天使與小書卷

10 我看見另一位大力天使從天而降。他身披雲霞,頭頂彩虹,臉如太陽,雙腿如火柱, 手中拿著一卷打開了的小書卷,右腳踏在海中,左腳踏在地上。 他大喊的時候,聲如獅吼,之後有七聲雷鳴。 我正要將雷鳴的意思記錄下來,就聽見天上有聲音說:「你要封住七聲雷鳴所說的事,別寫下來。」

我剛才所見的那位腳踏海洋和陸地的天使向天舉起右手, 憑著活到永永遠遠、創造天地海洋和其中一切的上帝起誓說:「必不再耽延了。 等第七位天使吹響號角時,上帝奧祕的計劃就實現了,正如上帝向祂的奴僕——眾先知所宣告的。」

先前從天上對我說話的聲音又吩咐我:「你去,從那位腳踏海洋陸地的天使手中把展開的小書卷拿來。」

於是,我走到那天使面前,請他將小書卷給我。他對我說:「拿去,把它吃了。你的腹中會感到苦澀,可是你口中會覺得甘甜如蜜。」 10 我就從天使手中接過小書卷,將它吃了,我口中果然甘甜如蜜,之後腹中覺得苦澀。 11 那天使又對我說:「你必要再對許多民族、國家、語言族群、君王說預言。」

10 And I saw another strong malach descending and coming down out of Shomayim, having been wrapped in an anan (cloud), and the keshet be’anan (rainbow, BERESHIS 9:16) was over his rosh (head) and the face of him was as the shemesh (sun) and the feet of him as pillars of eish (fire), [YECHEZKEL 1:28]

And he had in his hand a sefer katan (small book) which had been opened and he placed his ragel hayemanit (right foot) on the yam (sea), and the smolit (left) on ha’aretz (the earth),

And he cried with a kol gadol (loud voice) as an aryeh (lion) roars. And when he shouted, the shivat hare’amim (seven thunders) reverberated. [HOSHEA 11:10]

And when the shivat hare’amim (seven thunders) spoke, I was about to write, and I heard a kol (voice) from Shomayim, saying, Put a chotam (seal) on [the sod, the secret of] what the shivat hare’amim (seven thunders) have spoken, and seal it up, and do not write, [DANIEL 8:26; 12:4,9]

And the malach, whom I saw having taken his stand on the yam (sea) and on ha’aretz (the earth), lifted his yad yamin (right hand) to Shomayim [DEVARIM 32:40; DANIEL 12:7]

And made shevu’ah (oath) by the One who lives l’Olmei Olamim (forever and ever) whose “barah” (created) the Shomayim and the things in it and ha’aretz and the things in it and the yam and the things in it—that there would be no od zman (more time). [BERESHIS 14:22; SHEMOT 6:8; BAMIDBAR 14:30; TEHILLIM 115:15; 146:6]

But in the days of the sounding of the shofar by the malach hashev’i’i (the seventh angel), when he is about to blow the shofar, also then the raz (mystery) of Hashem would be brought to an end, as he proclaimed to his avadim (servants), the Nevi’im (prophets). [AMOS 3:7]

And the kol (voice) which I heard from Shomayim was again speaking with me and saying, Go, take the sefer which is opened in the hand of the malach who has taken his stand on the yam (sea) and on the ha’aretz (the earth).

And I went to the malach, telling him to give me the sefer katan (small book) and he says to me, Take and eat it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as devash (honey). [YIRMEYAH 15:16; YECHEZKEL 2:8-3:3]

10 And I took the sefer katan out of the hand of the malach and ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as devash (honey), but, when I ate, my stomach was made bitter.

11 And they say to me, You must speak dvarim hanevu’ah (words of prophecy) again, about haumim (peoples) and Goyim (Nations) and leshonot (tongues) and many melachim (kings). [Ezek 37:4,9; Dan 3:4]