with whom] he was furiously angry [MET] [to drink] a cup of very [poisonous wine/liquid that represented his punishment].
20 Toutes les îles s'enfuirent, et les montagnes ne furent pas retrouvées.
Also [as a result of the earthquake], every island disappeared, and the mountains became flat land.
21 De gros grêlons, du poids d'un talent, tombaient du ciel sur les gens. On blasphémait Dieu à cause du fléau de la grêle, car ce fléau était extrêmement violent.
Also [as a result of the angel’s emptying his bowl], huge hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky onto the people. Then people insulted God because [he had caused] the destructive hail to fall on them in that terrible plague.
