Nsɔano
1Afei, mehunuu sɛ Odwammaa no ate nsɔano nson no mu deɛ ɛdi ɛkan ano, na metee sɛ ateasefoɔ baanan no mu baako de nne a ɛte sɛ aprannaa reka sɛ, “Bra!” 2Mehwɛeɛ, na mehunuu ɔpɔnkɔ fitaa bi wɔ hɔ. Na deɛ ɔte ne so no kura agyan na wɔmaa no ahenkyɛ. Ɔkɔeɛ sɛ nkonimdifoɔ kɔdii nkonim.
3Afei, Odwammaa no tee nsɔano a ɛtɔ so mmienu no ano, na metee sɛ ɔteasefoɔ a ɔtɔ so mmienu no reka sɛ, “Bra!” 4Ɔpɔnkɔ foforɔ a ɔyɛ kɔkɔɔ baeɛ. Wɔmaa deɛ ɔte ne so no tumi sɛ ɔmfa ɔko mmra asase so na nnipa nkunkum wɔn ho. Wɔmaa no akofena kɛseɛ bi.
5Afei, Odwammaa no tee nsɔano a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa no ano, na metee sɛ ɔteasefoɔ a ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa no reka sɛ, “Bra!” Mehwɛeɛ, na mehunuu ɔpɔnkɔ tuntum bi wɔ hɔ. Ne kafoɔ no kura nsania mmienu. 6Metee biribi te sɛ nne bi firi ateasefoɔ baanan no nkyɛn. Na nne no se, “Ayuo susukora yɛ ɛda koro akatua, ɛnna aburoo susukora mmiɛnsa nso yɛ ɛda koro akatua. Nanso, nsɛe nsrango no ne bobesa no!”
7Afei, Odwammaa no tee nsɔano a ɛtɔ so nan no ano na metee sɛ ɔteasefoɔ a ɔtɔ so nan no reka sɛ, “Bra!” 8Mehwɛeɛ na mehunuu ɔpɔnkɔ nsonso bi. Wɔtoo ne sotefoɔ no din “Owuo”, na Asaman di nʼakyi pɛɛ. Wɔmaa no asase nkyɛmu nan mu baako so tumi sɛ ɔmfa ɔko, ɔkɔm, yadeɛ ne nkekaboa a wɔwɔ asase so nkunkum wɔn.
9Afei Odwammaa no tee nsɔano a ɛtɔ so enum no ano. Mehunuu afɔrebukyia bi, na aseɛ na wɔn a wɔkumm wɔn wɔ asɛnka no ho na wɔde gyidie dii adanseɛ no akra wɔ. 10Wɔde nne a ano yɛ den kaa sɛ, “Otumfoɔ Awurade, Ɔkronkronni ne Nokwafoɔ! Woretwɛn akɔsi da bɛn ansa na wɔabu nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so atɛn, na wɔatwe wɔn aso sɛ wɔkunkum yɛn?” 11Wɔmaa wɔn mu biara atadeɛ fitaa, na wɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔntwɛn kakra kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛkum wɔn nuanom asomfoɔ abɛka wɔn ho.
12Na mehunuu sɛ Odwammaa no tee nsɔano a ɛtɔ so nsia no ano. Na asasewosoɔ a ano yɛ den baeɛ maa owia yɛɛ tumm sɛ ayitoma, na ɔsrane yɛɛ kɔɔ sɛ mogya. 13Na nsoromma tete firii soro bɛhwee asase so te sɛ deɛ mframa a ano yɛ den bɔ borɔdɔma bunu ma ɛtete gu fam pɛ. 14Ɔsoro yeraeɛ te sɛ nwoma a wɔabobɔ, na mmepɔ ne nsupɔ firii wɔn atenaeɛ.
15Na asase so ahemfo ne nnipa akɛseɛ ne asafohene ne adefoɔ ne ahoɔdenfoɔ ne nkoa ne adehyeɛ nyinaa hintahintaa abodan ne mmepɔ mu abotan mu. 16Na wɔka kyerɛɛ mmepɔ no ne abotan no sɛ, “Monkata yɛn so na momfa yɛn nsie, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, deɛ ɔte ahennwa no so no ani renhunu yɛn, na yɛmfiri Odwammaa no abufuo ano. 17Wɔn abufuo no ɛda kɛseɛ aduru, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi agyina ano?”
The seals
1I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’ 2I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, ‘Come!’ 4Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come!’ I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, ‘A kilogram of wheat for a day’s wages,6:6 Greek a denarius and three kilograms of barley for a day’s wages,6:6 Greek a denarius and do not damage the oil and the wine!’
7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, ‘Come!’ 8I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a quarter of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?’ 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10. were killed just as they had been.
12I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig-tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us6:16 See Hosea 10:8. from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17For the great day of their6:17 Some manuscripts his wrath has come, and who can withstand it?’
