Revelation 8

1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

1 羔羊揭開第七印的時候，天上寂靜約有二刻。

2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

2 我看見那站在上帝面前的七位天使，有七枝號賜給他們。

3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

3 另有一位天使，拿着金香爐來，站在祭壇旁邊。有許多香賜給他，要和眾聖徒的祈禱一同獻在寶座前的金壇上。

4 And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

4 那香的煙和眾聖徒的祈禱從天使的手中一同升到上帝面前。

5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

5 天使拿着香爐，盛滿了壇上的火，倒在地上；隨有雷轟、大聲、閃電、地震。

6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

6 拿着七枝號的七位天使就預備要吹。

7 Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

7 第一位天使吹號，就有雹子與火攙着血丟在地上；地的三分之一和樹的三分之一被燒了，一切的青草也被燒了。

8 Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,

8 第二位天使吹號，就有彷彿火燒着的大山扔在海中；海的三分之一變成血，

9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

9 海中的活物死了三分之一，船隻也壞了三分之一。

10 Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

10 第三位天使吹號，就有燒着的大星，好像火把從天上落下來，落在江河的三分之一和眾水的泉源上。

11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.

11 （這星名叫「茵蔯」。）眾水的三分之一變為茵蔯，因水變苦，就死了許多人。

12 Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.

12 第四位天使吹號，日頭的三分之一、月亮的三分之一、星辰的三分之一都被擊打，以致日月星的三分之一黑暗了，白晝的三分之一沒有光，黑夜也是這樣。

13 And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”

13 我又看見一個鷹飛在空中，並聽見牠大聲說：「三位天使要吹那其餘的號。你們住在地上的民，禍哉！禍哉！禍哉！」