Peta trublja: prva strahota
1Zatrubi peti anđeo. Ugledam zvijezdu koja je pala s neba na zemlju. Dobila je ključ od zjala Bezdana. 2Kad ga otvori, iz njega sukne dim kao iz goleme peći te zamrači sunce i zrak.
3Iz dima pak iziđu skakavci koji mogu bosti poput štipavaca. 4Dobili su zapovijed da ne ude travi ni biljkama ni drveću, već da napadaju ljude koji nemaju Božji pečat na čelu. 5Ne smiju ubijati ljude, nego ih samo mučiti pet mjeseci. Bol koju nanose slična je boli od uboda štipavca. 6U te će dane ljudi tražiti smrt, ali ju neće naći, željet će umrijeti, ali će smrt bježati od njih!
7Skakavci izgledaju poput konja spremnih za borbu. Na glavama im zlatni vijenci, a lica poput ljudskih. 8Kosa im duga kao u žena, a zubi poput lavljih. 9Imaju na sebi željezni oklop, a šum je njihovih krila poput štropota cijele vojske bojnih kola koja juri u boj. 10Repovima mogu bosti poput štipavaca, žalcima mučiti ljude pet mjeseci. 11Vođa im je anđeo Bezdana. Na hebrejskome se zove Abadon, a na grčkome Apolion—Uništavač.
12Jedna strahota prolazi, ali za njom, evo, dolaze druge dvije!
Šesta trublja: druga strahota
13Zatrubi šesti anđeo. Začujem glas iz rogova zlatnoga žrtvenika pred Bogom. 14Govorio je šestom anđelu koji je imao trublju: “Oslobodi onu četvoricu anđela svezanih na velikoj rijeci Eufratu!” 15I odriješena su četiri anđela spremna za taj čas, dan, mjesec i godinu da pobiju trećinu svih ljudi na zemlji. 16Broj konjaničkih četa iznosio je dvjesto milijuna—čuo sam koliko ih ima.
17U viđenju sam vidio konje i jahače na njima. Imali su na sebi oklope ognjene, plavetne i sumpornožute boje. Glave konja bile su poput lavljih, a iz usta su im sukljali oganj, dim i sumpor. 18Trećina ljudi na zemlji poginula je od tih triju pošasti—ognja, dima i sumpora što su konjima sukljali iz usta. 19Snaga tih konja nije bila samo u ustima već i u repovima. Na njima su imali glave poput zmijskih, koje su udile ljudima.
20Preostali ljudi, koji nisu poginuli od tih zala, ipak se nisu htjeli obratiti od zlih djela. I dalje su se klanjali zlodusima i idolima—načinjenima od zlata, srebra, mjedi, kamena ili drva—idolima koji ne vide, ne čuju i ne hodaju. 21Nisu se pokajali za svoja ubojstva, ni vračanja, ni blud, ni krađe.
1The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the tunnel leading down into a bottomless pit. The pit was called the Abyss. 2The star opened the Abyss. Then smoke rose up from it like the smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3Out of the smoke came locusts. They came down on the earth. They were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree. They were supposed to harm only the people without God’s official seal on their foreheads. 5The locusts were not allowed to kill these people. But the locusts could hurt them over and over for five months. The pain the people suffered was like the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. 6In those days, people will look for a way to die but won’t find it. They will want to die, but death will escape them.
7The locusts looked like horses ready for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold. Their faces looked like human faces. 8Their hair was like women’s hair. Their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9Their chests were covered with something that looked like armor made out of iron. The sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10They had tails that could sting people like scorpions do. And in their tails they had power to hurt people over and over for five months. 11Their king was the angel of the Abyss. In the Hebrew language his name is Abaddon. In Greek it is Apollyon. His name means Destroyer.
12The first terrible judgment is past. Two others are still coming.
13The sixth angel blew his trumpet. Then I heard a voice coming from the four corners of the golden altar. The altar stands in front of God. 14The voice spoke to the sixth angel who had the trumpet. The voice said, “Set the four angels free who are held at the great river Euphrates.” 15The four angels had been ready for this very hour and day and month and year. They were set free to kill a third of all people. 16The number of troops on horseback was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were.
17The horses and riders I saw in my vision had armor on their chests. It was red like fire, dark blue, and yellow like sulfur. The heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads. Out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18A third of all people were killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of the horses’ mouths. 19The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails. The tails were like snakes whose heads could bite.
20There were people who were not killed by these plagues. But they still didn’t turn away from what they had been doing. They did not stop worshiping demons. They kept worshiping statues of gods made out of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood. These statues can’t see or hear or walk. 21The people also did not turn away from their murders, witchcraft, sexual sins and stealing.
