Revelation 8 And when He opened the seventh seal, silence was birthed (came into existence; occurred; came to be) within the atmosphere (or: heaven) for about (or: something like; as) half an hour.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And when He opened the seventh seal, silence was birthed (came into existence; occurred; came to be) within the atmosphere (or: heaven) for about (or: something like; as) half an hour. ² Next I saw the seven agents (or: messengers; or: folks with a message) – the folks having stood and now standing before (in the presence and sight of) God. And seven trumpets (or: = shofars; rams horns) were given to them. ³ Then another agent (messenger) came and was stationed (or: was set; is made to stand) upon (or: = at) the altar, continuously holding a golden censer. And there was given to him many incenses (or: much incense), so that he may give [them, or, it] by the words toward having goodness (or: would offer [it] in the prayers; that he could impart [them] to the prayers) of the set-apart folks (from the holy ones), upon the golden altar which is before the throne. [comment: this would be in the holy place of the temple, in front of the holy of holies in which is the ark of the covenant: = the throne] ⁴ And the smoke of the incenses ascended – by and in the prayers of the set-apart folks – from out of the agent’s hand, before God (or: in God’s sight and presence). ⁵ Then the agent had taken the censer and filled it full out of the fire of the altar, and he threw [fire; or, the censer] into the Land (or: earth; soil). And thunders and sounds (or: voices) and lightnings and shakings birthed themselves (or: of themselves came into being). ⁶ Next the seven agents (or: messengers) – the folks holding the seven trumpets – prepared themselves (made themselves ready), so that they may sound the trumpets. ⁷ And so the first one sounded a trumpet. Then hail and fire mixed in blood was birthed (came to be; or: hail and fire came to be mixed with blood), and it was thrown into the Land (earth; soil). And the third of the trees was burned down, and all pale-green pasture (or: grass) was burned down. ⁸ And then the second agent trumpeted. Then something like a great mountain, continuously being burned in fire, was thrown into the sea. And the third of the sea came to be blood. ⁹ And the third of the creatures within the sea – the ones (or: things) having souls – died. And the third of the ships was thoroughly ruined (decayed; destroyed). ¹⁰ Next the third agent sounded a trumpet. And a great star, continuously burning as a lamp (or: a shining one), fell out of the sky (or: heaven), and it fell upon the third of the rivers and upon the springs of the waters. ¹¹ Now the name of the star is called Wormwood (or: Absinth). And so the third of the waters are being birthed (or: are coming to be) wormwood. Then many of the people died from out of the waters, because they were embittered (made bitter). ¹² And the fourth agent trumpeted. So the third of the sun and the third of the moon, and the third of the stars were struck (or: received a blow), to the end that the third of them may be darkened, and the day may not shine [for] the third of it – and the night in like manner. ¹³ Next I saw and heard one vulture (or: eagle), constantly flying within mid-heaven, repeatedly saying by a great voice, "Woe (or: Tragic will be the fate)! Woe (or: Alas)! Woe (or: Tragedy)! for those (or: to or in the folks) constantly dwelling upon the Land (or: soil; earth), from out of the midst of the remaining sounds (voices) of the trumpets of the three agents who are about to be one after another sounding a trumpet!"