9:1 第五位天使吹號，我就看見一個星從天落到地上，有無底坑的鑰匙賜給它。
9:2 它開了無底坑，便有煙從坑裡往上冒，好像大火爐的煙；日頭和天空都因這煙昏暗了。
9:3 有蝗蟲從煙中出來，飛到地上；有能力賜給牠們，好像地上蠍子的能力一樣，
9:4 並且吩咐牠們說，不可傷害地上的草和各樣青物，並一切樹木，惟獨要傷害額上沒有上帝印記的人。
9:5 但不許蝗蟲害死他們，只叫他們受痛苦五個月。這痛苦就像蠍子螫人的痛苦一樣。
9:6 在那些日子，人要求死，決不得死；願意死，死卻遠避他們。
9:7 蝗蟲的形狀，好像預備出戰的馬一樣，頭上戴的好像金冠冕，臉面好像男人的臉面，
9:8 頭髮像女人的頭髮，牙齒像獅子的牙齒。
9:9 胸前有甲，好像鐵甲。牠們翅膀的聲音，好像許多車馬奔跑上陣的聲音。
9:10 有尾巴像蠍子，尾巴上的毒鉤能傷人五個月。
9:11 有無底坑的使者作牠們的王，按著希伯來話，名叫亞巴頓，希臘話，名叫亞玻倫。
9:12 第一樣災禍過去了，還有兩樣災禍要來。
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I
saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft
of the bottomless pit. He opened the
shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a
great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the
shaft. Then from the smoke came locusts
on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the
earth. They were told not to harm the
grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do
not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them,
and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings
someone. And in those days people will
seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from
them.
In
appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads
were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, their hair like women's hair, and their teeth
like lions' teeth; they had breastplates
like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of
many chariots with horses rushing into battle.
They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt
people for five months is in their tails.
They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in
Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
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這裡讓我們看見「額上沒有上帝印記的人」所受到的災難何等大啊！因此，被上帝拯救領受聖靈印記的人，是多麼有福啊！
所以，我們要為上帝的拯救感謝上帝！但是，我們也要勇敢警告那些拒絕就恩的人，讓他們知道拒絕上帝的救恩的人，是處在多麼危險的景況！
不僅如此還要為他們得救禱告，求主使他們悔改歸向上帝，免受上帝永遠的憤怒！
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