Apocalypse 16
1 Alors j'entendis une voix forte qui sortait du sanctuaire, et qui disait aux sept anges: «Allez, et 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 Le premier ange partit, et répandit sa coupe sur la terre: et un ulcère malin et douloureux frappa les hommes qui avaient la marque de la bête, et ceux qui en adoraient l'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 répandit sa coupe dans la mer; et la mer devint comme le sang d'un mort, et tout être vivant qui était 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 Le troisième répandit sa coupe dans les fleuves et dans les sources d'eau; et les eaux furent changées en 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 Alors j'entendis l'ange des eaux qui disait: «Tu es juste, ô toi qui es et qui étais; tu es saint, d'avoir rendu ce jugement:
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 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 qui disait: «Oui, Seigneur, Dieu tout-puissant, tes jugements sont véritables 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 répandit 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 frappés d'une chaleur brûlante, ils blasphémèrent le nom de Dieu qui dispose de ces fléaux, et ils ne se repentirent point pour lui rendre 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 ange répandit sa coupe sur le trône de la bête; et le royaume de la bête fut plongé dans les ténèbres; les hommes se mordaient la langue de 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 blasphémèrent le Dieu du ciel, à cause de leurs tourments et de leurs ulcères; et ils ne se repentirent point de leurs oeuvres.
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 répandit sa coupe sur le grand fleuve de l'Euphrate; et les eaux en furent desséchées, afin de livrer passage aux rois qui venaient de l'Orient.
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 gueule du dragon, et de la gueule de la bête, et de la bouche du faux-prophète, trois esprits impurs semblables à des crapauds.
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 Ce sont, en effet, des esprits de démons, qui font des prodiges et qui vont rassembler les rois de l'univers entier pour la bataille du grand jour du Dieu 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 conserve ses vêtements, afin de ne pas aller nu et de ne pas laisser voir 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 ces esprits rassemblèrent les rois en un lieu nommé en hébreu, «Harmagédon.»
17 Le septième ange répandit sa coupe sur l'atmosphère; et il sortit du sanctuaire du ciel, du trône même, une voix forte qui disait: «C'en 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, des bruits, des tonnerres; il se fit un tremblement de terre tel qu'il n'y en a jamais eu un semblable depuis qu'il y a des hommes 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 la grande ville se partagea en trois, et les villes des nations croulèrent: et Dieu se souvint de Babylone la grande, pour lui faire boire la coupe pleine du vin de son ardente 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 disparurent, et l'on ne retrouva plus de montagnes.
Also [as a result of the earthquake], every island disappeared, and the mountains became flat land.
21 Une forte grêle, dont les grêlons pouvaient peser un talent, tomba du ciel sur les hommes; et les hommes blasphémèrent Dieu à cause du fléau de la grêle, parce que ses dégâts étaient immenses.
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.
