1 C uando 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.

¶ And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 E l 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.

And he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 p ero 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.

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth neither any green thing neither any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 N o 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.

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should torment them five months; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he strikes a man.

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

And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 L as 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.

And the appearance of the locusts was like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 S us crines parecían cabelleras de mujer, y sus dientes eran como los colmillos de los leones.

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 S u 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.

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

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

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.

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

And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon meaning destroyer.

12 E l primer ay pasó, pero aún faltan dos ayes más.

The first woe is past; and, behold, there come two more woes after these things.

13 C uando 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.

¶ And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before the presence of God,

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

saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels who are bound in the great river Euphrates.

15 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.

And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared unto the hour and day and month and year, to slay the third part of men.

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

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred million: and I heard the number of them.

17 É sta 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.

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those that sat on them, having breastplates of fire and of jacinth and brimstone; and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 L a 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.

By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

19 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.

For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails were like unto serpents that have heads, and with them they do hurt.

20 E l 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.

And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons and the images of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which neither can see nor hear nor walk.

21 T ampoco se arrepintieron de sus asesinatos ni de sus hechicerías, ni de su inmoralidad sexual ni de sus robos.

And they did not repent of their murders nor of their witchcraft nor of their fornication nor of their thefts.