ሰባተኛው ማኅተምና የወርቁ ጥና
1በጉ ሰባተኛውን ማኅተም በፈታ ጊዜ፣ ግማሽ ሰዓት ያህል በሰማይ ዝምታ ሆነ።
2ከዚያም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የሚቆሙትን ሰባቱን መላእክት አየሁ፤ ሰባት መለከትም ተሰጣቸው።
3ሌላም መልአክ የወርቅ ጥና ይዞ መጣና በመሠዊያው አጠገብ ቆመ፤ እርሱም በዙፋኑ ፊት ባለው የወርቅ መሠዊያ ላይ ከቅዱሳን ጸሎት ሁሉ ጋር እንዲያቀርበው ብዙ ዕጣን ተሰጠው። 4የዕጣኑም ጢስ ከቅዱሳኑ ጸሎት ጋር ከመልአኩ እጅ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ፊት ወጣ። 5መልአኩም ጥናውን ይዞ የመሠዊያውን እሳት ሞላበትና ወደ ምድር ወረወረው፤ ነጐድጓድ፣ ድምፅ፣ መብረቅና የምድር መናወጥ ሆነ።
ሰባቱ መለከቶች
6ከዚያም ሰባቱን መለከት የያዙት ሰባቱ መላእክት ለመንፋት ተዘጋጁ።
7የመጀመሪያው መልአክ መለከቱን ነፋ፤ ደም የተቀላቀለበት በረዶና እሳት ወደ ምድር ተጣለ፤ የምድር አንድ ሦስተኛ ተቃጠለ፤ የዛፎችም አንድ ሦስተኛ ተቃጠለ፤ የለመለመውም ሣር ሁሉ ተቃጠለ።
8ሁለተኛውም መልአክ መለከቱን ነፋ፤ ትልቅ ተራራ የሚመስል ነገር በእሳት እየተቀጣጠለ ወደ ባሕር ተጣለ፤ የባሕሩ አንድ ሦስተኛ ወደ ደም ተለወጠ፤ 9በባሕሩም ውስጥ ከሚኖሩት ሕያዋን ፍጡራን አንድ ሦስተኛ ሞተ፤ የመርከቦችም አንድ ሦስተኛ ወደመ።
10ሦስተኛውም መልአክ መለከቱን ነፋ፤ እንደ ችቦ የሚነድድ ታላቅ ኮከብ በወንዞች አንድ ሦስተኛና በውሃ ምንጮች ላይ ከሰማይ ወደቀ፤ 11የኮከቡም ስም “እሬቶ8፥11 ምሬት ማለት ነው።” ይባል ነበር። የውሃውም አንድ ሦስተኛ መራራ ሆነ፤ ውሃው መራራ ከመሆኑ የተነሣም ብዙ ሰዎች ሞቱ።
12አራተኛው መልአክ መለከቱን ነፋ፤ የብርሃናቸው አንድ ሦስተኛ ይጨልም ዘንድ፣ የፀሓይ አንድ ሦስተኛ፣ የጨረቃም አንድ ሦስተኛ፣ የከዋክብትም አንድ ሦስተኛ ተመታ፤ የቀንም አንድ ሦስተኛ፣ የሌሊቱም አንድ ሦስተኛ ብርሃን እንዳይሰጥ ተከለከለ።
13ከዚያም ተመለከትሁ፤ አንድ ንስር በሰማይ መካከል ይበርር ነበር፤ በታላቅ ድምፅም፣ “የቀሩት ሦስቱ መላእክት መለከት ስለሚነፉ፣ በምድር ላይ ለሚኖሩት ወዮላቸው! ወዮላቸው! ወዮላቸው!” ሲል ሰማሁ።
The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer
1When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
3Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. 4The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand. 5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
The Trumpets
6Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
7The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11the name of the star is Wormwood.8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
12The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
13As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”
