Apocalypse 16
1 Et j’entendis une grande voix venant du temple, disant aux sept anges: Allez, et versez sur la terre les sept coupes du courroux 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 Et le premier s’en alla et versa sa coupe sur la terre; et un ulcère mauvais et malin vint sur les hommes qui avaient la marque de la bête et sur ceux qui rendaient hommage à 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 Et le second versa sa coupe sur la mer; et elle devint du sang, comme d’un corps mort; et tout ce qui avait vie dans la mer mourut.
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 Et le troisième versa sa coupe sur les fleuves, et sur les fontaines des eaux; 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 Et j’entendis l’ange des eaux, disant: Tu es juste, toi qui es et qui étais, le Saint, parce que tu as ainsi jugé;
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 versé le sang des saints et des prophètes, et tu leur as donné du sang à boire; ils en sont dignes.
[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 Et j’entendis l’autel, disant: Oui, Seigneur, Dieu, Tout-puissant, véritables et justes sont tes jugements!
Then I heard [an angel] respond [from] the altar [PRS], “Yes, Lord God, you who are almighty, you punish [people] rightly and justly!”
8 Et 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 et les hommes furent brûlés par une grande chaleur; et ils blasphémèrent le nom de Dieu qui a pouvoir sur ces plaies, et ils ne se repentirent pas pour lui donner 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 Et le cinquième versa sa coupe sur le trône de la bête; et son royaume devint ténébreux; et de douleur, ils se mordaient la langue:
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 blasphémèrent le Dieu du ciel, à cause de leurs douleurs et de leurs ulcères, et ne se repentirent pas 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 Et le sixième versa sa coupe sur le grand fleuve Euphrate; et son eau tarit, afin que la voie des rois qui viennent de l’orient soit préparée.
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 Et je vis sortir de la bouche du dragon, et de la bouche de la bête, et de la bouche du faux prophète, trois esprits immondes, comme 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 faisant des miracles, qui s’en vont vers les rois de la terre habitée tout entière, pour les assembler pour le combat de ce 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. Bienheureux 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 Et ils les assemblèrent au lieu appelé en hébreu: Armagédon.
17 Et le septième versa sa coupe dans l’air; et il sortit du temple du ciel une grande voix procédant du trône, 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 Et il y eut des éclairs, et des voix, et des tonnerres; et il y eut un grand tremblement de terre, un tremblement de terre tel, si grand, qu’il n’y en a jamais eu de semblable depuis que les hommes sont sur la terre.
[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 Et la grande ville fut divisée en trois parties; et les villes des nations tombèrent; et la grande Babylone vint en mémoire devant Dieu, pour lui donner la coupe du vin de la fureur 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 Et toute île s’enfuit, et les montagnes ne furent pas trouvées;
Also [as a result of the earthquake], every island disappeared, and the mountains became flat land.
21 et une grande grêle, du poids d’un talent, descend du ciel sur les hommes; et les hommes blasphémèrent Dieu à cause de la plaie de la grêle; car la plaie en est fort grande.
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.
