ሰባቱ የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ ጽዋዎች
1ከዚያም ለሰባቱ መላእክት፣ “ሂዱ፤ ሰባቱን የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ ጽዋዎች በምድር ላይ አፍስሱ” የሚል ታላቅ ድምፅ ከቤተ መቅደሱ ሰማሁ።
2የመጀመሪያው መልአክ ሄዶ ጽዋውን በምድር ላይ አፈሰሰ፤ የአውሬውን ምልክት በተቀበሉትና ለምስሉም በሰገዱት ሰዎች ላይ ክፉኛ የሚያሠቃይ ቍስል ወጣባቸው።
3ሁለተኛው መልአክ ጽዋውን በባሕር ላይ አፈሰሰ፤ ባሕሩም እንደ ሞተ ሰው ደም ሆነ፤ በባሕሩ ውስጥ የሚኖሩ ሕይወት ያላቸው ነገሮች ሁሉ ሞቱ።
4ሦስተኛው መልአክ ጽዋውን በወንዞችና በውሃ ምንጮች ላይ አፈሰሰ፤ እነርሱም ደም ሆኑ። 5ከዚያም በውሆች ላይ ሥልጣን ያለው መልአክ እንዲህ ሲል ሰማሁ፤
“ያለህና የነበርህ ቅዱሱ ሆይ፤
እንዲህ ስለ ፈረድህ፣
አንተ ጻድቅ ነህ፤
6የቅዱሳንንና የነቢያትን ደም ስላፈሰሱ፣
አንተም ደግሞ ደም እንዲጠጡ አደረግሃቸው፤ ይህ የሚገባቸው ነውና።”
7እንዲሁም ከመሠዊያው እንዲህ የሚል ድምፅ ሰማሁ፤
“አዎን፤ ሁሉን ቻይ ጌታ አምላክ ሆይ፤
ፍርድህ እውነትና ጽድቅ ነው።”
8አራተኛውም መልአክ ጽዋውን በፀሓይ ላይ አፈሰሰ፤ ፀሓይም ሰዎችን በእሳት እንድታቃጥል ኀይል ተሰጣት። 9እነርሱም በታላቅ ሐሩር ተቃጠሉ፤ በእነዚህም መቅሠፍቶች ላይ ሥልጣን ያለውን የእግዚአብሔርን ስም ተሳደቡ እንጂ ንስሓ አልገቡም፤ ክብርም አልሰጡትም።
10አምስተኛውም መልአክ ጽዋውን በአውሬው ዙፋን ላይ አፈሰሰ፤ የአውሬውም መንግሥት በጨለማ ተዋጠ፤ ሰዎችም ከሥቃያቸው የተነሣ ምላሳቸውን ያኝኩ ነበር፤ 11ደግሞም ከሥቃያቸውና ከቍስላቸው የተነሣ የሰማይን አምላክ ተሳደቡ እንጂ ከሥራቸው ንስሓ አልገቡም።
12ስድስተኛውም መልአክ ጽዋውን በታላቁ ወንዝ በኤፍራጥስ ላይ አፈሰሰ፤ ከምሥራቅ ለሚመጡ ነገሥታት መንገድ እንዲዘጋጅላቸው የወንዙ ውሃ ደረቀ። 13ከዚያም ከዘንዶው አፍ፣ ከአውሬው አፍና ከሐሰተኛው ነቢይ አፍ እንቍራሪት የሚመስሉ ሦስት ርኩሳን መናፍስት ሲወጡ አየሁ። 14እነርሱም ምልክቶች የሚያደርጉ የአጋንንት መናፍስት ናቸው፤ ሁሉን በሚችል አምላክ ታላቅ ቀን ለሚሆነው ጦርነት እንዲሰበስቧቸው ወደ ዓለም ሁሉ ነገሥታት ይሄዳሉ።
15“እነሆ፤ እንደ ሌባ እመጣለሁ፤ ዕራቍቱን እንዳይሆን ኀፍረቱም እንዳይታይ ነቅቶ ልብሱን የሚጠብቅ ሰው ብፁዕ ነው።”
16እነርሱም ነገሥታቱን በዕብራይስጥ አርማጌዶን በሚባል ስፍራ ሰበሰቧቸው።
17ሰባተኛውም መልአክ ጽዋውን በአየር ላይ አፈሰሰ፤ በቤተ መቅደሱ ውስጥ ካለው ዙፋንም “ተፈጸመ!” የሚል ታላቅ ድምፅ ወጣ። 18ከዚያም መብረቅ፣ ድምፅ፣ ነጐድጓድና ታላቅ የምድር መናወጥ ሆነ፤ ሰው በምድር ላይ ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ እንዲህ ያለ ታላቅ የምድር መናወጥ ታይቶ አይታወቅም፤ ነውጡም እጅግ ታላቅ ነበር። 19ታላቂቱ ከተማ ከሦስት ተከፈለች፤ የሕዝቦች ከተሞችም ፈራረሱ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ታላቂቱን ባቢሎን አስታወሰ፤ በብርቱ ቍጣው ወይን ጠጅ የተሞላውን ጽዋ ሰጣት። 20ደሴቶች ሁሉ ሸሹ፤ ተራሮችም ሊገኙ አልቻሉም። 21በሚዛን ሲመዘን እያንዳንዱ አርባ አምስት ኪሎ ግራም16፥21 ግሪኩ አንድ ታላንት ይለዋል። የሚሆን ታላቅ በረዶ በሰዎች ላይ ከሰማይ ወረደባቸው፤ መቅሠፍቱ እጅግ አሠቃቂ ስለ ነበር፣ ሰዎቹ ከበረዶው መቅሠፍት የተነሣ እግዚአብሔርን ተሳደቡ።
1And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 3And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. 5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. 6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. 10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 17And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
