1 T he fifth angel blew his horn. I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to earth. The key to the hole without a bottom was given to the angel.

Cuando el quinto ángel tocó su trompeta, vi que una estrella cayó del cielo a la tierra, y que se le dio la llave del profundo abismo.

2 H e opened the hole and smoke came out like the smoke from a place where there is much fire. The sun and the air became dark because of the smoke from the hole.

El ángel abrió las profundidades del abismo, y de allí salió humo, como de un horno enorme, y ese humo hizo que el sol y el aire se oscurecieran.

3 L ocusts came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given power to hurt like small animals that sting.

Del humo salieron también langostas, que infestaron la tierra; y se les dio el mismo poder que tienen los escorpiones de la tierra,

4 T hey were told not to hurt the grass or any green plant or any tree. They were to hurt only the men who did not have the mark of God on their foreheads.

pero con la orden de no dañar la hierba ni los árboles, ni nada que tuviera verdor, sino sólo a quienes no tuvieran en la frente el sello de Dios.

5 T he locusts were not allowed to kill these men. They were to give them much pain for five months like the pain that comes from a small animal that stings.

No se les permitió matar a nadie, sino sólo hacer sufrir a la gente durante cinco meses con el mismo dolor de una picadura de escorpión.

6 M en will look for ways to die during those days, but they will not find any way. They will want to die, but death will be kept from them.

Durante ese tiempo la gente intentará morir, pero no lo conseguirá; deseará la muerte, pero ésta huirá de ellos.

7 T he locusts looked like horses ready for war. They had on their heads what looked like crowns of gold. Their faces were like men’s faces.

Las langostas tenían el aspecto de caballos preparados para la guerra; en la cabeza llevaban algo parecido a una corona de oro, y sus caras eran semejantes a los rostros humanos.

8 T heir hair was like the hair of women. Their teeth were like the teeth of lions.

Sus crines parecían cabelleras de mujer, y sus dientes eran como los colmillos de los leones.

9 T heir chests were covered with what looked like pieces of iron. The sound their wings made was like the sound of many wagons rushing to war.

Su caparazón parecía una coraza de hierro, y con sus alas producían un estruendo semejante al de muchos carros y caballos que corren a la batalla.

10 T hey had tails like a small animal that stings. The sting came from their tails. They were given power to hurt men for five months.

Sus colas y aguijones eran como de escorpiones, y con su cola podían dañar a la gente durante cinco meses.

11 T hese locusts have a king over them. He is the head angel of the hole that has no bottom. His name in the Hebrew language is Abbadon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. (It means the one who destroys.)

El rey que los gobierna es el ángel del abismo, cuyo nombre en hebreo es Abadón, y en griego, Apolión.

12 T he first time of trouble is past. But see, there are two more times of trouble coming after this. The Sixth Horn—the Angels That Kill

El primer ay pasó, pero aún faltan dos ayes más.

13 T he sixth angel blew his horn. I heard a voice coming from the four corners of the altar made of gold that is before God.

Cuando el sexto ángel tocó su trompeta, oí una voz que salía de entre los cuatro cuernos del altar de oro que estaba delante de Dios.

14 T he voice said to the sixth angel who had the horn, “Let the four angels loose that have been chained at the big river Euphrates.”

Esa voz le decía al sexto ángel que tenía la trompeta: «Desata a los cuatro ángeles que están atados junto al gran río Éufrates.»

15 T hey had been kept ready for that hour and day and month and year. They were let loose so they could kill one-third part of all men that were living.

Y fueron desatados los cuatro ángeles, los cuales estaban preparados para matar en esa hora y ese día, de ese mes y año, a la tercera parte de la gente.

16 T he army had 200 million soldiers on horses. I heard them say how many there were.

Y oí que el número de las tropas de a caballo era de doscientos millones.

17 I saw, as God wanted to show me, the horses and the men on them. The men had pieces of iron over their chests. These were red like fire and blue like the sky and yellow like sulphur. The heads of the horses looked like the heads of lions. Fire and smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.

Ésta es la visión que tuve de los caballos y sus jinetes: Sus corazas eran rojas como el fuego, azules como el zafiro y amarillas como el azufre. Las cabezas de los caballos parecían cabezas de león, y por el hocico lanzaban fuego, humo y azufre.

18 O ne-third part of all men was killed by the fire and smoke and sulphur that came out of their mouths.

La tercera parte de la gente murió por causa de estas tres plagas, es decir, por el fuego, por el humo y por el azufre que lanzaban por el hocico.

19 T he power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails. Their tails were like the heads of snakes and with them they could bite and kill.

Y es que los caballos tenían poder en el hocico y en la cola, pues su cola parecía serpiente, y el daño lo causaban con la cabeza.

20 T he men that were still living after these troubles were past would not turn away from worshiping demons. They would not turn away from false gods made from gold and silver and brass and stone and wood. None of these false gods can see or hear or walk.

El resto de la gente, los que no murieron por estas plagas, ni aun así se arrepintieron de su maldad, ni dejaron de adorar a los demonios ni a las imágenes de oro, plata, bronce, piedra y madera, las cuales no pueden ver ni oír ni caminar.

21 T hese men were not sorry for their sins and would not turn away from all their killing and their witchcraft. They would not stop their sex sins and their stealing.

Tampoco se arrepintieron de sus asesinatos ni de sus hechicerías, ni de su inmoralidad sexual ni de sus robos.