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)
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 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)
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 Enzige ne ziva mu mukka ne zikka ku nsi ne ziweebwa obuyinza okuluma ng’enjaba ez’obusagwa.
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. [They were given] {[God] gave them} power [to sting people], like scorpions [sting people].
4 Zaagambibwa obutakola ku muddo kabi konna, newaakubadde ebimera, wadde emiti; wabula zirumbe abantu abo abataalina kabonero ka Katonda mu byenyi byabwe.
[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 Tezaagambibwa kubatta wabula okubabonyaabonya okumala emyezi etaano nga zibaluma bulumi, ng’obulumi bwazo buli ng’obuva mu kubojjebwa enjaba ez’obusagwa.
[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 Mu biro ebyo abantu balyagala okwetta naye tekirisoboka kubanga okufa kuliba kubeesamba; balyegomba okufa naye kwo, nga kubadduka buddusi!
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 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.
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 Obwoya bwazo nga buli ng’enviiri z’abakazi, ate go amannyo gaazo gaali ng’ag’empologoma.
They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], 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.
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 Zaalina emikira egibojja ng’egy’enjaba ez’obusagwa. N’obuyinza bwazo obw’okubonyaabonya obwaziweebwa obw’emyezi etaano bwali mu mikira omwo.
They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [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)
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 Eky’entiisa ekisooka ne kiyita, naye ng’ekyaliyo bya mirundi ebiri ebijja!
That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
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,
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 nga ligamba malayika oyo ow’omukaaga nti, “Sumulula bamalayika abana abaasibirwa ku mugga omunene Fulaati.”
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 Bamalayika abana abaali basibiddwa nga balindirira omwaka n’omwezi ogwo, n’olunaku olwo, n’essaawa eyo, ne basumululwa okutta ekitundu ekimu ekyokusatu eky’abantu.
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 Ne mpulira omuwendo ogw’eggye ery’abaserikale nga bali obukadde ebikumi bibiri.
The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
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.
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 Ebibonyoobonyo ebyo ebisatu: Omukka n’omuliro n’obuganga ebyava mu bumwa bwazo ne bitta ekitundu ekimu ekyokusatu eky’abantu.
Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
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.
The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
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.
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 Era tebeenenya butemu bwabwe, wadde obulogo, wadde obwenzi, wadde obubbi bye baakolanga.
They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
