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1 Och den femte Ängelen basunade; och jag såg ena stjerno falla af himmelen på jordena; och honom vardt gifven nyckelen till afgrundens brunn. (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 Och han upplät afgrundens brunn, och der uppgick en rök, såsom af en stor ugn; och solen och vädret vordo förmörkrad af brunsens rök. (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 Och utu röken kommo gräshoppor på jordena; och dem vardt gifven magt, såsom scorpioner på jordene magt hafva.
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. [They were given] {[God] gave them} power [to sting people], like scorpions [sting people].
4 Och vardt sagdt till dem, att de icke skulle göra gräset på jordene skada, icke heller något det grönt var, icke heller något trä; utan allena menniskorna, de som icke hade Guds tecken i sin anlete.
[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 Och dem vardt gifvet, att de icke skulle döda dem; utan att de skulle qvälja dem i fem månader; och deras qval var såsom qval af scorpion, då han hafver stungit menniskorna.
[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 Och i de dagar skola menniskorna söka efter döden, och skola icke finna honom, och de skola begära dö, och döden skall fly ifrån dem.
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 Och de gräshoppor äro lika de hästar, som till krigs beredde äro, och på deras hufvud såsom kronor gulde lika, och deras ansigte såsom menniskors ansigte.
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 Och de hade hår såsom qvinnohår, och deras tänder voro såsom lejons;
They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.
9 Och hade pansar såsom jernpansar, och bullret af deras vingar såsom vagnsbuller, der månge hästar löpa till krigs;
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 Och hade stjertar såsom scorpioner, och gaddar voro i deras stjertar; och deras magt var till att qvälja menniskorna i fem månader;
They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.
11 Och hade öfver sig en Konung, en Ängel af afgrunden, hvilkens namn på Ebreisko heter Abaddon, på Grekisko Apollyon. (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 Ett Ve är framfaret, och si, här komma ännu tu annor Ve efter.
That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
13 Och den sjette Ängelen basunade, och jag hörde ena röst af de fyra hörn af det gyldene altaret, som är för Guds ögon:
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 Och sade till den sjette Ängelen, som basunen hade: Lös de fyra Änglar, som bundne äro uti den stora älfven Euphrates.
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 Och de fyra Änglar vordo löse, hvilke beredde voro till ena stund, till en dag, till en månad, och till ett år, att de skulle döda tredjeparten af menniskorna.
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 Och talet på det resigtyget var mång sinom tusende tusend, och jag hörde deras tal.
The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
17 Och så såg jag ock hästarna i synene, och de som såto på dem, de hade glödande, gula, och svafvelspansar; och hufvuden på hästarna voro såsom lejonahufvud; och af deras mun utgick eld, och rök, och svafvel.
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 Af dessa tre plågor vardt dödad tredjeparten af menniskorna, af elden, och röken, och svallet, som utaf deras mun gick.
Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
19 Ty deras magt var i deras mun, och i deras stjertar; och stjertarne voro ormom like, och hade hufvud, der de skada med gjorde.
The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
20 Och voro ännu menniskor, som icke voro dödade af dessa plågor, och icke bättrade sig af sina händers verk; att de icke tillbådo djefvulskap, och afgudar af guld, silfver, koppar, sten och trä, de der hvarken se kunna, eller höra, eller gå;
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 Och icke gjorde bot för sitt mord, trolldom, skörhet och tjufveri.
They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
