Revelation, 16

1. And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

1. I heard a loud voice calling from the sanctuary to the seven angels, "Go and empty on the earth the seven cups of the wrath of God."

2. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image.

2. The first angel went to empty his cup on the earth, and malignant and painful sores appeared on the people who bore the mark of the beast and had bowed before its image.

3. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead [man]: and every living soul died in the sea.

3. The second angel emptied his cup into the sea which turned into blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.

4. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

4. The third angel emptied his cup into the rivers and springs which turned into blood.

5. And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

5. And I heard the angel of the waters say, "You who are and who were, O Holy One, you are just in punishing them in this way;

6. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

6. since they have shed the blood of your holy ones and the prophets, you have made them drink blood; they rightly deserved it."

7. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.

7. I heard another cry from the altar, "Yes, Lord and God, Master of the universe, your judgments are true and just."

8. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

8. The fourth angel poured out his cup on the sun and its heat began to scorch people.

9. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

9. They were severely burned and began to insult God who has power over those plagues, instead of acknowledging him.

10. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

10. The fifth angel emptied his cup on the throne of the beast, and suddenly his kingdom was in darkness and the people bit their tongues in agony.

11. And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

11. They insulted the Most High God for their pain and wounds, but they did not repent.

12. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

12. The sixth angel poured out his cup on the great river Euphrates; then its water was dried up, leaving a free passageway for the kings of the east.

13. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

13. I saw coming from the mouths of the monster, the beast and the false prophet, three unclean spirits which looked like frogs.

14. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

14. They are, in fact, spirits of demons that perform marvelous things and go to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God, the Master of the universe.

15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

15. "Beware! I come like a thief; happy is the one who stays awake and does not take off his clothes; so he will not have to go naked and his whole body be exposed for all to see."

16. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

16. Then they assembled them at the place called Armageddon in Hebrew (or the Hills of Megiddo).

17. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

17. The seventh angel emptied his cup into the air. Then a voice came forth from the throne and was heard outside the sanctuary, saying, "It is done."

18. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great.

18. And there were flashes of lightning, peals of thunder and a violent earthquake. No, never has there been an earthquake so violent since people existed on earth.

19. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

19. The Great City was split into three, while the cities of the nations collapsed. For the time had come for Babylon the Great to be remembered before God and to be given the cup of the foaming wine of his anger.

20. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

20. Then the continents withdrew and the mountain ranges hid.

21. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

21. Great hailstones from heaven, as heavy as stones, dropped on the people, and the people insulted God because of this disastrous hailstorm, for it was truly a terrible plague.