IsAmbulo
9:1 Ingelosi yesihlanu yayisibetha, ngase ngibona inkanyezi ivela ezulwini iwela phezu kwayo
emhlabeni: futhi wanikwa isihluthulelo sakwalasha.
9:2 Futhi yavula umgodi wakwalasha; kwasekusuka intuthu
umgodi, njengomusi wesithando somlilo esikhulu; kwaba khona ilanga nomoya
mnyama ngenxa yomusi womgodi.
9:3 Futhi kwaphuma isikhonyane emhlabeni, futhi kubo
saphiwa amandla, njengalokhu ofezela bomhlaba belamandla.
9:4 Futhi kwathiwa kuzo zingalimazi utshani besihlahla
umhlaba, nanoma yini eluhlaza, nanoma yimuphi umuthi; kodwa lawo madoda kuphela
abangenalo uphawu lukaNkulunkulu emabunzini abo.
9:5 Futhi kwavunyelwa kubo ukuthi bangababulali, kodwa ukuthi bona
bahlushwe izinyanga eziyisihlanu; nokuhlushwa kwabo kwakunjengokuhlushwa kuka
ufezela, lapho eshaya umuntu.
9:6 Ngalezo zinsuku abantu bayofuna ukufa, futhi ngeke bakuthole; futhi uzo
fisa ukufa, futhi ukufa kuyobabalekela.
9:7 Futhi izimo zesikhonyane zazifana namahhashi alungiselelwe
impi; emakhanda azo kukhona okunjengemiqhele efana negolide, nasemakhanda azo kukhona okunjengemiqhele efana negolide
ubuso babunjengobuso babantu.
9:8 Babenezinwele ezinjengezabesifazane, namazinyo abo enjengezinwele
amazinyo ezingonyama.
9:9 Futhi babenezivikelo zesifuba ezifana nezivikelo zesifuba zensimbi; kanye ne
umsindo wamaphiko azo wawunjengomsindo wezinqola zamahhashi amaningi agijima
ukulwa.
9:10 Futhi zazinemisila efana nawofezela, futhi kwakukhona izindosi kuzo
amandla awo ayengukulimaza abantu izinyanga ezinhlanu.
9:11 Futhi zazinenkosi phezu kwazo, ingelosi yakwalasha.
ogama lakhe ngesiHeberu lingu-Abadoni, kepha ngesiGreki kukhona
igama lakhe u-Apoliyoni.
9:12 Umaye oyedwa udlulile; bheka, kuyeza abanye omaye ababili ngasemuva.
9:13 Ingelosi yesithupha yasibetha, futhi ngezwa izwi livela ezimpondweni ezine
i-altare legolide eliphambi kukaNkulunkulu,
9:14 Ithi engelosini yesithupha enecilongo: "Thukulula izingelosi ezine."
eziboshwe emfuleni omkhulu u-Ewufrathe.
9:15 Zase zithukululwa izingelosi ezine, ezazilungiselwe ihora, futhi a
usuku, nenyanga, nomnyaka, ukuba kubulawe ingxenye yesithathu yabantu.
9:16 Futhi inani lebutho labagibeli bamahhashi lalingamakhulu amabili ayizinkulungwane
inkulungwane: ngezwa isibalo sabo.
9:17 Ngawabona kanjalo amahhashi embonweni nabahlezi phezu kwawo.
zinezivikelo zesifuba zomlilo, nezehiyakinte, nezesibabule;
amakhanda amahhashi ayenjengamakhanda ezingonyama; nasemlonyeni wabo
yakhipha umlilo nentuthu nesibabule.
9:18 Ngalezo zinto ezintathu kwabulawa ingxenye yesithathu yabantu ngomlilo, nangawo
umusi, nesibabule, okuphuma emilonyeni yawo.
9:19 Ngoba amandla awo asemlonyeni wawo nasemisileni yawo, ngoba imisila yawo
babefana nezinyoka, benamakhanda, futhi balimaza ngawo.
9:20 Futhi insali yamadoda ayengakabulawa yilezi zinhlupho
abaphendukanga emisebenzini yezandla zabo, ukuze bangakhuleki
amademoni, nezithombe zegolide, nezesiliva, nezethusi, nezetshe, neze
ukhuni: olungakwazi ukubona, nokuzwa, nokuhamba;
9:21 Futhi abazange baphenduke ekubulaleni kwabo, noma ekuthakatheni kwabo, noma ekubulaleni kwabo
ubufebe babo, loba lobusela babo.