Ufunuo 9
1 Kisha malaika wa tano akapiga tarumbeta yake. Nami nikaona nyota iliyokuwa imeanguka juu ya nchi kutoka mbinguni. Nayo ikapewa ufunguo wa shimo la Kuzimu. (Abyssos g12)
And the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. (Abyssos g12)
2 Basi, nyota hiyo ikafungua shimo la Kuzimu, kukatoka moshi wa tanuru kubwa. Jua na anga vikatiwa giza kwa moshi huo wa Kuzimu. (Abyssos g12)
And he opened the bottomless pit: and there came up smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. (Abyssos g12)
3 Nzige wakatoka katika moshi huo, wakaingia duniani wakapewa nguvu kama ya ng'e.
And out of the smoke there came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, even as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 Wakaamrishwa wasiharibu nyasi za nchi wala majani wala miti yoyote, bali wawaharibu wale tu ambao hawakupigwa mhuri wa Mungu katika paji la uso.
And order was given them, not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but only the men, who had not the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 Nzige hao hawakuruhusiwa kuwaua watu, ila kuwatesa tu kwa muda wa miezi mitano. Maumivu watakayosababisha ni kama maumivu yanayompata mtu wakati anapoumwa na ng'e.
And to them was given power, not to kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it striketh a man.
6 Muda huo watu watatafuta kifo lakini hawatakipata; watatamani kufa lakini kifo kitawakimbia.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it: and they shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 Kwa kuonekana, nzige hao walikuwa kama farasi waliowekwa tayari kwa vita. Juu ya vichwa vyao walikuwa na taji zilizo kama za dhahabu, na nyuso zao zilikuwa kama za binadamu.
And the resemblance of the locusts was like horses prepared for war; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces as the faces of men.
8 Nywele zao zilikuwa kama nywele za wanawake, na meno yao yalikuwa kama meno ya simba.
And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 Vifua vyao vilikuwa vimefunikwa kitu kama ngao ya chuma. Sauti ya mabawa yao ilikuwa kama sauti ya msafara wa magari ya farasi wengi wanaokimbilia vitani.
And they had breast-plates like breast-plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, with many horses running to battle.
10 Walikuwa na mikia na miiba kama ng'e, na kwa mikia hiyo, walikuwa na nguvu ya kuwadhuru watu kwa muda wa miezi mitano.
And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 Tena wanaye mfalme anayewatawala, naye ndiye malaika wa kuzimu; jina lake kwa Kiebrania ni Abadoni, na kwa Kigiriki ni Apolioni, yaani mwangamizi. (Abyssos g12)
And they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)
12 Maafa ya kwanza yamepita; bado mengine mawili yanafuata.
Thus one wo is past, but behold two woes more are coming after.
13 Kisha malaika wa sita akapiga tarumbeta yake. Nami nikasikia sauti moja kutoka katika pembe nne za madhabahu ya dhahabu iliyokuwa mbele ya Mungu.
And the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a certain voice from the four horns of the golden altar, which is before God,
14 Sauti hiyo ikamwambia huyo malaika wa sita mwenye tarumbeta, “Wafungulie malaika wanne waliofungwa kwenye mto mkubwa Eufrate!”
saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet, Let loose the four angels, that are bound by the great river Euphrates.
15 Naye akawafungulia malaika hao wanne ambao walikuwa wametayarishwa kwa ajili ya saa hiyo ya siku ya mwezi huo, wa mwaka huohuo, kuua theluthi moja ya wanaadamu.
And the four angels were let loose; who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to kill the third part of men.
16 Nilisikia idadi ya majeshi wapanda farasi ilikuwa milioni mia mbili.
And the number of their armies was two hundred millions: for I heard the number of them.
17 Hivi ndivyo nilivyowaona hao farasi na wapanda farasi katika hiyo njozi: Walikuwa na ngao vifuani zilizokuwa moto mtupu, zenye rangi ya samawati na njano kama kiberiti. Vichwa vya hao farasi vilikuwa kama vya simba; na moto, moshi, na kiberiti vilikuwa vinatoka kinywani mwao.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those that sat on them, that is, having breast-plates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, and smoke, and brimstone.
18 Theluthi moja ya wanaadamu waliuawa kwa mabaa hayo matatu yaani, moto, moshi na kiberiti, yaliyokuwa yanatoka katika vinywa vyao;
And by these three things, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which came out of their mouths, the third part of men were killed.
19 maana nguvu ya farasi hao ilikuwa vinywani mwao na katika mikia yao. Mikia yao ilikuwa na vichwa kama nyoka, na waliitumia hiyo kuwadhuru watu.
For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails also; for their tails are like serpents, having heads: and with these likewise they do mischief.
20 Wanaadamu wengine waliobaki ambao hawakuuawa na mabaa hayo, hawakugeuka na kuviacha vitu walivyokuwa wametengeneza kwa mikono yao wenyewe; bali wakaendelea kuabudu pepo, sanamu za dhahabu, fedha, shaba, mawe na miti, vitu ambavyo haviwezi kuona, kusikia wala kutembea.
And the rest of the men, who were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Wala hawakutubu na kuacha kufanya mauaji, uchawi, uzinzi, na wizi.
neither did they repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their whoredom, nor of their thefts.
