Mkpughe 9
1 Mgbe mmụọ ozi nke ise ahụ fụrụ opi ike ya, ahụrụ m otu kpakpando si nʼeluigwe daa nʼala. E nyere ya ihe ọtụghe igodo nke e ji atụghe olulu nke Abis ahụ. (Abyssos g12)
The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw [an evil angel. He was like] a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. He was given {[Someone] gave him} the key to the shaft [that descended] ([to] the underworld/[to] the deep dark pit). (Abyssos g12)
2 Mgbe o meghere olulu Abis ahụ, anwụrụ ọkụ dị ukwu sitere nʼime ya pụta dịka anwụrụ ọkụ si nʼọkụ icheku ọkụ ya dị ukwuu, mee ka oke ọchịchịrị kpuchie ihu anyanwụ na mbara eluigwe. (Abyssos g12)
When he opened that shaft, smoke arose from it like smoke from a huge burning furnace. The smoke prevented [anyone from seeing] the sky and the light of the sun. (Abyssos g12)
3 Igurube sitere nʼanwụrụ ọkụ ahụ pụta fedakwasa ụwa. E nyekwara ha ike ịta mmadụ ọbụla dịka akpị si agba mmadụ.
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. [They were given] {[God] gave them} power [to sting people], like scorpions [sting people].
4 E nyere ha iwu si ha emebila ahịhịa ndụ ọbụla, maọbụ osisi na ihe ọbụla a kụrụ nʼala. Kama ọrụ ha bụ ịbịakwasị mmadụ ọbụla na-enweghị akara Chineke nʼegedege ihu ya.
[God] told the locusts that they should not harm grass, nor any plants, nor any tree. [God said that they should harm only] those people who did not have a mark on the forehead [to show that they belonged to God].
5 Iwu e nyere ha abụghị ka ha gbuo ndị a, kama ọ bụ ka ha mekpaa ha ahụ ọnwa ise. Mmekpa ahụ ha dịka ahụ ụfụ na nhụju anya nke akpị mgbe ọ gbara mmadụ.
[God] did not allow the locusts to kill those people. Instead, [he] allowed them to continue torturing people for five months. When they tortured people, the pain those people felt was like the pain a scorpion causes when it stings someone.
6 Nʼime ụbọchị ndị ahụ, ọtụtụ mmadụ ga-achọ iji aka ha gbuo onwe ha ma ha agaghị enwe ike mee ya. Agụụ ịnwụ ọnwụ ga-agụ ha, ma ọnwụ ga-esi nʼebe ha nọ wezuga onwe ya.
During the time [when the locusts torture rebellious people, the pain will be so bad that] people will want to find a way to die, but they will not be able to [PRS].
7 Igurube ndị a nwere oyiyi dị ka ịnyịnya a kwadebere maka ibu agha. Ha nwere ihe yiri okpueze e ji ọlaedo kpụọ nʼisi ha. Ihu ha dịkwa ka ihu mmadụ.
The locusts looked like horses that are ready for battle. They had on their heads what looked like golden crowns. Their faces were like the faces of people.
8 Agịrị isi ha dịka agịrị isi ụmụ nwanyị. Eze ha dịkwa ka eze ọdụm.
They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.
9 Ha yikwasịrị onwe ha ihe ikpuchi obi dịka nke e ji igwe kpụọ. Nku ha na-eme mkpọtụ dị ka ụda nzọ ụkwụ ọtụtụ ịnyịnya nke ụgbọ agha na-esekpu na-abanye nʼọgbọ agha.
They wore metal breastplates. [When they were flying], their wings made a noise like the roar when many horses [pull chariots as they are] rushing into battle.
10 Ha nwere ọdụdụ dịka akpị. Ma ike niile e nyere ha bụ imerụ ndị mmadụ ahụ ọnwa ise site nʼike dị nʼọdụdụ ha.
They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.
11 Ha nwere mmụọ ozi nke Abis, onye na-achịkọta ha dịka eze. Aha ya nʼasụsụ Hibru bụ Abadọn, ma nʼasụsụ Griik ọ bụ Apolion. (Abyssos g12)
The king who ruled over them was the angel of the underworld. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. [Both of] those names [mean ‘Destroyer’]. (Abyssos g12)
12 Ahụhụ nke mbụ agafeela, ebe ahụhụ abụọ ọzọ na-abịa nʼihu.
That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
13 Mgbe mmụọ ozi nke isii fụrụ opi ike ya, anụrụ m olu sitere na mpi anọ ahụ dị nʼebe ịchụ aja ahụ e jiri ọlaedo wuo, nke dị nʼihu ocheeze Chineke,
The sixth angel blew his trumpet. Then I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar that is in God’s presence.
14 na-agwa mmụọ ozi nke isii ahụ, nke ji opi ike okwu, “Tọpụ mmụọ ozi anọ ndị ahụ e kere agbụ nʼebe osimiri Yufretis dị.”
It was saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels whom [I] have bound at the great river Euphrates!”
15 A tọhapụrụ ndị mmụọ ozi anọ ahụ, ndị e jibu eji na njikere maka oge awa ahụ, na ụbọchị ahụ, na ọnwa ahụ, na afọ ahụ, iji gbuo otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ atọ nke mmadụ.
The four angels were released, those who had been {[He] released the four angels, whom [God] had} kept ready for that [exact] hour of that day, of that month, of that year. They were released {[He] released them} in order that they might enable [their soldiers to] kill a third of the [rebellious] people.
16 Ndị agha ahụ, ọnụọgụgụ ha bụ narị nde abụọ. Anụrụ m mgbe e kwuru ole ha dị.
The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
17 Nʼime ọhụ m, ahụrụ m ịnyịnya ha, hụkwa ndị nọkwasịrị ha nʼelu. Ndị nọ nʼelu ịnyịnya ndị a yi ihe ikpuchi obi nke ụfọdụ nʼime ha na-acha ọbara ọbara. Ụfọdụ na-acha dịka akpụkpọ eluigwe, ụfọdụ na-acha odo odo. Ụfọdụ na-acha dịka anwụrụ ọkụ. Isi ịnyịnya ha dịka isi ọdụm, anwụrụ ọkụ na ọkụ na nkume ọkụ sị ha nʼọnụ na-apụta.
In the vision I saw what the horses and the [beings] that rode them looked like. They [wore] breastplates that were [red] like fire, [dusky blue] like smoke, and [yellow] like sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. From their mouths came fire, smoke, and [fumes of burning] sulfur.
18 E sitere nʼihe mmekpa ahụ ndị a, ire ọkụ, anwụrụ ọkụ na nkume ọkụ na-adịghị anyụ anyụ, ka ha ji gbuo otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ atọ nke mmadụ niile bi nʼụwa.
Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
19 Ike ịnyịnya ndị a dị nʼọnụ ha, na ọdụdụ ha. Ọdụdụ ha dị ka agwọ, nwee isi agwọ nke ha ji emerụ mmadụ ahụ.
The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
20 Ma ndị fọdụrụ nʼetiti mmadụ, bụ ndị a na-egbughị site nʼihe ntaramahụhụ ọrịa ndị a, echegharịghị site nʼọrụ aka ha maọbụ ịkwụsị ife mmụọ ọjọọ ofufe. Ha jụkwara ịkwụsị ife arụsị ha niile nke ha ji ọlaedo na ọlaọcha na bronz na igwe na nkume na osisi kpụọ. Chi ndị na-apụghị ịhụ ụzọ, maọbụ ịnụ ihe, maọbụ ije ije.
The rest of the [rebellious] people, those who were not killed by these plagues of [fire and smoke and burning sulfur], did not turn from their sinful behavior. [They did not stop worshipping] the idols that they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshipping demons and idols [that were made] of gold, of silver, of bronze, of stone, and of wood, [even though they are idols] that can neither see nor hear nor walk.
21 Ha echegharịghị site nʼigbu mmadụ ha, maọbụ ụzọ mgbaasị ha, maọbụ ndụ ịkwa iko ha, na izu ohi ha pụta.
They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
