11 ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς ὑδάτων. καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀστέρος λέγεται “ὁ Ἄψινθος· καὶ ὃ ἐγένετο τὸ τρίτον τῶν ὑδάτων εἰς ἄψινθον, καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπέθανον ἐκ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὅτι ἐπικράνθησαν.

12 Καὶ ὁ τέταρτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε, καὶ ἐπλήγη τὸ τρίτον τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῆς σελήνης καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀστέρων· ἵνα σκοτισθῇ τὸ τρίτον αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα μὴ ἀφανῇ τὸ τρίτον αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ νὺξ ὁμοίως.

13 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἤκουσα ἑνὸς ἀετοῦ ὑπετομένου ἐν μεσουρανήματι, λέγοντος φωνῇ μεγάλη. Οὐαὶ, οὐαὶ, οὐαὶ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν φωνῶν τῆς σάλπιγγος τῶν τριῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν μελλόντων σαλπίζειν.

ΙΧ. Καὶ ὁ πέμπτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε, καὶ εἶδον ἀστέρα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεπτωκότα εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἡ κλεὶς τοῦ φρέατος τῆς 2 ἀβύσσου καὶ ἤνοιξε τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου.

upon the fountains of waters; and the name of the 11 star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part 12 of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

And I saw, and heard an eagle flying in the mid- 13 heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell upon the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are about to sound!

IX. And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fallen from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and there 2

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· [ἀγγέλου.]

5 [πετωμένου.]

8 ~ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας.

13. *ȧyyéλov) deroû A. B. a 23. B 3. Compl. Vulg. Copt. Æth. Syr.

· καὶ ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐκ τοῦ φρέατος ὡς καπνὸς καμίνου μεγάλης καὶ ἐσκοτίσθη ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ὁ 3 ἀὴρ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ τοῦ φρέατος. καὶ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ ἐξῆλθον ἀκρίδες εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐταῖς ἐξουσία, ὡς ἔχουσιν ἐξουσίαν οἱ σκορ4 πίοι τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐῤῥέθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀδικήσωσι τὸν χόρτον τῆς γῆς, οὐδὲ πᾶν χλωρὸν, οὐδὲ πᾶν δένδρον, εἰ μὴ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους “' οἵτινες οὐκ ἔχουσι τὴν σφραγῖδα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν με5 τώπων [αὑτῶν.] καὶ ἐδόθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτοὺς, ἀλλ ̓ ἵνα βασανισθήσονται μῆνας πέντε καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς βασα6 νισμὸς σκορπίου, ὅταν παίσῃ ἄνθρωπον. καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ οὐ μὴν εὕρωσιν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπ ̓ αὐτῶν.

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7. Καὶ τὰ ὁμοιώματα τῶν ἀκρίδων ὅμοια ἵπποις ἡτοιμασμένοις εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ὡς στέφανοι ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ καὶ τὰ πρόσ

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μεγάλης) καιομένης α 23. β 5. Compl. Syr. Ar. P. Slav. MS.

καιομ. μεγ. 37. 38. 40. 41. 42.

ἐσκοτίσθη) ἐσκοτώθη Α. 12. 14. 92.

4. ἀδικήσωσι) -σουσιν Α. 36.
*μόνους) - Α. a 24. β 6. Er.
οὐκ) - Er.

τοῦ θεοῦ) — 12. 17. 47. Er.
αὐτῶν) — Α. 12. 28. Er.
5. αὐταῖς) αὐτοῖς A. 12. Er.

Slav. MSS.

Copt. Syr. Arr.

Harl.* Arm.

Am. Harl.* Tol.

:

arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And 3 there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was 4 commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but those men which have not the seal of God in [their] foreheads. And to them it 5 was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek 6 death, and not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

And the likenesses of the locusts were like unto 7 horses prepared for war; and on their heads were as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces

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*oux) où un A. a 26. B 6. Compl.

~ of gold.

- σωσι 7. Compl.

*εὑρήσουσιν) εὕρωσιν Α. 12. 17. 28. 34. 35. 46. 49. 92.

*φεύξεται) φεύγει Α. 12. 17. 36. 38. Er.

ὁ θάν. ἀπ ̓ αὐτ.) ἀπ' αὐτ. ὁ θάν. α 18. β 4. Compl.

7. ὅμοια) ὁμοιώματα Α.

ἡτοιμασμένοις) - μενα. Compl.

ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ) χρυσοί α 25. β 5. γ 3. Compl. Ar. P. Slav. MS.

8 ωπα αὐτῶν ὡς πρόσωπα ἀνθρώπων· καὶ εἶχον τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν· καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες 9 αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν· καὶ εἶχον θώρακας ὡς θώρακας σιδηροῦς· καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν πτερύγων αὐτῶν ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἵππων πολ10 λῶν τρεχόντων εἰς πόλεμον. καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις, καὶ κέντρα “καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν δ' ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι 11 τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε. οἱ ἀἔχουσιν ἐπ' αὐτῶν βασιλέα τὸν ἄγγελον τῆς ἀβύσσου, ὄνομα αὐτῷ ̔Εβραϊστὶ Ἀβαδδὼν, καὶ ἐν τῇ Ελληνικῇ ὄνομα ἔχει Απολλύων.

12 ̔Η οὐαὶ ἡ μία ἀπῆλθεν· ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται ἔτι δύο οὐαὶ μετὰ ταῦτα.

13 Καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε, καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν μίαν ἐκ τῶν [τεσσάρων] κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ χρυσοῦ τοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, 14 λέγουσαν τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ ὁ ἔχων τὴν σάλ πιγγα Λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτη.

*κέντρα ἦν ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν· καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν) καὶ in place of ἦν, and the following καὶ omitted, A. 17. Vulg. MS. Syr. Erp. (καὶ α 4. β2.) κεν.· καὶ ἐν τ. οὐρ. αὐτ. ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσι (τοῦ) Β. α 21. β 5. Compl.

11. *καὶ 1st) - A. a 23. B 7. y2. Compl. Copt. Ar. Slav. MS. ἔχουσιν) ἔχουσαι α 21. β 3. Compl.

*ἐφ ̓ αὑτ. βασ.) ἐπ ̓ αὐτ. βασ. Α. 14. Er. βασ. ἐπ ̓ αὐτ. α 16. B3. Compl.