Ufunuo 9
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
1Kisha malaika wa tano akapiga tarumbeta yake. Nami nikaona nyota iliyokuwa imeanguka juu ya nchi kutoka mbinguni. Nayo ikapewa ufunguo wa shimo la Kuzimu.
1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
2Basi, nyota hiyo ikafungua shimo la Kuzimu, kukatoka moshi wa tanuru kubwa. Jua na anga vikatiwa giza kwa moshi huo wa Kuzimu.
2The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
3Nzige wakatoka katika moshi huo, wakaingia duniani wakapewa nguvu kama ya ng'e.
3And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
4Wakaamrishwa wasiharibu nyasi za nchi wala majani wala miti yoyote, bali wawaharibu wale tu ambao hawakupigwa mhuri wa Mungu katika paji la uso.
4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5Nzige hao hawakuruhusiwa kuwaua watu, ila kuwatesa tu kwa muda wa miezi mitano. Maumivu watakayosababisha ni kama maumivu yanayompata mtu wakati anapoumwa na ng'e.
5The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
6Muda huo watu watatafuta kifo lakini hawatakipata; watatamani kufa lakini kifo kitawakimbia.
6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
7Kwa kuonekana, nzige hao walikuwa kama farasi waliowekwa tayari kwa vita. Juu ya vichwa vyao walikuwa na taji zilizo kama za dhahabu, na nyuso zao zilikuwa kama za binadamu.
7And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.
8Nywele zao zilikuwa kama nywele za wanawake, na meno yao yalikuwa kama meno ya simba.
8They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.
9Vifua vyao vilikuwa vimefunikwa kitu kama ngao ya chuma. Sauti ya mabawa yao ilikuwa kama sauti ya msafara wa magari ya farasi wengi wanaokimbilia vitani.
9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
10Walikuwa na mikia na miiba kama ng'e, na kwa mikia hiyo, walikuwa na nguvu ya kuwadhuru watu kwa muda wa miezi mitano.
10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
11Tena wanaye mfalme anayewatawala, naye ndiye malaika wa kuzimu; jina lake kwa Kiebrania ni Abadoni, na kwa Kigiriki ni Apolioni, yaani mwangamizi.
11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
12Maafa ya kwanza yamepita; bado mengine mawili yanafuata.
12The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
13Kisha malaika wa sita akapiga tarumbeta yake. Nami nikasikia sauti moja kutoka katika pembe nne za madhabahu ya dhahabu iliyokuwa mbele ya Mungu.
13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
14Sauti hiyo ikamwambia huyo malaika wa sita mwenye tarumbeta, “Wafungulie malaika wanne waliofungwa kwenye mto mkubwa Eufrate!”
14saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
15Naye akawafungulia malaika hao wanne ambao walikuwa wametayarishwa kwa ajili ya saa hiyo ya siku ya mwezi huo, wa mwaka huohuo, kuua theluthi moja ya wanaadamu.
15So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
16Nilisikia idadi ya majeshi wapanda farasi ilikuwa milioni mia mbili.
16And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
17Hivi ndivyo nilivyowaona hao farasi na wapanda farasi katika hiyo njozi: Walikuwa na ngao vifuani zilizokuwa moto mtupu, zenye rangi ya samawati na njano kama kiberiti. Vichwa vya hao farasi vilikuwa kama vya simba; na moto, moshi, na kiberiti vilikuwa vinatoka kinywani mwao.
17Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
18Theluthi moja ya wanaadamu waliuawa kwa mabaa hayo matatu yaani, moto, moshi na kiberiti, yaliyokuwa yanatoka katika vinywa vyao;
18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
19maana nguvu ya farasi hao ilikuwa vinywani mwao na katika mikia yao. Mikia yao ilikuwa na vichwa kama nyoka, na waliitumia hiyo kuwadhuru watu.
19For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
20Wanaadamu wengine waliobaki ambao hawakuuawa na mabaa hayo, hawakugeuka na kuviacha vitu walivyokuwa wametengeneza kwa mikono yao wenyewe; bali wakaendelea kuabudu pepo, sanamu za dhahabu, fedha, shaba, mawe na miti, vitu ambavyo haviwezi kuona, kusikia wala kutembea.
20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
21Wala hawakutubu na kuacha kufanya mauaji, uchawi, uzinzi, na wizi.
21Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
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