¹The 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.

¹Og den femte Engel basusnede, og jeg så en Stjerne, som var falden ned fra Himmelen på Jorden, og Nøglen til Afgrundens Brønd blev given den.

²He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a TR adds “great” burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

²Og den åbnede Afgrundens Brønd, og en Røg steg op af Brønden, lig Røgen af en stor Ovn; og Solen og Luften blev formørket af Røgen fra Brønden.

³Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

³Og fra Røgen udgik der Græshopper over Jorden, og der blev givet dem Magt, som Jordens Skorpioner have Magt.

⁴They 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.

⁴Og der blev sagt til dem, at de ikke måtte skade Græsset på Jorden, ej heller noget grønt eller noget Træ, men kun de Mennesker, som ikke have Guds Segl på deres Pander.

⁵They 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.

⁵Og det blev dem givet ikke at dræbe dem, men at pine dem i fem Måneder; og Pinen, de voldte, var som Pinen af en Skorpion, når den stikker et Menneske.

⁶In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

⁶Og i de Dage skulle Menneskene søge Døden og ikke finde den, og attrå at dø, og Døden flyr fra dem.

⁷The 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.

⁷Og Græshoppeskikkelserne lignede Heste, rustede til Krig, og på deres Hoveder var der som Kroner, der lignede Guld, og deres Ansigter vare som Menneskers Ansigter,

⁸They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

⁸og de havde Hår som Kvinders Hår, og deres Tænder vare som Løvers,

⁹They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.

⁹og de havde Pansere som Jernpansere; og Lyden af deres Vinger var som Lyd af Stridsvogne, når mange Heste fare ud til Kamp.

¹⁰They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

¹⁰Og de have Haler, som ligne Skorpioners, og Brodde, og i deres Haler ligger deres Magt til at skade Menneskene i fem Måneder.

¹¹They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon,” “Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means ruin, destruction, or the place of destruction but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon.” “Apollyon” means “Destroyer.”

¹¹De have Afgrundens Engel til Konge over sig; hans Navn er på Hebraisk Abaddon, og på Græsk har han Navnet Apollyon.

¹²The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

¹²Det første Ve er til Ende; se, der kommer endnu to Veer derefter.

¹³The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

¹³Og den sjette Engel basunede, og jeg hørte en Røst fra de fire Horn på Guldalteret, som står for Guds Åsyn,

¹⁴saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

¹⁴sige til den sjette Engel, der havde Basunen: Løs de fire Engle, som ere bundne ved den store Flod Eufrat.

¹⁵The 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.

¹⁵Og de fire Engle bleve løste, som til den Time og Dag og Måned og År vare rede til at ihjelslå Tredjedelen af Menneskene.

¹⁶The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million literally, “ten thousands of ten thousands” . I heard the number of them.

¹⁶Og Tallet på Rytterhærene var to Gange Titusinde Gange Titusinde; jeg hørte deres Tal.

¹⁷Thus 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 heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.

¹⁷Og således så jeg Hestene i Synet og dem, som sade derpå, hvilke havde ildrøde og sorteblå og svovlgule Pansere; og Hestenes Hoveder vare som Løvers Hoveder, og af deres Munde udgik Ild og Røg og Svovl.

¹⁸By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.

¹⁸Af disse tre Plager, af Ilden og Røgen og Svovlet, som udgik af deres Munde, blev Tredjedelen af Menneskene ihjelslået.'

¹⁹For 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.

¹⁹Thi Hestenes Magt er i deres Mund og i deres Haler; thi deres Haler ligne Slanger, have Hoveder, og med dem gøre de Skade.

²⁰The 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 neither see, nor hear, nor walk.

²⁰Og de øvrige Mennesker, som ikke bleve dræbte i disse Plager, omvendte sig ikke fra deres Hænders Gerninger, så de lode være at tilbede de onde Ånder og Afgudsbillederne af Guld og Sølv og Kobber og Sten og Træ, som hverken kunne se eller høre eller gå;

²¹They didn’t repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, The word for “sorceries” (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.

²¹og de omvendte sig ikke fra deres Myrden eller fra deres Trolddom eller fra deres Utugt eller fra deres Tyveri.