Apocalypse 9

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Et le cinquième Ange sonna... Alors je vis un astre qui du ciel avait chu sur la terre. On lui remitla clef du puits de l'Abîme?	1 And the fifth Angel sounded the trumpet. And I saw upon the earth, a star that had fallen from heaven, and the key to the well of the abyss was given to him.
2 Il ouvrit le puits de l'Abîme et il en monta une fumée, comme celle d'une immense fournaise - lesoleil et l'atmosphère en furent obscurcis --	2 And he opened the well of the abyss. And the smoke of the well ascended, like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were obscured by the smoke of the well.
3 et, de cette fumée, des sauterelles se répandirent sur la terre; on leur donna un pouvoir pareil àcelui des scorpions de la terre.	3 And locusts went forth from the smoke of the well into the earth. And power was given to them, like the power that the scorpions of the earth have.
4 On leur dit d'épargner les prairies, toute verdure et tout arbre, et de s'en prendre seulement auxhommes qui ne porteraient pas sur le front le sceau de Dieu.	4 And it was commanded of them that they must not harm the plants of the earth, nor anything green, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the Seal of God upon their foreheads.
5 On leur donna, non de les tuer, mais de les tourmenter durant cinq mois. La douleur qu'ellesprovoquent ressemble à celle d'une piqûre de scorpion.	5 And it was given to them that they would not kill them, but that they would torture them for five months. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.
6 En ces jours-là, les hommes rechercheront la mort sans la trouver, ils souhaiteront mourir et lamort les fuira!	6 And in those days, men will seek death and they will not find it. And they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
7 Or ces sauterelles, à les voir, font penser à des chevaux équipés pour la guerre; sur leur tête ondirait des couronnes d'or, et leur face rappelle des faces humaines;	7 And the likenesses of the locusts resembled horses prepared for battle. And upon their heads were something like crowns similar to gold. And their faces were like the faces of men.
8 leurs cheveux, des chevelures de femmes, et leurs dents, des dents de lions;	8 And they had hair like the hair of women. And their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
9 leur thorax, des cuirasses de fer, et le bruit de leurs ailes, le vacarme de chars aux multipleschevaux se ruant au combat;	9 And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the noise of their wings was like the noise of many running horses, rushing to battle.
10 elles ont une queue pareille à des scorpions, avec un dard; et dans leur queue se trouve leurpouvoir de torturer les hommes durant cinq mois.	10 And they had tails similar to scorpions. And there were stingers in their tails, and these had the power to harm men for five months.
11 A leur tête, comme roi, elles ont l'Ange de l'Abîme; il s'appelle en hébreu: "Abaddôn", et engrec: "Apollyôn."	11 And they had over them a king, the Angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Doom; in Greek, Destroyer; in Latin, Exterminator.
12 Le premier "Malheur" a passé, voici encore deux "Malheurs" qui le suivent...	12 One woe has gone out, but behold, there are still two woes approaching afterward.
13 Et le sixième Ange sonna... Alors j'entendis une voix venant des quatre cornes de l'autel d'orplacé devant Dieu;	13 And the sixth Angel sounded the trumpet. And I heard a lone voice from the four horns of the golden altar, which is before the eyes of God,
14 elle dit au sixième Ange portant trompette: "Relâche les quatre Anges enchaînés sur le grandfleuve Euphrate."	14 saying to the sixth Angel who had the trumpet: “Release the four Angels who were bound at the great river Euphrates.”
15 Et l'on relâcha les quatre Anges qui se tenaient prêts pour l'heure et le jour et le mois et l'année,afin d'exterminer le tiers des hommes.	15 And the four Angels were released, who had been prepared for that hour, and day, and month, and year, in order to kill one third part of men.
16 Leur armée comptait 200.000.000 de cavaliers: on m'en précisa le nombre.	16 And the number of the army of horsemen was two hundred million. For I heard their number.
17 Tels m'apparurent en vision les chevaux et leurs cavaliers: ceux-ci portent des cuirasses de feu,d'hyacinthe et de soufre; quant aux chevaux, leur tête est comme celle du lion, et leur bouche crache feu et fuméeet soufre.	17 And I also saw the horses in the vision. And those who were sitting upon them had breastplates of fire and hyacinth and sulphur. And the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. And from their mouths proceeded fire and smoke and sulphur.
18 Alors le tiers des hommes fut exterminé par ces trois fléaux: le feu, la fumée et le soufre vomisde la bouche des chevaux.	18 And one third part of men were slain by these three afflictions: by the fire and by the smoke and by the sulphur, which proceeded from their mouths.
19 Car la puissance des chevaux réside en leur bouche; elle réside aussi dans leur queue: cesqueues, en effet, ainsi que des serpents, sont munies de têtes dont elles se servent pour nuire.	19 For the power of these horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails resemble serpents, having heads; and it is with these that they cause harm.
20 Or les hommes échappés à l'hécatombe de ces fléaux ne renoncèrent même pas aux oeuvres deleurs mains: ils ne cessèrent d'adorer les démons, ces idoles d'or, d'argent, de bronze, de pierre et de bois,incapables de voir, d'entendre ou de marcher.	20 And the rest of men, who were not slain by these afflictions, did not repent from the works of their hands, so that they would not worship demons, or idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.
21 Ils n'abandonnèrent ni leurs meurtres, ni leurs sorcelleries, ni leurs débauches, ni leurs rapines.	21 And they did not repent from their murders, nor from their drugs, nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts.