The Seals
1I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds6:6 Or about 1 kilogram of wheat for a day’s wages,6:6 Greek a denarius and six pounds6:6 Or about 3 kilograms of barley for a day’s wages,6:6 Greek a denarius and do not damage the oil and the wine!”
7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10. were killed just as they had been.
12I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us6:16 See Hosea 10:8. from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17For the great day of their6:17 Some manuscripts his wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
Hatimai
1Na kalli yayinda Ɗan Ragon ya buɗe hatimin farko na hatimai bakwai ɗin nan. Sai na ji ɗaya daga cikin halittu huɗun nan masu rai ya yi magana da murya mai kama da tsawa ya ce, “Zo!” 2Na duba, can kuwa a gabana ga wani farin doki! Mai hawansa yana riƙe da baka, aka kuma ba shi rawani, ya yi sukuwa ya fito kamar mai nasara da ya kutsa don nasara.
3Sa’ad da Ɗan Ragon ya buɗe hatimi na biyun, sai na ji halitta mai rai na biyu ya ce, “Zo!” 4Sai wani doki ya fito, ja wur. Aka ba wa mai hawansa iko yă ɗauke salama daga duniya yă kuma sa mutane su kashe juna. Aka ba shi babban takobi.
5Sa’ad da Ɗan Ragon ya buɗe hatimi na uku, sai na ji halitta mai rai na uku ya ce, “Zo!” Na duba, can a gabana kuwa ga wani baƙin doki! Mai hawansa yana riƙe da abubuwan awo guda biyu a hannunsa. 6Sai na ji wani abu mai ƙara kamar wata murya a tsakiyar halittu huɗun nan masu rai tana cewa, “Kwatan alkama don albashin aikin yini, da kuma kwata uku na sha’ir don albashin yini guda, kada kuwa ka ɓata man da ruwan inabi!”
7Sa’ad da Ɗan Ragon ya buɗe hatimi na huɗu, sai na ji muryar halitta mai rai na huɗu ya ce, “Zo!” 8Na duba, can a gabana kuwa ga ƙodaɗɗen doki! An ba wa mai hawansa suna Mutuwa, Hades kuwa yana biye da shi. Aka ba su iko a kan kashi ɗaya bisa huɗu na duniya don su yi kisa da takobi, yunwa da annoba, har ma da namomin jeji na duniya.
9Sa’ad da ya buɗe hatimi na biyar, sai na ga a ƙarƙashin bagaden rayukan waɗanda aka kashe saboda maganar Allah da kuma shaidar da suka yi. 10Suka yi kira da babbar murya suka ce, “Ya Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka, Mai Tsarki da kuma Mai Gaskiya, sai yaushe za ka shari’anta mazaunan duniya ka kuma ɗauki mana fansar jininmu?” 11Sai aka ba wa kowannensu farin riga, aka kuma faɗa musu su ɗan jira kaɗan sai an cika adadin abokansu masu hidima da kuma ’yan’uwansu waɗanda za a kashe kamar yadda su ma aka kashe su.
12Ina kallo yayinda ya buɗe hatimi na shida. Sai aka yi babban girgizar ƙasa. Rana ta zama baƙa kamar gwado na gashin akuya, wata kuma gaba ɗaya ya zama ja wur kamar jini, 13taurarin sararin sama suka fāffāɗi a ƙasa, kamar yadda ɗanyun ’ya’yan ɓaure suke fāɗuwa daga itacen ɓaure sa’ad da iska mai ƙarfi ta jijjiga shi. 14Sararin sama kuwa ya janye kamar naɗaɗɗen littafi, ya yi ta naɗewa, aka kuma kawar da kowane dutse da kowane tsibiri daga wurinsa.
15Sa’an nan sarakunan duniya, hakimai, jarumawa, masu arziki, masu ƙarfi, da kowane bawa da kuma kowane ’yantacce ya ɓoye a cikin koguna da kuma cikin duwatsun tsaunuka. 16Suka kira duwatsu da tsaunuka suna cewa, “Ku fāɗi a kanmu ku kuma ɓoye mu daga fuskar wannan mai zama a kan kursiyi da kuma daga fushin Ɗan Ragon nan! 17Gama babbar ranar fushinsu ta zo, wa kuwa zai iya tsayawa?”
