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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.

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.

Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

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.

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.

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.

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.

They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.

They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

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”.

The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

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.

The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

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.

By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.

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.

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.

They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

ونَفَخَ المَلاكُ الخامِسُ في بوقِه، فرَأَيتُ كَوكَبًا مِنَ السَّماءِ قد هَوى إِلى الأَرْض، وأُعطِيَ مِفْتاحَ بِئرِ الهاوِيَة

ففَتَحَ بِئرَ الهاوِيَة، فتَصاعَدَ مِنَ البِئرِ دُخانٌ مِثلُ دُخانِ أَتُّونٍ كَبير، فأَظلَمَتِ الشَّمسُ والجَوُّ مِن دُخانِ البِئْر

ومِنَ الدُّخانِ ٱنتَشَرَ جَرادٌ على الأَرض، وأُولِيَ سُلْطانًا كالسُّلْطانِ الَّذي لِعَقارِبِ الأَرض

وأُمِرَ بِأَلَّا يُنزِلَ ضَرَرًا بِعُشبِ الأَرضِ ولا بِأَيِّ شَيءٍ أَخضَرَ ولا بِأَيِّ شَجَرٍ كان، بل بالنَّاسِ الَّذينَ لَيسَ خَتمُ اللهِ على جِباهِهِم

ووُكِلَ إِلَيه، لا أَن يُميتَهم، بل أَن يُعَذِّبَهم خَمسَةَ أَشهُر، ويَكونُ عَذابُهم مِثلَ عَذابِ العَقرَبِ عِندَما تَلسَعُ الإِنْسان

وفي تِلكَ الأَيَّام يَطلُبُ النَّاسُ المَوتَ فلا يَجِدونَه، ويَشتَهونَ أَن يَموتوا فيَهرُبُ المَوتُ مِنهم

ومَنظَرُ الجَرادِ أَشبَهُ بالخَيلِ المُعَدَّةِ لِلحَرْب، وعلى رُؤُوسِه مِثلُ أَكاليلَ مِن ذَهَب، ووُجوهُه كوُجوهِ البَشَر

ولَه شَعَرٌ كَشَعَرِ النِّساء، وأَسْنانُه كأَنْيابِ الأُسود

وكانَ لَه دُروعٌ كدُروعٍ مِن حَديد، وحَفيفُ أَجنِحَتِه كضَجيجِ المَركَباتِ تَجْري بِها طائِفَةٌ مِنَ الخَيلِ إِلى الحَرْب

ولَه أَذْنابٌ أَشبَهُ بِأَذْنابِ العَقارِبِ لَها حُمات، وفي أَذْنابِه سُلطانٌ على أَن يُنزِلَ الضَّرَرَ بِالنَّاسِ مُدَّةَ خَمسَةِ أَشهُر

وعلى رَأسِه مَلِكٌ هو مَلاكُ الهاوِيَة يُسَمَّى بِالعبرِيَّةِ أَبَدُّون، وٱسمُه بِاليونانِيَّةِ أَبُلِّيون

مَضى الوَيلُ الأَوَّل، وهاهُوَذا وَيلانِ آتِيانِ بَعدَ ذٰلك

ونَفَخَ المَلاكُ السَّادِسُ في بوقِه، فسَمِعتُ صَوتًا قد خَرَجَ مِنَ القُرونِ الأَربَعَةِ لِمَذبَحِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذي في حَضرَةِ الله

فقالَ لِلمَلاكِ السَّادِس، ذٰلِكَ الَّذي يَحمِلُ البوق: «أَطلِقِ المَلائِكَةَ الأَربَعَةَ المُقَيَّدينَ على النَّهرِ الكَبير، نَهرِ الفُرات»

فأُطلِقَ المَلائِكَةُ الأَربَعَةُ المُتَأَهِّبونَ لِلسَّاعَةِ واليَومِ والشَّهرِ والسَّنَة، كَي يَقتُلوا ثُلثَ النَّاس

ويَبلُغُ جَيشُ الخَيَّالَةِ مائتَي أَلفِ أَلف، وسَمِعتُ عَدَدَهم

ورَأَيتُ الخَيلَ في الرُّؤيا وفُرْسانَها على هٰذا النَّحْوِ: لَهم دُروعٌ مِن نارٍ وياقوتٍ وكِبْريت، ورُؤُوسُ الخَيلِ كرُؤُوسِ الأُسود، ومِن أَفْواهِها تَخرُجُ نارٌ ودُخانٌ وكِبْريت

فمِن هٰذه النَّكَباتِ الثَّلاثِ ماتَ ثُلثُ النَّاس، ماتوا بِالنَّارِ والدُّخانِ والكِبْريتِ الخارِجِ مِن أَفْواهِها

فإِنَّ سُلْطانَ الخَيلِ في أَفْواهِها وفي أَذْنابِها، لِأَنَّ أَذْنابَها أَشبَهُ بِالحَيَّات ولَها رُؤُوسٌ بِها تُنزِلُ الضَّرَر

أَمَّا سائِرُ النَّاس، أُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ لم يَموتوا مِن هٰذه النَّكَبات، فلَم يَتوبوا مِن أَعْمالِ أَيديهم فيَكُفُّوا عنِ السُّجودِ لِلشَّياطينِ ولِأَصْنامٍ مِن ذَهَبٍ وفِضَّةٍ ونُحاسٍ وحَجَرٍ وخَشَبٍ لَيسَ بِوُسعِها أَن تَرى وتَسمَعَ وتَمْشي

ولم يَتوبوا مِن أَعْمالِ قَتلِهم ولا سِحرِهم ولا زِناهم ولا سَرِقاتِهم