Mkpughe 6
1 Ahụrụ m mgbe Nwa atụrụ ahụ meghere otu nʼime akara asaa ahụ. Otu nʼime anụ anọ ahụ dị ndụ tiri mkpu dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ egbe eluigwe sị, “Bịa!”
Then I saw the Lamb break one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four Creatures crying with a voice like thunder — ‘Come.’
2 Mgbe m lere anya, ahụrụ m ịnyịnya dị ọcha. Onye na-anọkwasị nʼelu ya ji ụta nʼaka ya. A tụkwasịkwara okpueze nʼisi ya dịka onye agha na-emeri emeri mgbe niile.
And in my vision I saw ‘a white horse.’ Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
3 Mgbe o meghere akara nke abụọ, ngwangwa, anụrụ m ka anụ nke abụọ ahụ nʼime anụ anọ ndị ahụ dị ndụ tiri mkpu sị, “Bịa!”
When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second Creature crying — ‘Come.’
4 Mgbe ahụ, ịnyịnya ọzọ na-acha ọbara ọbara pụtara. E nyere onye nọkwasịrị nʼelu ya ike iwepụ udo nʼụwa nakwa ime ka ụmụ mmadụ na-egburita ibe ha. E nyekwara ya mma agha dị ukwuu.
Then there went out another horse, ‘a red horse,’ and to its rider was given the power to deprive the earth of peace, so that men should kill one another; and he was given a great sword.
5 Ma mgbe o meghere akara nke atọ, anụrụ m ka anụ nke atọ ahụ dị ndụ kwuru, “Bịa!” Ahụrụ m ịnyịnya dị ojii. Onye na-anọkwasị nʼelu ya ji ihe ọtụtụ abụọ nʼaka ya.
When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third Creature crying — ‘Come.’ And in my vision I saw ‘a black horse.’ Its rider held scales in his hand.
6 Anụkwara m ihe dị ka olu nke sitere nʼetiti anụ anọ ahụ dị ndụ na-adapụta sị, “Otu ihe ọtụtụ kilo nke ọka wiiti bụ ụgwọ ọrụ otu ụbọchị, ihe ọtụtụ kilo atọ nke ọka balị bụkwa ụgwọ ọrụ otu ụbọchị. Ya mere, unu emebikwala mmanụ oliv na mmanya.”
And I heard what seemed to be a voice, coming from among the four Creatures, crying — ‘A quart of wheat for a florin, and three quarts of barley for a florin! But do not harm the oil and the wine.’
7 Mgbe o meghere akara nke anọ, anụrụ m ka anụ nke anọ dị ndụ sịrị, “Bịa!”
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth Creature crying — ‘Come.’
8 Elere m anya ma hụ ịnyịnya na-acha ntụntụ nʼihu m. Aha onye nọkwasịrị nʼelu ya bụ Ọnwụ na Ọkụ ala mmụọ na-esokwa ya nʼazụ. E nyere ha ike nʼebe otu ụzọ nʼụzọ anọ nke ụwa dị ka ha jiri mma agha na ụnwụ, na ọrịa ọjọọ na anụ ọhịa gbuchapụ ndị bi nʼime ha. (Hadēs g86)
And in my vision I saw a grey horse. His rider’s name was Death, and the Lord of the Place of Death rode behind him; and power was given them over the fourth part of the earth, so that they might ‘destroy with sword and famine and death, and by means of the wild beasts of the earth.’ (Hadēs g86)
9 Ma mgbe ọ meghere akara nke ise, ahụrụ m nʼokpuru ebe ịchụ aja mkpụrụobi ndị niile e gburu egbu nʼihi okwu Chineke na nʼihi ịgba ama nke ha jidesiri ike.
When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God’s Message and for the testimony which they had borne.
10 Ha ji oke olu tie mkpu na-asị, “Gị, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị, onye dị nsọ na onye eziokwu, ruo olee mgbe ka ị na-eche ikpe ụwa na ndị bi nʼime ya ikpe ma bọọkwa ọbọ nʼisi ha maka ọbara anyị ha wufuru?”
They cried in a loud voice — ‘How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before thou wilt give judgment and avenge our blood upon all who are living upon the earth?’
11 E nyere ha nʼotu nʼotu uwe ọcha, a gwakwara ha ka ha zuru ike nwa oge nta, tutu ruo mgbe ọnụọgụgụ ndị ozi ibe ha na ụmụnna ha a ga-egbu dịka e gburu ha ga-ezu.
Then to each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest yet a little longer, till the number of their fellow-servants and of their Brothers who were about to be put to death, as they had been, should be complete.
12 Anọkwa m na-ele anya mgbe o meghere akara nke isii ahụ. Nke a mere ka oke ala ọma jijiji dịrị. Anyanwụ gbara ọchịchịrị dị ka akwa mkpe e jiri ajị mee. E mekwara ka ọnwa chaa uhie uhie dịka ọbara.
And I saw the Lamb break the sixth seal, and then there was a great earthquake. The sun became black, like sackcloth, and the moon, which was at its full, like blood.
13 Mgbe ahụ, kpakpando dị na mbara eluigwe malitere ịdapụ nʼala dịka mkpụrụ osisi fiig na-achaghị acha si adapụ mgbe oke ifufe na-efegharị ya.
‘The stars of the heavens fell’ to the earth, as when a fig-tree, shaken by a strong wind, drops its unripe fruit.
14 Mbara eluigwe gabigara, dịka akwụkwọ mgbe a na-apịakọta ya. Ugwu niile na agwa etiti niile ka e wepụkwara site nʼọnọdụ ha.
The heavens disappeared like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 Ndị eze niile nke ụwa na ndị nọ nʼọchịchị dị iche iche, na ndị ọgaranya, na ndị nọ nʼọnọdụ dị elu, na ndị ọchịagha, na ndị mmadụ niile dị iche iche, ndị ukwu ma ndị nta, ndị ohu na ndị nwe onwe ha, ha niile gara zoo onwe ha nʼime ọgba nkume na nʼokpuru ugwu,
Then all the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the generals, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free man, ‘hid themselves in the caves and under the rocks’ of the mountains;
16 ha na-eti mkpu na-arịọ ugwu ndị ahụ na-asị, “Dakwasịnụ anyị zoo anyị ka onye ahụ nọkwasịrị nʼelu ocheeze ahụ hapụ ịhụ anyị, ka oke iwe nke Nwa Atụrụ ahụ hapụ ịbịakwasị anyị.
and they are crying to the mountains and the rocks — ‘Fall upon us, and hide us from the eyes of him who is seated on the throne, and from the Wrath of the Lamb,
17 Nʼihi na, lee oke ụbọchị iwe ha abịala, onye pụrụ ịgbanarị ya?”
for the great Day of their Wrath is come, and who can stand to meet it?’
