The Seven Bowls of God’s Great Anger
1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple speaking to the seven angels. “Go,” it said. “Pour out the seven bowls of God’s great anger on the earth.”
2The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land. Ugly and painful sores broke out on people. Those people had the mark of the beast and worshiped its statue.
3The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. It turned into blood like the blood of a dead person. Every living thing in the sea died.
4The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water. They became blood. 5Then I heard the angel who was in charge of the waters. He said,
“Holy One, the way you judge is fair.
You are the God who is and who was.
6Those who worship the beast have poured out blood.
They have poured out the life’s blood of your holy people and your prophets.
So you have given blood to drink to those who worship the beast.
That’s exactly what they should get.”
7Then I heard the altar reply. It said,
“Lord God who rules over all,
the way you judge is true and fair.”
8The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. The sun was allowed to burn people with fire. 9They were burned by the blazing heat. So they spoke evil things against the name of God, who controlled these plagues. But they refused to turn away from their sins. They did not give glory to God.
10The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. The kingdom of the beast became very dark. People chewed on their tongues because they were suffering so much. 11They spoke evil things against the God of heaven. They did this because of their pains and their sores. But they refused to turn away from the sins they had committed.
12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs. They came out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. 14They are spirits of demons that perform signs. They go out to gather the kings of the whole world for battle. This battle will take place on the great day of the God who rules over all.
15“Look! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is anyone who stays awake and keeps their clothes on. Then they will be ready. They will not be caught naked and so be put to shame.”
16Then the evil spirits gathered the kings together. In the Hebrew language, the place where the kings met is called Armageddon.
17The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. Out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne. It said, “It is done!” 18Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, thunder and a powerful earthquake. There has never been an earthquake as terrible as this. One like this hasn’t happened while human beings have lived on earth. 19The great city split into three parts. The cities of the nations crumbled and fell. God remembered Babylon the Great. He gave Babylon the cup filled with the wine of his terrible anger. 20Every island ran away. The mountains could not be found. 21Huge hailstones weighing about 100 pounds each fell from the sky. The hail crushed people. And they spoke evil things against God because of the plague. That’s because the plague of hail was so terrible.
1我聽見殿中有宏亮的聲音對七位天使說：「去將那盛滿上帝烈怒的七個碗傾倒在地上。」
2第一位天使離去，將碗倒在了地上，那些有怪獸的印記、敬拜獸像的人身上長出奇痛無比的毒瘡。
3第二位天使將碗倒在了海洋裡，海水變得像死人的血，海中的活物都死光了。
4第三位天使將碗倒在了江河與水泉裡，水就變成了血。 5我聽見掌管各水源的天使說：
「昔在今在的聖者啊！
你是公義的，
因為你施行了審判。
6由於他們流了眾聖徒和先知們的血，
現在你使他們喝血，
這正是他們應得的報應。」
7我又聽見從祭壇發出的聲音說：
「是的，全能的主上帝，
你的判決真實公義。」
8第四位天使將碗倒在太陽上，太陽就變得炙熱如火，可以灼傷人。 9人們被炙熱灼傷，就褻瀆掌管這些災禍的上帝的名，他們毫無悔意，不肯歸榮耀給上帝。
10第五位天使將碗倒在那海中怪獸的座位上，牠的國便被黑暗籠罩，牠的國民痛苦難當，咬自己的舌頭。 11他們因為痛苦和毒瘡就褻瀆天上的上帝，不肯為自己的所作所為悔改。
12第六位天使將碗倒在幼發拉底大河上，河水立刻乾了，為東方各國的王預備了道路。 13我又看見三個像青蛙一樣的污鬼分別從巨龍、怪獸和假先知的口裡跳出來。 14其實牠們都是鬼魔的靈，能行奇蹟。牠們到普天下召集各王，預備在全能上帝的大日子來臨時聚集爭戰。
15「看啊！我要像賊一樣出其不意地來到。那警醒等候，看守自己衣裳，不致赤身行走蒙受羞辱的人有福了。」
16鬼魔把眾王召集到一個希伯來話叫哈米吉多頓的地方。
17第七位天使將碗倒在空中時，從殿裡的寶座上傳出響亮的聲音說：「成了！」 18隨後雷電交加，伴隨著巨響，還有空前劇烈的大地震。 19巴比倫大城裂作三段，其他各國的城邑也都倒塌了。上帝並沒有忘記巴比倫大城的罪惡，要把那杯盛滿祂烈怒的酒給她喝。 20海島都沉沒了，山嶺也都不見了， 21又有重達三十四公斤16·21 「三十四公斤」希臘文是「一他連得」。的巨型冰雹從天而降，打在世人身上。世人無法忍受這極大的災禍，就褻瀆上帝。
