Okubikkulirwa 9
1 Awo malayika owookutaano n’afuuwa ekkondeere lye, ne ndaba emmunyeenye ng’eva mu ggulu ng’egwa ku nsi era n’eweebwa ekisumuluzo eky’obunnya obutakoma. (Abyssos g12)
Then the fifth angel blew; and I saw a star that had fallen on the earth from the heavens, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (Abyssos g12)
2 Bwe yabusumulula, omukka ne gufubutuka okuvaamu ng’oguva mu kikoomi ekinene ennyo, era enjuba ne bbanga lyonna ne bibuna ekizikiza olw’omukka ogw’omu bunnya. (Abyssos g12)
He opened the bottomless pit, and from the pit rose a smoke like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air grew dark because of the smoke from the pit. (Abyssos g12)
3 Enzige ne ziva mu mukka ne zikka ku nsi ne ziweebwa obuyinza okuluma ng’enjaba ez’obusagwa.
Out of the smoke locusts descended on the earth, and they received the same power as that possessed by scorpions.
4 Zaagambibwa obutakola ku muddo kabi konna, newaakubadde ebimera, wadde emiti; wabula zirumbe abantu abo abataalina kabonero ka Katonda mu byenyi byabwe.
They were told not to harm the grass, or any plant, or any tree, but only those who have not the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 Tezaagambibwa kubatta wabula okubabonyaabonya okumala emyezi etaano nga zibaluma bulumi, ng’obulumi bwazo buli ng’obuva mu kubojjebwa enjaba ez’obusagwa.
Yet they were not allowed to kill them, but it was ordered that those men should be tortured for five months. Their torture was like the torture caused by a scorpion when it stings a person.
6 Mu biro ebyo abantu balyagala okwetta naye tekirisoboka kubanga okufa kuliba kubeesamba; balyegomba okufa naye kwo, nga kubadduka buddusi!
In those days people will seek Death and will not find it; They will long to die, but Death flees from them.
7 Enzige zino zaali zifaanana ng’embalaasi ezitegekeddwa okugenda ku lutalo okulwana, ne ku mitwe gyazo nga kuli ng’okutikkiddwa engule za zaabu ate ebyenyi byazo nga biri ng’eby’abantu.
In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads there were what appeared to be crowns that shone like gold, their faces resembled human faces,
8 Obwoya bwazo nga buli ng’enviiri z’abakazi, ate go amannyo gaazo gaali ng’ag’empologoma.
and they had hair like the hair of a woman, their teeth were like lions’ teeth,
9 Zaali zambadde eby’omu bifuba ebiri ng’eby’ebyuma, nga n’ebiwaawaatiro byazo biwuluguma ng’eddoboozi lya nnamuziga w’amagaali, ag’embalaasi ennyingi nga zifubutuka okulaga mu lutalo.
and they had what seemed to be iron breastplates, while the noise of their wings was like the noise of chariots drawn by many horses, galloping into battle.
10 Zaalina emikira egibojja ng’egy’enjaba ez’obusagwa. N’obuyinza bwazo obw’okubonyaabonya obwaziweebwa obw’emyezi etaano bwali mu mikira omwo.
They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and in their tails lies their power to harm people for five months.
11 Kabaka waazo ye malayika ow’obunnya obutakoma, erinnya lye mu Lwebbulaniya ye Abadoni ate mu Luyonaani ye Apolwoni. (Abyssos g12)
They have as their king the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is ‘Abaddon,’ while, in Greek, his name is ‘Apollyon’ (the Destroyer). (Abyssos g12)
12 Eky’entiisa ekisooka ne kiyita, naye ng’ekyaliyo bya mirundi ebiri ebijja!
The first Woe has passed; and still there are two Woes to follow!
13 Awo malayika ow’omukaaga n’afuuwa ekkondeere lye, ne mpulira eddoboozi nga lyogera okuva mu mayembe ana agali ku kyoto ekya zaabu ekiri mu maaso ga Katonda,
Then the sixth angel blew; and I heard a voice proceeding from the corners of the golden altar that stood before God.
14 nga ligamba malayika oyo ow’omukaaga nti, “Sumulula bamalayika abana abaasibirwa ku mugga omunene Fulaati.”
It spoke to the sixth angel – the angel with the trumpet – and said ‘Let loose the four angels that are in chains at the great river Euphrates.’
15 Bamalayika abana abaali basibiddwa nga balindirira omwaka n’omwezi ogwo, n’olunaku olwo, n’essaawa eyo, ne basumululwa okutta ekitundu ekimu ekyokusatu eky’abantu.
Then the four angels, that were held in readiness for that hour and day and month and year, were let loose, to destroy a third of mankind.
16 Ne mpulira omuwendo ogw’eggye ery’abaserikale nga bali obukadde ebikumi bibiri.
The number of the hosts of cavalry was ten thousand times ten thousand, twice told; I heard their number.
17 Ne ndaba mu kwolesebwa, ng’embalaasi n’abaali bazeebagadde nga bambadde eby’omu bifuba ebimyufu, era mwalimu n’abambadde ebya bbululu n’ebya kyenvu. Emitwe gy’embalaasi gyali gifaanana ng’egy’empologoma, ne mu bumwa bwazo ne muvaamu omuliro n’omukka ne salufa.
And this is what the horses and their riders appeared to be like in my vision: They had breastplates of fire, blood-red and sulphurous, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, while out of their mouths issue fire, and smoke, and sulfur.
18 Ebibonyoobonyo ebyo ebisatu: Omukka n’omuliro n’obuganga ebyava mu bumwa bwazo ne bitta ekitundu ekimu ekyokusatu eky’abantu.
Through these three curses a third of humanity perished – because of the fire, and the smoke, and the sulfur that issued from their mouths;
19 Amaanyi gaazo ag’okutta tegaali mu bumwa bwazo mwokka, naye gaali ne mu mikira gyazo, kubanga emikira egyo gyali ng’emitwe gy’emisota, nga gye zibojjesa.
for the power of the horses lies in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like snakes, with heads, and it is with them that they do harm.
20 Naye era abantu abaasigalawo nga balamu oluvannyuma lw’ebibonoobono bino ne bagaana okwenenya ebikolwa byabwe. Ne batalekaayo kusinza baddayimooni n’ebifaananyi ebyakolebwa n’emikono ebya zaabu n’ebya ffeeza, n’eby’ebikomo, n’eby’amayinja n’omuti, ebitalaba yadde okuwulira so n’okutambula tebitambula.
But those who were left of humanity, who had not perished through these curses, did not repent and turn away from what their own hands had made; they would not abandon the worship of demons, and of idols made of gold or silver or brass or stone or wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk;
21 Era tebeenenya butemu bwabwe, wadde obulogo, wadde obwenzi, wadde obubbi bye baakolanga.
and they did not repent of their murders, or their sorceries, or their licentiousness, or their thefts.
