Apocalisse 9

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et quintus angelus tuba cecinit. Et vidi stellam de caelo cecidis se interram, et data est illi clavis putei abyssi.	1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fal en from heaven onto the earth, andthe angel was given the key to the shaft leading down to the Abyss.
2 Et aperuit puteum abyssi, etascendit fumus ex puteo sicut fumus fornacis magnae; et obscuratus est sol etaer de fumo putei.	2 When he unlocked the shaft of the Abyss, smoke rose out of the Abyss like the smoke from a hugefurnace so that the sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss,
3 Et de fumo exierunt locustae in terram, et data est illispotestas, sicut habent potestatem scorpiones terrae.	3 and out of the smoke dropped locusts onto the earth: they were given the powers that scorpions haveon the earth:
4 Et dictum est illis, nelaederent fenum terrae neque omne viride neque omnem arborem, nisi tantumhomines, qui non habent signum Dei in frontibus.	4 they were forbidden to harm any fields or crops or trees and told to attack only those people who werewithout God's seal on their foreheads.
5 Et datum est illis, neocciderent eos, sed ut cruciarentur mensibus quinque; et cruciatus eorum utcruciatus scorpii, cum percutit hominem.	5 They were not to kil them, but to give them anguish for five months, and the anguish was to be theanguish of a scorpion's sting.
6 Et in diebus illis quaerent hominesmortem et non invenient eam; et desiderabunt mori, et fugit mors ab ipsis.	6 When this happens, people wil long for death and not find it anywhere; they wil want to die and deathwil evade them.
7 Et similitudines locustarum similes equis paratis in proelium, et super capitaearum tamquam coronae similes auro, et facies earum sicut facies hominum;	7 These locusts looked like horses armoured for battle; they had what looked like gold crowns on theirheads, and their faces looked human,
8 ethabebant capillos sicut capillos mulierum, et dentes earum sicut leonum erant,	8 and their hair was like women's hair, and teeth like lion's teeth.
9 et habebant loricas sicut loricas ferreas, et vox alarum earum sicut vox curruumequorum multorum currentium in bellum.	9 They had body-armour like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings sounded like the racket ofchariots with many horses charging.
10 Et habent caudas similes scorpionibuset aculeos, et in caudis earum potestas earum nocere hominibus mensibus quinque.	10 Their tails were like scorpions' tails, with stings, and with their tails they were able to torture people forfive months.
11 Habent super se regem angelum abyssi, cui nomen Hebraice Abaddon et Graecenomen habet Apollyon.	11 As their leader they had their emperor, the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon,and in Greek Apol yon.
12 Vae unum abiit. Ecce veniunt adhuc duo vae post haec.	12 That was the first of the disasters; there are stil two more to come.
13 Et sextus angelus tuba cecinit. Et audivi vocem unam ex cornibus altarisaurei, quod est ante Deum,	13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice issuing from the four horns of the goldenaltar in God's presence.
14 dicentem sexto angelo, qui habebat tubam: “Solve quattuor angelos, qui alligati sunt super flumen magnum Euphraten ”.	14 It spoke to the sixth angel with the trumpet, and said, 'Release the four angels that are chained up atthe great river Euphrates.'
15 Et soluti sunt quattuor angeli, qui parati erant in horam et diem et mensem etannum, ut occiderent tertiam partem hominum.	15 These four angels had been ready for this hour of this day of this month of this year, and ready todestroy a third of the human race.
16 Et numerus equestris exercitusvicies milies dena milia; audivi numerum eorum.	16 I learnt how many there were in their army: twice ten thousand times ten thousand mounted men.
17 Et ita vidi equos in visioneet, qui sedebant super eos, habentes loricas igneas et hyacinthinas etsulphureas; et capita equorum erant tamquam capita leonum, et de ore ipsorumprocedit ignis et fumus et sulphur.	17 In my vision I saw the horses, and the riders with their breastplates of flame colour, hyacinth-blue andsulphur-yel ow; the horses had lions' heads, and fire, smoke and sulphur were coming from their mouths.
18 Ab his tribus plagis occisa est tertiapars hominum, de igne et fumo et sulphure, quod procedebat ex ore ipsorum.	18 It was by these three plagues, the fire, the smoke and the sulphur coming from their mouths, that theone third of the human race was killed.
19 Potestas enim equorum in ore eorum est et in caudis eorum; nam caudae illorumsimiles serpentibus habentes capita, et in his nocent.	19 Al the horses' power was in their mouths and their tails: their tails were like snakes, and had headswhich inflicted wounds.
20 Et ceteri homines, qui non sunt occisi in his plagis neque paenitentiamegerunt de operibus manuum suarum, ut non adorarent daemonia et simulacra aureaet argentea et aerea et lapidea et lignea, quae neque videre possunt nequeaudire neque ambulare,	20 But the rest of the human race, who escaped death by these plagues, refused either to abandon theirown handiwork or to stop worshipping devils, the idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood that canneither see nor hear nor move.
21 et non egerunt paenitentiam ab homicidiis suis neque aveneficiis suis neque a fornicatione sua neque a furtis suis.	21 Nor did they give up their murdering, or witchcraft, or fornication or stealing.