Revelation 10
New International Reader's Version
The Angel and the Little Scroll
10 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was wearing a cloud like a robe. There was a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun. His legs were like pillars of fire. 2 He was holding a little scroll. It was lying open in his hand. The angel put his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land. 3 Then he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 When they had spoken, I was getting ready to write. But I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said. Do not write it down.”
5 I had seen an angel standing on the sea and on the land. This angel raised his right hand to heaven. 6 He made a promise in the name of the God who lives for ever and ever. This is the God who created the sky, earth and sea and all that is in them. The angel said, “There will be no more waiting! 7 God’s plan will be carried out. This will happen when the seventh angel is ready to blow his trumpet. God told all this to the prophets who served him long ago.”
8 Then the voice I had heard from heaven spoke to me again. It said, “The angel is standing on the sea and on the land. Go and take the scroll from him. It is lying open in his hand.”
9 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 become sour in your stomach. But ‘in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.’ ” (Ezekiel 3:3) 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. In my mouth it tasted as sweet as honey. But when I had eaten it, it became sour in my stomach. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”
Apocalypse 10
La Bible du Semeur
Le petit livre
10 Ensuite je vis un autre ange puissant descendre du ciel, enveloppé d’une nuée. Un arc-en-ciel auréolait sa tête. Son visage rayonnait comme le soleil, et ses jambes ressemblaient à des colonnes de feu. 2 Dans sa main, il tenait un petit livre ouvert. Il posa son pied droit sur la mer et le gauche sur la terre. 3 Il se mit à crier d’une voix forte comme rugit un lion. Quand il eut crié, les sept tonnerres firent retentir leur voix.
4 Quand ils eurent fini de parler, je me disposais à transcrire leur message, lorsqu’une voix venant du ciel me dit : Garde sous le sceau du secret les déclarations des sept tonnerres, ne les note pas.
5 Alors, l’ange que j’avais vu debout sur la mer et sur la terre leva la main droite vers le ciel 6 et jura solennellement[a] par celui qui vit éternellement, qui a créé le ciel et tout ce qui s’y trouve, la terre et tout ce qui s’y trouve, la mer et tout ce qui s’y trouve : Désormais, il n’y aura plus de délai ! 7 Au jour où retentira la trompette du septième ange, tout le plan secret de Dieu s’accomplira, comme il l’a annoncé à ses serviteurs, ses prophètes.
8 De nouveau, la voix que j’avais entendue venant du ciel m’adressa la parole : Va, me dit-elle, prends le livre ouvert dans la main de l’ange qui se tient debout sur la mer et sur la terre.
9 Je m’approchai donc de l’ange, en le priant de me remettre le petit livre.
– Tiens, me dit-il, mange-le. Il te remplira l’estomac d’amertume, mais dans ta bouche, il sera doux comme du miel[b]! 10 Je pris donc le petit livre de la main de l’ange et je le mangeai. Dans ma bouche, il fut doux comme du miel, mais, après l’avoir mangé, mon estomac fut rempli d’amertume. 11 Alors on me dit : Tu dois encore prophétiser concernant beaucoup de peuples, de nations, de langues et de rois.
Revelation 10
New International Version
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) 2 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) 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion.(H) When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders(I) spoke. 4 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)
5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land(M) raised his right hand to heaven.(N) 6 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) 7 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)
8 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.”
9 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
- Revelation 10:9 Ezek. 3:3
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