1አምስተኛው መልአክ መለከቱን ነፋ፤ ከሰማይ ወደ ምድር የወደቀውንም ኮከብ አየሁ፤ ኮከቡም የጥልቁ ጕድጓድ መክፈቻ ተሰጠው። 2ጥልቁን ጕድጓድ በከፈተውም ጊዜ፣ ከውስጡ ከታላቅ እቶን እንደሚወጣ ያለ ጢስ ወጣ። ከጕድጓዱም በወጣው ጢስ ፀሓይና ሰማይ ጨለሙ። 3ከጢሱም አንበጦች ወጥተው በምድር ላይ ወረዱ፤ እንደ ምድር ጊንጦች ሥልጣን ያለ ሥልጣን ተሰጣቸው። 4እነርሱም የምድርን ሣር ወይም ማናቸውንም የለመለመ ተክል ወይም ዛፍ እንዳይጐዱ፣ ነገር ግን የእግዚአብሔር ማኅተም በግምባራቸው ላይ የሌለባቸውን ሰዎች ብቻ እንዲጐዱ ተነገራቸው። 5እነርሱንም አምስት ወር ብቻ እንዲያሠቃዩአቸው እንጂ እንዲገድሏቸው ሥልጣን አልተሰጣቸውም፤ የሚሠቃዩትም ሥቃይ ጊንጥ ሰውን ሲነድፍ እንደሚሰማው ዐይነት ሥቃይ ነው። 6በእነዚያ ቀኖች ሰዎች ሞትን ይፈልጋሉ፤ ነገር ግን አያገኙትም፤ ለመሞትም ይመኛሉ፤ ነገር ግን ሞት ከእነርሱ ይሸሻል።
7አንበጦቹ ለጦርነት የተዘጋጁ ፈረሶች ይመስሉ ነበር፤ በራሳቸውም ላይ የወርቅ አክሊል የመሰለ ነገር ደፍተዋል፤ ፊታቸውም የሰው ፊት ይመስል ነበር፤ 8ጠጕራቸው የሴት ጠጕር፣ ጥርሳቸውም የአንበሳ ጥርስ ይመስል ነበር። 9የብረት ጥሩር የሚመስል ጥሩር ነበራቸው፤ የክንፎቻቸውም ድምፅ ወደ ጦርነት የሚገሠግሡ የብዙ ፈረሶችና ሠረገሎች ድምፅ ይመስል ነበር። 10እንደ ጊንጥም ያለ፣ ጅራትና መንደፊያ ነበራቸው፤ ደግሞም ሰዎችን አምስት ወር የሚያሠቃዩበት ኀይል በጅራታቸው ላይ ነበር። 11በላያቸው ንጉሥ ነበራቸው፤ እርሱም የጥልቁ ጕድጓድ መልአክ ነው፤ ስሙም በዕብራይስጥ “አብዶን”፣ በግሪክ ደግሞ “አጶልዮን”9፥11 አብዶን ወይም አጶልዮን ትርጕሙ አጥፊ ማለት ነው። ይባላል።
12የመጀመሪያው ወዮ ዐልፏል፤ እነሆ፤ ከዚህ በኋላ ገና ሌላ ሁለት ወዮዎች ይመጣሉ።
13ስድስተኛው መልአክ መለከቱን ነፋ፤ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ካለው በወርቅ ከተሠራው መሠዊያ ቀንዶች ድምፅ ሲመጣ9፥13 ሲወጣ ማለት ነው። ሰማሁ፤ 14ድምፁም መለከት የያዘውን ስድስተኛውን መልአክ፣ “በታላቁ ወንዝ በኤፍራጥስ የታሰሩትን አራቱን መላእክት ፍታቸው” አለው። 15ከሰው ዘር አንድ ሦስተኛውን እንዲገድሉ፣ ለዚህች ሰዓትና ዕለት እንዲሁም ለዚህች ወርና ዓመት ተዘጋጅተው የነበሩት አራቱ መላእክት ተፈቱ። 16የፈረሰኛው ሰራዊት ብዛት ሁለት መቶ ሚሊዮን ነበር፤ ቍጥራቸውንም ሰማሁ።
17በራእዬ ያየኋቸው ፈረሶችና በላያቸውም የተቀመጡት ይህን ይመስሉ ነበር፤ ጥሩራቸው እንደ እሳት ቀይ፣ እንደ ያክንት ሰማያዊና እንደ ዲን ብጫ ነበር፤ የፈረሶቹ ራስ የአንበሶችን ራስ ይመስል ነበር። ከአፋቸውም እሳትና ጢስ፣ ዲንም ይወጣ ነበር። 18ከአፋቸው በወጡት፣ በሦስቱ መቅሠፍቶች፣ ማለት በእሳቱ፣ በጢሱና በዲኑ አንድ ሦስተኛው የሰው ዘር ተገደለ። 19የፈረሶቹ ኀይል በአፋቸውና በጅራታቸው ላይ ነበር፤ ጅራታቸውም እባብ ይመስል ነበር፤ ራስ ስላላቸው ጕዳት የሚያደርሱት በእርሱ ነበር።
20በእነዚህ መቅሠፍቶች ሳይገደሉ የቀሩት ሰዎች አሁንም ከእጃቸው ሥራ ንስሓ አልገቡም፤ አጋንንትን እንዲሁም ማየት ወይም መስማት ወይም መሄድ የማይችሉትን፣ ከወርቅ፣ ከብር፣ ከናስ፣ ከድንጋይና ከዕንጨት የተሠሩትን ጣዖቶች ማምለክ አልተዉም፤ 21ደግሞም ከነፍስ ግድያቸው፣ ከጥንቈላ ሥራቸው፣ ከዝሙት ርኩሰታቸው ወይም ከስርቆት ተግባራቸው ንስሓ አልገቡም።
1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. 12One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 15And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 18By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. 20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
