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9:1
Καὶ ὁ πέμπτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν· καὶ ἴδον ἀστέρα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεπτωκότα εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἡ κλεὶς τοῦ φρέατος τῆς ἀβύσσου.
Et quintus angelus tuba cecinit : et vidi stellam de caelo cecidisse in terram, et data est ei clavis putei abyssi.
ወሶበ ጠቅዐ ኃምስ መልአክ ወረደ ኮከብ እምሰማይ ዲበ ምድር።
The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
9:2
καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου, καὶ ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐκ τοῦ φρέατος ὡς καπνὸς καμίνου μεγάλης, καὶ ἐσκοτώθη ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ τοῦ φρέατος.
Et aperuit puteum abyssi : et ascendit fumus putei, sicut fumus fornacis magnae : et obscuratus est sol, et aër de fumo putei :
ወተውህበ ሎቱ መራኁተ አንቅዕተ ቀላያት ወዐርገ ጢስ እምነ ቀላይ ከመ ጢሰ እቶን ዐቢይ ወከደኖ ለፀሓይ ወኮነ ከመ ደመና ውእቱ ጢሰ ቀላይ።
He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
9:3
καὶ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ ἐξῆλθον ἀκρίδες εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἐξουσία ὡς ἔχουσιν ἐξουσίαν οἱ σκορπίοι τῆς γῆς.
et de fumo putei exierunt locustae in terram, et data est illis potestas, sicut habent potestatem scorpiones terrae :
ወእምነ ውእቱ ጢስ ወፅአ አንበጣ ውስተ ምድር ወወሀብዎሙ ሥልጣነ ይኩኑ ከመ ዐቃርብት ውስተ ምድር።
Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
9:4
καὶ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀδικήσουσιν τὸν χόρτον τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ πᾶν χλωρὸν οὐδὲ πᾶν δένδρον, εἰ μὴ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οἵτινες οὐκ ἔχουσιν τὴν σφραγῖδα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων.
et praeceptum est illis ne laederent foenum terrae, neque omne viride, neque omnem arborem : nisi tantum homines, qui non habent signum Dei in frontibus suis :
ወአዘዝዎሙ ከመ ኢያማስኑ ሣዕረ ወኢሐመልማለ ወኢኵሎ ዕፀ ዘእንበለ ለሰብእ እለ አልቦሙ ማኅተመ እግዚአብሔር ውስተ ፍጽሞሙ።
They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads.
9:5
καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτούς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα βασανισθήσονται μῆνας πέντε· καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς βασανισμὸς σκορπίου, ὅταν παίσῃ ἄνθρωπον.
et datum est illis ne occiderent eos : sed ut cruciarent mensibus quinque : et cruciatus eorum, ut cruciatus scorpii cum percutit hominem.
ወአዘዝዎሙ ከመ ኢይቅትልዎሙ ዳእሙ ከመ ያሕምምዎሙ ኀምስተ አውራኀ ወሕማሞሙሰ ከመ ሕማመ ዐቅራብ ሶበ ይነድፍ ሰብአ።
They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.
9:6
καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπ’ αὐτῶν.
Et in diebus illis quaerent homines mortem, et non invenient eam : et desiderabunt mori, et fugiet mors ab eis.
ወበውእቶን መዋዕል የኀሥሥ ሰብእ መዊተ ወኢይረክብ ወይፈቱ ይሙት ወይትኀጣእ እምኔሁ መዊት።
In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
9:7
καὶ τὰ ὁμοιώματα τῶν ἀκρίδων ὅμοιοι ἵπποις ἡτοιμασμένοις εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ὡς στέφανοι ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὡς πρόσωπα ἀνθρώπων,
Et similitudines locustarum, similes equis paratis in praelium : et super capita earum tamquam coronae similes auro : et facies earum tamquam facies hominum.
ወከመዝ ውእቱ ራእዮሙ ለእልክቱ አናብጥ ከመ አፍራስ ዘድልዋን ለጸብእ ይመስሉ ወውስተ ርእሶሙ ቦሙ ቀጸላ በአምሳለ ወርቅ ወገጾሙ ከመ ገጸ ሰብእ።
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces.
9:8
καὶ εἶχαν τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν,
Et habebant capillos sicut capillos mulierum. Et dentes earum, sicut dentes leonum erant :
ወሥዕርቶሙ ከመ ሥዕርተ አንስት ወስነኒሆሙ ከመ ስነነ አናብስት።
They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
9:9
καὶ εἶχον θώρακας ὡς θώρακας σιδηροῦς, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν πτερύγων αὐτῶν ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἵππων πολλῶν τρεχόντων εἰς πόλεμον.
et habebant loricas sicut loricas ferreas, et vox alarum earum sicut vox curruum equorum multorum currentium in bellum :
ወቦሙ ጌራ ከመ ጌራ ኀጺን ወድምፀ እገሪሆሙ ከመ ድምፀ ሠረገላ ብዙኅ ዘያረውጹ አፍራስ ውስተ ቀትል።
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.
9:10
καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε.
et habebant caudas similes scorpionum, et aculei erant in caudis earum : et potestas earum nocere hominibus mensibus quinque :
ወቦሙ ዘነብ ከመ ዘነበ ዐቅራብ ወውስተ ዘነቦሙ ቦሙ ቅንዋት በዘቦቱ ይነድፍዎሙ ለሰብእ ኀምስተ አውራኀ።
They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
9:11
ἔχουσιν ἐπ’ αὐτῶν βασιλέα τὸν ἄγγελον τῆς ἀβύσσου· ᾧ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ἀβαδδὼν καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἑλληνικῇ ὄνομα ἔχει Ἀπολλύων.
et habebant super se regem angelum abyssi cui nomen hebraice Abaddon, graece autem Apollyon, latine habens nomen Exterminans.
ወቦሙ ንጉሥ መልአከ ቀላይ ወስሙ በዕብራይስጥ አብዶን ወበጽርእ አጵልዮን ወበቅብጥ አርማቅጦን ወበዐረብ ሰናሴር ወበግእዝ ማኅጐሊ።
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.
9:12
Ἡ οὐαὶ ἡ μία ἀπῆλθεν· ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται ἔτι δύο οὐαὶ μετὰ ταῦτα.
Vae unum abiit, et ecce veniunt adhuc duo vae post haec.
ወበዝ ኀለፈት አሐቲ ሕማም ወተርፈ ክልኤ ሕማም።
The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.
9:13
Καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν· καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν μίαν ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ χρυσοῦ τοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ,
Et sextus angelus tuba cecinit : et audivi vocem unam ex quatuor cornibus altaris aurei, quod est ante oculos Dei,
ወሶበ ጠቅዐ ሳድስ መልአክ ሰማዕኩ ቃለ አሐደ እምነ አቅርንተ ምሥዋዕ ዘወርቅ ዘቅድመ መንበሩ ለእግዚአብሔር።
The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
9:14
λέγοντα τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ, ὁ ἔχων τὴν σάλπιγγα, λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ.
dicentem sexto angelo, qui habebat tubam : Solve quatuor angelos, qui alligati sunt in flumine magno Euphrate.
ወይቤሎ ለዝክቱ ሳድስ መልአክ ዘያጸንዕ መጥቅዐ ፍትሖሙ ለእክልቱ አርባዕቱ መላእክት እለ እሱራን ውስተ ፈለገ ኤፍራጥስ ዐቢይ።
saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
9:15
καὶ ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν, ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσιν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
Et soluti sunt quatuor angeli, qui parati erant in horam, et diem, et mensem, et annum, ut occiderent tertiam partem hominum.
ወሶበ ፈትሖሙ ለእልክቱ አርባዕቱ መላእክት እለ ድልዋን ለሰዓት ወለዕለት ወለወርኅ ወለዓመት ከመ ይቅትሉ ሣልስተ እዴሆሙ ለዕጓለ እመሕያው።
The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
9:16
καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν στρατευμάτων τοῦ ἱππικοῦ δισμυριάδες μυριάδων· ἤκουσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν.
Et numerus equestris exercitus vicies millies dena millia. Et audivi numerum eorum.
ወኍልቈ አፍራሲሆሙ ምክዕቢተ እልፍ እምአእላፍ።
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.
9:17
καὶ οὕτως ἴδον τοὺς ἵππους ἐν τῇ ὁράσει καὶ τοὺς καθημένους ἐπ’ αὐτῶν, ἔχοντας θώρακας πυρίνους καὶ ὑακινθίνους καὶ θειώδεις· καὶ αἱ κεφαλαὶ τῶν ἵππων ὡς κεφαλαὶ λεόντων, καὶ ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν ἐκπορεύεται πῦρ καὶ καπνὸς καὶ θεῖον.
Et ita vidi equos in visione : et qui sedebant super eos, habebant loricas igneas, et hyacinthinas, et sulphureas, et capita equorum erant tamquam capita leonum : et de ore eorum procedit ignis, et fumus, et sulphur.
ወከመዝ ርእየተ አፍራሲሆሙ ወዘእለ ይጼዐንዎሙ ቦሙ ጌራ ዘእሳት ዘኅብረ ደርከኖ ወአርእስተ አፍራሲሆሙ ከመ አርእስተ አናብስት ወይወፅእ እምነ አፉሆሙ እሳት ወጢስ ወተይ።
Thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the horses’ heads resembled lions’ heads. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
9:18
ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων ἀπεκτάνθησαν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν.
Et ab his tribus plagis occisa est tertia pars hominum de igne, et de fumo, et sulphure, quae procedebant de ore ipsorum.
ወእምነ ዝንቱ ሠለስቱ ሕማም ሞተ ሣልስተ እዴሁ ለዕጓለ እመሕያው እምነ እሳት ወጢስ ወተይ ዘይወፅእ እምነ አፉሆሙ።
By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
9:19
ἡ γὰρ ἐξουσία τῶν ἵππων ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ἐστιν καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν· αἱ γὰρ οὐραὶ αὐτῶν ὅμοιαι ὄφεσιν, ἔχουσαι κεφαλάς, καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ἀδικοῦσιν.
Potestas enim equorum in ore eorum est, et in caudis eorum, nam caudae eorum similes serpentibus, habentes capita : et in his nocent.
እስመ ሥልጣነ አፍራሲሆሙ ውስተ አፉሆሙ ወአዝናቢሆሙ ከመ አራዊተ ምድር ወቦሙ ህየ አርእስት በዘቦቱ ይነስኩ ሰብአ ኀምስተ አውራኀ።
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads; and with them they harm.
9:20
καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἳ οὐκ ἀπεκτάνθησαν ἐν ταῖς πληγαῖς ταύταις, οὐδὲ μετενόησαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ προσκυνήσουσιν τὰ δαιμόνια καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χαλκᾶ καὶ τὰ λίθινα καὶ τὰ ξύλινα, ἃ οὔτε βλέπειν δύνανται οὔτε ἀκούειν οὔτε περιπατεῖν,
Et ceteri homines, qui non sunt occisi in his plagis, neque poenitentiam egerunt de operibus manuum suarum, ut non adorarent daemonia, et simulacra aurea, et argentea, et aerea, et lapidea, et lignea, quae neque videre possunt, neque audire, neque ambulare,
ወዘተርፈ ሰብእ ድኅነ እምነ ውእቱ መቅሠፍት ወቦ እለ ተኰነኑ በአምልኮ ግብረ እደዊሆሙ እስመ ኢነስሑ አላ አቅነዩ ርእሶሙ እንዘ ይሰግዱ ለአጋንንት ወለአማልክት ዘወርቅ ወዘብሩር ወዘብርት ወዘዕፅ ወዘእብን እለ ኢይሬእዩ ወኢይሰምዑ ወኢየሐውሩ።
The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which can’t see, hear, or walk.
9:21
καὶ οὐ μετενόησαν ἐκ τῶν φόνων αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῶν φαρμακιῶν αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῆς πορνείας αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῶν κλεμμάτων αὐτῶν.
et non egerunt poenitentiam ab homicidiis suis, neque a veneficiis suis, neque a fornicatione sua, neque a furtis suis.
ወኢነስሑ ዓዲ እምነ ቀትሎሙ ወእምነ ሥራያቲሆሙ ወእምነ ዝሙቶሙ ወእምነ ስርቆሙ።
They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
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