Apocalypsis Ioannis, 9

1. Et quintus angelus tuba cecinit. Et vidi stellam de caelo cecidis se in terram, et data est illi clavis putei abyssi.

1. And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit;

2. Et aperuit puteum abyssi, et ascendit fumus ex puteo sicut fumus fornacis magnae; et obscuratus est sol et aer de fumo putei.

2. he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

3. Et de fumo exierunt locustae in terram, et data est illis potestas, sicut habent potestatem scorpiones terrae.

3. Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth;

4. Et dictum est illis, ne laederent fenum terrae neque omne viride neque omnem arborem, nisi tantum homines, qui non habent signum Dei in frontibus.

4. they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads;

5. Et datum est illis, ne occiderent eos, sed ut cruciarentur mensibus quinque; et cruciatus eorum ut cruciatus scorpii, cum percutit hominem.

5. they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.

6. Et in diebus illis quaerent homines mortem et non invenient eam; et desiderabunt mori, et fugit mors ab ipsis.

6. And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.

7. Et similitudines locustarum similes equis paratis in proelium, et super capita earum tamquam coronae similes auro, et facies earum sicut facies hominum;

7. In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,

8. et habebant capillos sicut capillos mulierum, et dentes earum sicut leonum erant,

8. their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;

9. et habebant loricas sicut loricas ferreas, et vox alarum earum sicut vox curruum equorum multorum currentium in bellum.

9. they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.

10. Et habent caudas similes scorpionibus et aculeos, et in caudis earum potestas earum nocere hominibus mensibus quinque.

10. They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.

11. Habent super se regem angelum abyssi, cui nomen Hebraice Abaddon et Graece nomen habet Apollyon.

11. They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abad'don, and in Greek he is called Apol'lyon.

12. Vae unum abiit. Ecce veniunt adhuc duo vae post haec.

12. The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

13. Et sextus angelus tuba cecinit. Et audivi vocem unam ex cornibus altaris aurei, quod est ante Deum,

13. Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

14. dicentem sexto angelo, qui habebat tubam: “Solve quattuor angelos, qui alligati sunt super flumen magnum Euphraten”.

14. saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphra'tes."

15. Et soluti sunt quattuor angeli, qui parati erant in horam et diem et mensem et annum, ut occiderent tertiam partem hominum.

15. So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind.

16. Et numerus equestris exercitus vicies milies dena milia; audivi numerum eorum.

16. The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.

17. Et ita vidi equos in visione et, qui sedebant super eos, habentes loricas igneas et hyacinthinas et sulphureas; et capita equorum erant tamquam capita leonum, et de ore ipsorum procedit ignis et fumus et sulphur.

17. And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur issued from their mouths.

18. Ab his tribus plagis occisa est tertia pars hominum, de igne et fumo et sulphure, quod procedebat ex ore ipsorum.

18. By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths.

19. Potestas enim equorum in ore eorum est et in caudis eorum; nam caudae illorum similes serpentibus habentes capita, et in his nocent.

19. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.

20. Et ceteri homines, qui non sunt occisi in his plagis neque paenitentiam 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,

20. The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot either see or hear or walk;

21. et non egerunt paenitentiam ab homicidiis suis neque a veneficiis suis neque a fornicatione sua neque a furtis suis.

21. nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thefts.