强有力的天使与小书卷

10 接着,我看见另一位强有力的天使从天上降下来,披着云彩;又有一道彩虹[a]在他头上。他的脸像太阳,脚像火柱, 手里拿着一个打开的小书卷。他右脚踩在海上,左脚踩在地上, 大声呼喊,好像狮子吼叫。他一呼喊,那七个雷就发出自己的声音。 当那七个雷发出了自己的声音[b],我正要写下来,却听见有声音从天上传来,说:“你要封住七个雷所说的话,不可写下来。”

接着,我所看见的那位站在海上和地上的天使,向天举起他的右手[c] 指着活到永永远远的那一位,就是创造了天和天上之物、地和地上之物、海和海中之物的那一位,起誓说:“不再有时间了! 在第七位天使要吹响号角的那些日子里,神的奥秘就要成就,就像神向他的奴仆先知们所宣告的那样。”

接着,我所听见的那从天上来的声音又对我讲话,说:“你去,从那站在海上和地上的天使手中,把那打开的书卷[d]拿过来。”

我就走到那位天使面前,请他把小书卷给我。他就对我说:“拿去,把它吃掉!它会使你的肚子感到苦涩,但是在你口中会像蜜一样甘甜。”

10 我从天使的手中拿了小书卷,把它吃了;果然在我口中像蜜一样甘甜,可是吃了以后,我的肚子就感到苦涩。 11 然后他们[e]对我说:“你必须指着许多民族、国家、语言群体和君王再说预言。”

Footnotes

  1. 启示录 10:1 彩虹——或译作“光轮”或“光环”。
  2. 启示录 10:4 有古抄本没有“自己的声音”。
  3. 启示录 10:5 右手——有古抄本作“手”。
  4. 启示录 10:8 书卷——有古抄本作“小书卷”。
  5. 启示录 10:11 他们——有古抄本作“他”。

The Angel with the Little Scroll

10 And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. He held a little scroll open in his hand. Setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, he gave a great shout, like a lion roaring. And when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded. And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.’ Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and the land

raised his right hand to heaven
    and swore by him who lives for ever and ever,

who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: ‘There will be no more delay, but in the days when the seventh angel is to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, as he announced to his servants[a] the prophets.’

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, ‘Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.’ So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll; and he said to me, ‘Take it, and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth.’ 10 So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

11 Then they said to me, ‘You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.’

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 10:7 Gk slaves