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.
它開了無底坑,便有煙從坑裏往上冒,好像大火爐的煙;日頭和天空都因這煙昏暗了。
9:3
ወእምነውእቱጢስወፅአአንበጣውስተምድርወወሀብዎሙሥልጣነይኩኑከመዐቃርብትውስተምድር።
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.
但不許蝗蟲害死他們,只叫他們受痛苦五個月。這痛苦就像蠍子螫人的痛苦一樣。
9:6
ወበውእቶንመዋዕልየኀሥሥሰብእመዊተወኢይረክብወይፈቱይሙትወይትኀጣእእምኔሁመዊት።
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.
蝗蟲的形狀,好像預備出戰的馬一樣,頭上戴的好像金冠冕,臉面好像男人的臉面,
9:8
ወሥዕርቶሙከመሥዕርተአንስትወስነኒሆሙከመስነነአናብስት።
They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
頭髮像女人的頭髮,牙齒像獅子的牙齒。
9:9
ወቦሙጌራከመጌራኀጺንወድምፀእገሪሆሙከመድምፀሠረገላብዙኅዘያረውጹአፍራስውስተቀትል።
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.
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.
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.