Revelation 8

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

وَلَمَّا فَكَّ الْحَمَلُ الْخَتْمَ السَّابِعَ سَادَ السَّمَاءَ سُكُوتٌ نَحْوَ نِصْفِ سَاعَةٍ،

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

وَرَأَيْتُ الْمَلائِكَةَ السَّبْعَةَ الْوَاقِفِينَ أَمَامَ اللهِ، وَقَدْ أُعْطُوا سَبْعَةَ أَبْوَاقٍ.

Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne.

ثُمَّ جَاءَ مَلاكٌ آخَرُ وَمَعَهُ مِبْخَرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَوَقَفَ عِنْدَ الْمَذْبَحِ، وَأُعْطِيَ بَخُوراً كَثِيراً لِيُقَدِّمَهُ مَعَ صَلَوَاتِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الذَّهَبِ أَمَامَ الْعَرْشِ،

The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand.

فَارْتَفَعَ دُخَانُ الْبَخُورِ مِنْ يَدِ الْمَلاكِ مَصْحُوباً بِصَلَوَاتِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ إِلَى حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

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

The Trumpets

ثُمَّ مَلأَ الْمَلاكُ الْمِبْخَرَةَ مِنَ النَّارِ الَّتِي عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ وَأَلْقَاهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ، فَحَدَثَتْ رُعُودٌ وَأَصْوَاتٌ وَبُرُوقٌ وَزَلْزَلَةٌ.

الأبواق

Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

وَاسْتَعَدَّ الْمَلائِكَةُ السَّبْعَةُ، أَصْحَابُ الأَبْوَاقِ السَّبْعَةِ، لِيَنْفُخُوا فِيهَا.

The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

وَلَمَّا نَفَخَ الْمَلاكُ الأَوَّلُ فِي بُوقِهِ، إِذَا بَرَدٌ وَنَارٌ يُخَالِطُهُمَا الدَّمُ يَسْقُطَانِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، فَاحْتَرَقَ ثُلْثُ الأَرْضِ وَثُلْثُ الأَشْجَارِ مَعَ كُلِّ عُشْبٍ أَخْضَرَ.

The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood,

وَلَمَّا نَفَخَ الْمَلاكُ الثَّانِي فِي بُوقِهِ، أُلْقِيَ فِي الْبَحْرِ مَا يُشْبِهُ جَبَلاً عَظِيماً مُشْتَعِلاً، فَصَارَ ثُلْثُ الْبَحْرِ دَماً،

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

فَمَاتَ ثُلْثُ الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ الْحَيَّةِ الَّتِي فِيهِ، وَتَحَطَّمَ ثُلْثُ السُّفُنِ.

The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—

ثُمَّ نَفَخَ الْمَلاكُ الثَّالِثُ فِي بُوقِهِ، فَهَوَى مِنَ السَّمَاءِ نَجْمٌ عَظِيمٌ كَأَنَّهُ شُعْلَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ، وَسَقَطَ عَلَى ثُلْثِ الأَنْهَارِ وَيَنَابِيعِ الْمِيَاهِ.

the name of the star is Wormwood.^[a] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.

وَاسْمُ هَذَا النَّجْمِ «الْعَلْقَمُ». فَصَارَ ثُلْثُ الْمِيَاهِ مُرّاً كَالْعَلْقَمِ، وَمَاتَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ بِسَبَبِ مَرَارَةِ الْمِيَاهِ.

The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.

وَلَمَّا نَفَخَ الْمَلاكُ الرَّابِعُ فِي بُوقِهِ، حَدَثَتْ ضَرْبَةٌ لِثُلْثِ الشَّمْسِ وَثُلْثِ الْقَمَرِ وَثُلْثِ النُّجُومِ، فَأَظْلَمَ ثُلْثُهَا وَفَقَدَ النَّهَارُ ثُلْثَ ضِيَائِهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ اللَّيْلُ.

As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ نَسْراً يَطِيرُ فِي وَسَطِ السَّمَاءِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَصِيحُ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ: «الْوَيْلُ الْوَيْلُ الْوَيْلُ لِسُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ مِمَّا سَيَحْدُثُ لَهُمْ عِنْدَمَا يَنْفُخُ الْمَلائِكَةُ الثَّلاثَةُ الْبَاقُونَ فِي أَبْوَاقِهِمْ!»