Adiyisɛm 9
1 Afei ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔtɔ so enum no hyɛnee ne totorobɛnto. Mehunuu nsoromma a wate firi soro abɛhwe asase so. Wɔmaa no ebunu a ase nni awieeɛ safoa. (Abyssos g12)
The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. (Abyssos g12)
2 Nsoromma no buee ebunu no, na wisie kumɔnn firii mu sɛ fononoo kɛseɛ bi, na wisie no maa owia hann ne mframa a ɛwɔ hɔ no yɛɛ tumm. (Abyssos g12)
He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the shaft, like the smoke from a great furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. (Abyssos g12)
3 Mmoadabi firii wisie no mu baa asase so, na wɔmaa wɔn tumi sɛ anyanyankyerɛ.
Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 Wɔama wɔn ansɛe ɛserɛ anaa nnua anaa afifideɛ biara, na mmom, nnipa a Onyankopɔn nsɔano no bi nni wɔn moma so no deɛ, wɔmaa wɔn twee wɔn aso.
They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who do not have God's seal on their foreheads.
5 Wɔamma saa mmoadabi no ɛkwan sɛ wɔnkunkum saa nnipa yi. Na mmom, wɔmaa wɔn ɛkwan sɛ wɔnha wɔn abosome enum. Wɔka wɔn a, wɔn ano yea no te sɛ nyanyankyerɛ deɛ.
They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.
6 Saa abosome enum no mu no, saa nnipa no bɛpere owuo, nanso wɔrennya. Wɔbɛpɛ sɛ wɔwu, nanso owuo bɛdwane afiri wɔn nkyɛn.
In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
7 Mmoadabi no te sɛ apɔnkɔ a wɔasiesie wɔn ama ɔko. Wɔwɔ biribi te sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ ahenkyɛ hyɛ wɔn ti. Na wɔn anim te sɛ nnipa anim.
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces.
8 Wɔn tirinwi te sɛ mmaa tirinwi, ɛnna wɔn se nso te sɛ gyata se.
They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
9 Wɔde biribi te sɛ dadeɛ nkataboɔ akatakata wɔn bo. Na nnyegyeeɛ a wɔn ntaban yɛ no te sɛ apɔnkɔ bebree a wɔretwe nteaseɛnam akɔ ɔko.
They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.
10 Wɔwɔ borɔ dua te sɛ anyanyankyerɛ. Na wɔn dua no enti na na wɔwɔ tumi a wɔde ha nnipa abosome enum no.
They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
11 Wɔwɔ ɔhene a ɔdi wɔn so, a ɔno ne ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔhwɛ bunu no so. Ne din wɔ Hebri kasa mu de “Abadon” ɛnna Hela kasa mu nso, ɛde “Apolion”, a nʼasekyerɛ ne “Ɔsɛefoɔ.” (Abyssos g12)
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," and in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon." (Abyssos g12)
12 Ɔhaw baako atwam. Yei akyi, ɔhaw mmienu bi bɛba.
The first woe is past. Look, there are still two woes coming after this.
13 Afei ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔtɔ so nsia no hyɛnee ne totorobɛnto. Metee nne bi firii sikakɔkɔɔ afɔrebukyia a ɛsi Onyankopɔn anim no ntweaso nyinaa.
The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Nne no ka kyerɛɛ ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔtɔ so nsia a ɔkura totorobɛnto no sɛ, “Sanesane abɔfoɔ baanan a wɔasesa wɔn, Asubɔnten Eufrate ho no.”
saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."
15 Wɔsanesanee abɔfoɔ baanan no. Wɔasiesie wɔn ama saa dɔnhwereɛ yi, saa da yi, saa bosome yi ne saa afeɛ yi sɛ wɔnkunkum adasamma mu nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako.
The four angels were freed who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of humanity.
16 Wɔdii akodɔm ɔpepem ahanu anim. Wɔbɔɔ wɔn dodoɔ no ho amaneɛ maa meteeɛ.
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.
17 Na mʼanisoadehunu no mu no, mehunuu apɔnkɔ no ne wɔn kafoɔ. Na wɔn nkataboɔ no yɛ kɔɔ sɛ ogya, tumm sɛ afasebire, ɛnna akokɔsradeɛ sɛ sɔfe. Na ɔpɔnkɔ no ti te sɛ gyata ti a ogya wisie ne sɔfe firi wɔn anom.
Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
18 Saa ɔhaw ahodoɔ mmiɛnsa no a ɛyɛ ogya, wisie ne sɔfe no a ɛfiri apɔnkɔ no anom baeɛ no kumm adasamma nkyɛmu mmiɛnsa mu baako.
By these three plagues were one third of humanity killed: from the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
19 Ɛfiri sɛ, na apɔnkɔ no tumi nyinaa firi wɔn anom ne wɔn dua. Wɔn dua te sɛ awɔ a wɔwɔ ti a ɛno na na wɔde pira nnipa.
For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm.
20 Adasamma a wɔkaeɛ no a ɔhaw no ankum wɔn no annu wɔn ho amfiri wɔn nsa ano nnwuma ho. Wɔannyae ahonhommɔne ne ahoni ne sika ne dwetɛ ne ayowaa ne aboɔ ne nnua a ɛnhunu adeɛ na ɛnte asɛm na ɛntumi nnante no som.
The rest of humanity, who were not killed with these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they would not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.
21 Saa ara nso na wɔannu wɔn ho amfiri wɔn awudie ne wɔn adutoɔ ne wɔn adwamammɔ ne wɔn korɔno ho.
They did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.
