The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath
1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”
2The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
3The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.
4The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:
“You are just in these judgments, O Holy One,
you who are and who were;
6for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,
and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”
7And I heard the altar respond:
“Yes, Lord God Almighty,
true and just are your judgments.”
8The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. 9They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
10The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony 11and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
15“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”
16Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
17The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake. 19The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. 20Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. 21From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds,16:21 Or about 45 kilograms fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague 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可怕的毒瘡。
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我聽見掌管眾水的天使說：
「昔在今在的聖者啊！
你是公義的，
因為你施行了審判。
6他們流了眾聖徒和先知們的血，
所以你使他們喝血，
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，使太陽可以用它的火炙烤世人。 9世人被高溫炙烤，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怪獸的座位上，牠的國便被黑暗籠罩，牠的國民痛苦不堪，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，河水就乾了，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爭戰。
15「看啊！我來的時候像賊一樣。那警醒等候，穿好衣裳的人有福了！他們不會赤身行走，在人前蒙羞。」
16三個污鬼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又有四十公斤重的巨型冰雹從天而降，打在世人身上。世人因為可怕的雹災，就褻瀆上帝。
