ማኅተሞቹ
1በጉም ከሰባቱ ማኅተሞች የመጀመሪያውን ሲፈታ አየሁ፤ ከዚያም ከአራቱ ሕያዋን ፍጡራን አንዱ፣ ነጐድጓድ በሚመስል ድምፅ “ና!” ሲል ሰማሁ። 2እኔም ተመለከትሁ፤ እነሆ፤ ነጭ ፈረስ ቆሞ ነበር፤ ተቀምጦበት የነበረውም ቀስት ይዞ ነበር፤ አክሊልም ተሰጠው፤ እርሱም እንደ ድል አድራጊ ድል ለመንሣት ወጣ።
3በጉ ሁለተኛውን ማኅተም በፈታ ጊዜ፣ ሁለተኛው ሕያው ፍጡር፣ “ና!” ሲል ሰማሁ። 4ሌላ ፍም የሚመስል ቀይ ፈረስም ወጣ፤ ተቀምጦበት የነበረው ሰላምን ከምድር ላይ እንዲወስድና ሰዎችም እርስ በርሳቸው እንዲተራረዱ ለማድረግ ሥልጣን ተሰጠው፤ ትልቅም ሰይፍ ተሰጠው።
5በጉ ሦስተኛውን ማኅተም በፈታ ጊዜ፣ ሦስተኛው ሕያው ፍጡር፣ “ና!” ሲል ሰማሁ። እኔም ተመለከትሁ፤ እነሆ፤ ጥቍር ፈረስ ቆሞ አየሁ፤ ተቀምጦበት የነበረውም በእጁ ሚዛን ይዞ ነበር። 6ከዚያም ከአራቱ ሕያዋን ፍጡራን መካከል፣ “አንድ እርቦ6፥6 ግሪኩ ኮኒኬ ይለዋል፤ አንድ ሊትር ገደማ ይሆናል። ስንዴ ለአንድ ቀን ደመወዝ፤ ሦስት እርቦ ገብስም ለአንድ ቀን ደመወዝ6፥6 ግሪኩ አንድ ዲናር ይለዋል። ይሁን፤ ዘይቱንና የወይን ጠጁን አትጕዳ” የሚል ድምፅ ሰማሁ።
7በጉ አራተኛውን ማኅተም በፈታ ጊዜ፣ አራተኛው ሕያው ፍጡር፣ “ና!” ሲል ሰማሁ። 8እኔም ተመለከትሁ፤ እነሆ፤ ግራጫ ፈረስ ቆሞ አየሁ፤ ተቀምጦበት የነበረውም ስሙ ሞት ነበር፤ ሲኦልም ከኋላ ይከተለው ነበር። እነርሱም በሰይፍ፣ በራብ፣ በመቅሠፍትና በምድር አራዊት እንዲገድሉ በምድር አንድ አራተኛ ላይ ሥልጣን ተሰጣቸው።
9አምስተኛውን ማኅተም በፈታ ጊዜ፣ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ቃልና ስለ ጠበቁትም ምስክርነት የታረዱትን ሰዎች ነፍሶች ከመሠዊያው በታች አየሁ። 10እነርሱም በታላቅ ድምፅ፣ “ሁሉን የምትገዛ ቅዱስና እውነተኛ ጌታ ሆይ፤ እስከ መቼ አትፈርድም? እስከ መቼስ ደማችንን በምድር በሚኖሩት ላይ አትበቀልም?” አሉ። 11ከዚያም ለእያንዳንዳቸው ነጭ ልብስ ተሰጣቸው፤ ወደ ፊት እንደ እነርሱ የሚገደሉ የአገልጋይ ባልንጀሮቻቸውና ወንድሞቻቸው ቍጥር እስኪሞላ ድረስ ጥቂት ጊዜ እንዲታገሡ ተነገራቸው።
12ስድስተኛውን ማኅተም ሲፈታ ተመለከትሁ፤ ታላቅ የምድር መናወጥ ሆነ፤ ፀሓይም እንደ ማቅ ጠቈረች፤ ጨረቃም በሙሉ እንደ ደም ቀላች። 13የበለስ ዛፍ በብርቱ ነፋስ ስትወዛወዝ ያልበሰለው ፍሬ ከእርሷ እንደሚረግፍ፣ የሰማይ ከዋክብት ወደ ምድር ረገፉ። 14ሰማይ እንደ ጥቅልል መጽሐፍ ተጠቅልሎ ዐለፈ፤ ተራሮችና ደሴቶችም ሁሉ ከስፍራቸው ተወገዱ።
15ከዚህ በኋላ የምድር ነገሥታትና ገዦች፣ የጦር መኰንኖች፣ ሀብታሞች፣ ብርቱዎች፣ ባሮችና ጌቶች ሁሉ በዋሻዎችና በተራሮች ዐለት ውስጥ ተሸሸጉ፤ 16ተራሮቹንና ዐለቶቹንም፣ “በላያችን ውደቁ፤ በዙፋኑ ላይ ከተቀመጠው ፊት ከበጉም ቍጣ ሰውሩን፤ 17ታላቁ የቍጣቸው ቀን መጥቷልና፤ ማንስ ሊቆም ይችላል?” አሏቸው።
1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
