1 O quinto anjo tocou a trombeta, e vi uma estrela caída do céu na terra. E foi-lhe dada a chave do poço do abismo. 2 Ela abriu o poço do abismo, e subiu fumaça do poço como fumaça de grande fornalha, e, com a fumaceira saída do poço, escureceu-se o sol e o ar. 3 Também da fumaça saíram gafanhotos para a terra; e foi-lhes dado poder como o que têm os escorpiões da terra, 4 e foi-lhes dito que não causassem dano à erva da terra, nem a qualquer coisa verde, nem a árvore alguma e tão somente aos homens que não têm o selo de Deus sobre a fronte. 5 Foi-lhes também dado, não que os matassem, e sim que os atormentassem durante cinco meses. E o seu tormento era como tormento de escorpião quando fere alguém. 6 Naqueles dias, os homens buscarão a morte e não a acharão; também terão ardente desejo de morrer, mas a morte fugirá deles.

7 O aspecto dos gafanhotos era semelhante a cavalos preparados para a peleja; na sua cabeça havia como que coroas parecendo de ouro; e o seu rosto era como rosto de homem; 8 tinham também cabelos, como cabelos de mulher; os seus dentes, como dentes de leão; 9 tinham couraças, como couraças de ferro; o barulho que as suas asas faziam era como o barulho de carros de muitos cavalos, quando correm à peleja; 10 tinham ainda cauda, como escorpiões, e ferrão; na cauda tinham poder para causar dano aos homens, por cinco meses; 11 e tinham sobre eles, como seu rei, o anjo do abismo, cujo nome em hebraico é Abadom, e em grego, Apoliom.

12 O primeiro ai passou. Eis que, depois destas coisas, vêm ainda dois ais.

13 O sexto anjo tocou a trombeta, e ouvi uma voz procedente dos quatro ângulos do altar de ouro que se encontra na presença de Deus, 14 dizendo ao sexto anjo, o mesmo que tem a trombeta: Solta os quatro anjos que se encontram atados junto ao grande rio Eufrates. 15 Foram, então, soltos os quatro anjos que se achavam preparados para a hora, o dia, o mês e o ano, para que matassem a terça parte dos homens. 16 O número dos exércitos da cavalaria era de vinte mil vezes dez milhares; eu ouvi o seu número. 17 Assim, nesta visão, contemplei que os cavalos e os seus cavaleiros tinham couraças cor de fogo, de jacinto e de enxofre. A cabeça dos cavalos era como cabeça de leão, e de sua boca saía fogo, fumaça e enxofre. 18 Por meio destes três flagelos, a saber, pelo fogo, pela fumaça e pelo enxofre que saíam da sua boca, foi morta a terça parte dos homens; 19 pois a força dos cavalos estava na sua boca e na sua cauda, porquanto a sua cauda se parecia com serpentes, e tinha cabeça, e com ela causavam dano.

20 Os outros homens, aqueles que não foram mortos por esses flagelos, não se arrependeram das obras das suas mãos, deixando de adorar os demônios e os ídolos de ouro, de prata, de cobre, de pedra e de pau, que nem podem ver, nem ouvir, nem andar; 21 nem ainda se arrependeram dos seus assassínios, nem das suas feitiçarias, nem da sua prostituição, nem dos seus furtos.

1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss. 2 And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man. 6 And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were as men’s faces. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to war. 10 And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months. 11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon.

12 The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men. 16 And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates as of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the heads of the horses are as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone. 18 By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they hurt. 20 And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.

2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.

3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.

4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.

6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.

7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

8 Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.

11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.

14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."

15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

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

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.

18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.

19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood —idols that cannot see or hear or walk.

21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.