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天使和小书卷

10 我又看见另一位大力的天使从天降下,披着云彩,头上有彩虹,脸面像太阳,两脚像火柱。 他手里拿着展开的小书卷。他右脚踏海,左脚踏地, 大声呼喊,好像狮子吼叫。呼喊完了,就有七个雷发出声音。 七个雷发声后,我正要写出来,就听见从天上有声音说:“七个雷所说的,你要封上,不可写出来。” 我所看见的那踏海踏地的天使向天举起右手, 指着创造天和天上之物、地和地上之物、海和海中之物、直活到永永远远的那位起誓,说:“不再有时日了[a]。” 但在第七位天使要吹号的日子, 神的奥秘就要成全了,正如 神向他仆人众先知所宣告的。

我先前从天上所听见的那声音又吩咐我说:“你去,把那踏海踏地之天使手中展开的小书卷拿过来。” 我就走到天使那里,对他说,请他把小书卷给我。他对我说:“你拿去,把它吃光。它会使你肚子发苦,然而在你口中会甘甜如蜜。” 10 于是我从天使手中把小书卷接过来,把它吃光了,在我口中果然甘甜如蜜,吃了以后,我肚子觉得发苦。 11 天使们对我说:“你必须指着许多民族、邦国、语言、君王再说预言。”

Footnotes

  1. 10.6 “不再有时日了”或译“不再耽延了”。

The Angel and the Little Scroll

10 Then I saw another mighty angel(A) coming down from heaven.(B) He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow(C) above his head; his face was like the sun,(D) and his legs were like fiery pillars.(E) He was holding a little scroll,(F) which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,(G) and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion.(H) When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders(I) spoke. And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write;(J) but I heard a voice from heaven(K) say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”(L)

Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land(M) raised his right hand to heaven.(N) And he swore(O) by him who lives for ever and ever,(P) who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,(Q) and said, “There will be no more delay!(R) But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet,(S) the mystery(T) of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”(U)

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven(V) spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll(W) that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’[a](X) 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth,(Y) but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy(Z) again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”(AA)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 10:9 Ezek. 3:3

Chapter 10

A Small Scroll: Sweet and Bitter.[a] Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like pillars of fire, and his hand held a small scroll that had been opened.

Placing his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, the angel gave forth a great shout like the roar of a lion. And when he shouted, the seven thunders spoke. After the seven thunders had spoken, I was preparing to write when I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have spoken, but do not write it down.”

Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven and swore by him who lives forever and ever and who created heaven and earth and the sea and everything that is in them: “There will be no further delay. When the time comes for the seventh angel to sound his trumpet, the mysterious purpose of God[b] will be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the Prophets.”

Then I again heard the voice that had spoken to me from heaven, and it said, “Go and take that open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” Therefore, I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll. He replied, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.”

10 I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. In my mouth it did taste as sweet as honey, but when I had eaten it my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy once again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 10:1 The large scroll, whose seven seals are being broken one after another, is said to contain the entire History of Salvation, which unfolds from Christ’s Death and Resurrection to the day of the final judgment. This history is brought to mind from the viewpoint of the destiny of the Jewish people, but the last episode in this history includes the judgment and salvation of the nations, which are here set forth.
    An angel brings forth and unrolls another text; the messenger dominates heaven and the sea, i.e., his announcement concerns the whole universe. The scroll that the angel is holding here contains the story of clashes between the Church and the forces that control the pagan world. It is a small scroll, because the events told in it are connected with the history of Israel, in which the end of Jerusalem introduces the era of the nations.
    There will be no more delay. Everything remains secret, yet everything will be played out between the sixth and the seventh trumpet. The scene of the scroll that is eaten was inspired by an account of Ezekiel (2:8—3:3). The revelation is sweet and bitter: sweet because it is a word of salvation and makes known the final triumph of Christ and his faithful; bitter because it announces the trials and tribulations that in so many texts of the Bible precede the judgment of God. The Gospel speaks of the joy of the woman giving birth in sorrow (Jn 16:21).
  2. Revelation 10:7 The mysterious purpose of God: literally, “the mystery of God,” i.e., the end of the present age when the power of evil will be overcome (see Rev 17:1—19:4, 11-21; 20:7-10; Rom 16:25f; 2 Thes 2:6-12) and the Kingdom of God is established and all creation is renewed (see Rev 21:1—22:5).