Ufunuo 8
1 Mwana-Kondoo alipoivunja ile lakiri ya saba, pakawa kimya mbinguni kwa muda wa nusu saa.
And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven, about the space of half an hour.
2 Nami nikawaona wale malaika saba wanaosimama mbele za Mungu, nao wakapewa tarumbeta saba.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given them.
3 Malaika mwingine aliyekuwa na chetezo cha dhahabu, akaja na kusimama mbele ya madhabahu. Akapewa uvumba mwingi ili autoe pamoja na maombi ya watakatifu wote, juu ya yale madhabahu ya dhahabu yaliyo mbele ya kile kiti cha enzi.
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and a great quantity of incense was given him to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar, which was before the throne.
4 Ule moshi wa uvumba pamoja na yale maombi ya watakatifu, vikapanda juu mbele za Mungu, kutoka mkononi mwa huyo malaika.
And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose up from the hand of the angel into the presence of God.
5 Kisha yule malaika akachukua kile chetezo, akakijaza moto kutoka kwa yale madhabahu, akautupa juu ya dunia. Pakatokea sauti za radi, ngurumo, umeme wa radi na tetemeko la ardhi.
Then the angel took the censer, and he filled it with fire from the altar, and poured it upon the earth; and there followed thunders and voices and lightnings and an earthquake.
6 Basi wale malaika saba waliokuwa na zile tarumbeta saba wakajiandaa kuzipiga.
And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow their trumpets.
7 Malaika wa kwanza akaipiga tarumbeta yake, pakatokea mvua ya mawe na moto uliochanganyika na damu, navyo vikatupwa kwa nguvu juu ya nchi. Na theluthi ya dunia ikateketea, theluthi ya miti ikateketea, na nyasi yote mbichi ikateketea.
And the first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and it fell upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burned up, and the third part of the trees, and all the green grass.
8 Malaika wa pili akaipiga tarumbeta yake na kitu kama mlima mkubwa unaowaka moto kikatupwa baharini. Theluthi ya bahari ikawa damu,
And the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and a third part of the sea became blood;
9 theluthi ya viumbe vyenye uhai viishivyo baharini vikafa na theluthi ya meli zikaharibiwa.
and a third part of the living creatures in the sea died, and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 Malaika wa tatu akaipiga tarumbeta yake, na nyota kubwa iliyokuwa ikiwaka kama taa ikaanguka toka angani, ikaangukia theluthi ya mito na chemchemi za maji.
And the third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from heaven a great star, blazing like a torch. It fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the springs. (The name of the star is called Wormwood.)
11 Nyota hiyo inaitwa Uchungu. Theluthi ya maji yakawa machungu na watu wengi wakafa kutokana na maji hayo kwa maana yalikuwa machungu.
A third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 Kisha malaika wa nne akaipiga tarumbeta yake, na theluthi ya jua, theluthi ya mwezi na theluthi ya nyota zikapigwa. Kwa hiyo theluthi moja ya mwanga ikawa giza. Theluthi ya mchana ikawa haina mwanga na pia theluthi ya usiku.
And the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and the third part of the sun was blasted, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars; so that the third part of them should be darkened, and for a third part of the day there was no light, and at night it was the same.
13 Nilipokuwa tena nikitazama, nikamsikia tai mmoja akipiga kelele kwa sauti kuu wakati akiruka katikati ya mbingu, akisema, “Ole! Ole! Ole wa watu waishio duniani, kwa sababu ya tarumbeta ambazo malaika hao wengine watatu wanakaribia kuzipiga!”
And I looked and I heard a solitary eagle flying in mid-heaven, and crying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe for all who live on the earth, Because of the rest of the trumpet-blasts That the three angels are about to blow!"
