Aabenbaringen 16

De syv skåle med Guds vrede

1 Så hørte jeg en kraftig stemme inde fra helligdommen råbe ud til de syv engle: Gå hen og tøm de syv skåle med Guds vrede ud over jorden!

2 Den første engel gik da frem og tømte sin skål ud over jorden. Det resulterede i, at grimme og ondartede bylder brød ud på de mennesker, som bar uhyrets mærke og faldt på knæ foran statuen.

3 Den anden engel tømte sin skål i havet. Derved blev vandet som blodet fra en død person, og alt liv i havet døde.
4 Den tredje engel tømte sin skål i alle floder og kilder, og det hele blev til blod.5 Så hørte jeg vandenes skytsengel sige til Gud: Du er hellig og retfærdig, du som er, og som var. Du har udmålt en rimelig straf,6 for alle dem, der har udgydt dine profeters og hellige tjeneres blod, fortjener selv at få blod at drikke.

7 Og jeg hørte en stemme fra alteret sige: Ja, Herre, almægtige Gud, dine domme er retfærdige og korrekte.
8 Den fjerde engel tømte sin skål ud over solen. Derved fik solen magt til at skolde alle mennesker på jorden.

9 Folk fik forbrændinger af den voldsomme hede, og de spottede Gud, fordi han havde sendt de frygtelige plager, men ingen af dem omvendte sig og gav ham ære.

10-11 Den femte engel tømte sin skål over uhyrets trone, så hele dets rige blev indhyllet i mørke. Folk bed sig i læben på grund af smerter og bylder, men det fik dem ikke til at angre deres ondskab. I stedet spottede de bare Himlens Gud.
12 Den sjette engel tømte sin skål over den store flod Eufrat. Den tørrede helt ud, så Østens konger kunne komme over med deres hære uden problemer.13 Jeg så nu, at der ud af munden på dragen, uhyret og den falske profett kom tre onde ånder, der lignede frøer.

14 Det var dæmoniske ånder, som gjorde undere og mirakler. De gik til alle jordens konger for at mobilisere dem til krigen på den almægtige Guds store dag.

15 ( Husk nu, at jeg kommer uden varsel som en tyv! Velsignede er de, der altid er parat og har tøjet klar, så de ikke skal gå omkring uden tøj, så alle ser deres nøgenhed. )

16 De tre ånder fik samlet kongerne på det sted, som på hebraisk kaldes Harmagedon.t
17 Den syvende engel tømte sin skål ud i luften, og der lød en kraftig stemme fra helligdommen, fra Guds trone: Nu er det gjort!18 Lynene flammede, og tordenen bragede, og der kom et utrolig voldsomt jordskælv. Aldrig i menneskehedens historie har der været så kraftigt et jordskælv.19 Den Store By blev splittet i tre dele, og byer over hele verden styrtede sammen. Gud straffede det store Babylon, så det fik Guds vrede at føle i fuldt mål.20 Øer forsvandt, og bjerge blev jævnet med jorden.

21 Kæmpehagl på over 30 kilo faldt ned fra himlen på menneskene. Men de spottede bare Gud på grund af den frygtelig katastrofe, som haglene forvoldte.

Revelation 16

The Bowls of God’s Wrath

1 Thent I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.”t

2 Sot the first angelt went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Thent ugly and painful sorest appeared on the peoplet who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

3 Next,t the second angelt poured out his bowl on the sea and it turned into blood, like that of a corpse, and every living creature that was in the sea died.
4 Thent the third angelt poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

5 Nowt I heard the angel of the waters saying:
“You are justt – the one who is and who was,
the Holy One – because you have passed these judgments,t

6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,
sot you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”t

7 Thent I heard the altar reply,t “Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful,t your judgments are true and just!”
8 Thent the fourth angelt poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch peoplet with fire.

9 Thust peoplet were scorched by the terrible heat,t yett they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authorityt over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.
10 Thent the fifth angelt poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so thatt darkness covered his kingdom,t and peoplet began to bitet their tongues becauset of their pain.

11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferingst and because of their sores,t but neverthelesst they still refused to repentt of their deeds.
12 Thent the sixth angelt poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and dried up its watert to prepare the wayt for the kings from the east.t13 Thent I saw three unclean spiritss that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the eartht to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.t

15 (Look! I will come like a thief!
Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not loset his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful conditiont be seen.)s

16 Nowt the spiritst gathered the kings and their armiest to the place that is called Armageddonst in Hebrew.
17 Finallyt the seventh angelt poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: “It is done!”18 Thent there were flashes of lightning, roaring,t and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake – an earthquake unequaled since humanityt has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.19 Thet great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nationst collapsed.t Sot Babylon the great was remembered before God, and was given the cupt filled with the wine made of God’s furious wrath.t20 Everyt island fled awayt and no mountains could be found.s

21 And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred poundst each, fell from heavent on people,t but theyt blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since itt was so horrendous.t