The Angel and the Little Scroll
1Then 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. 2He 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. 3Then he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4When 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.”
5I had seen an angel standing on the sea and on the land. This angel raised his right hand to heaven. 6He 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! 7God’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.”
8Then 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.”
9So 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) 10I 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. 11Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”
Onyankopɔn Nhyehyɛe Aba Mu
1Afei mihuu ɔbɔfo hoɔdenfo foforo bi a ofi ɔsoro resian aba fam. Na ɔhyɛ omununkum mu a nyankontɔn bɔ ne ti. Na nʼanim te sɛ owia, na ne nan te sɛ ogya fadum. 2Na nhoma ketewaa bi kura no a wabue mu. Ɔde ne nan nifa sii po so na benkum no si asase so. 3Ɔde nne kɛse teɛɛ mu sɛnea gyata bobɔ mu. Ɔteɛɛ mu no, aprannaa ason kasae. 4Wɔkasae no, na mepɛ sɛ mekyerɛw. Nanso metee nne bi fii ɔsoro a ɛkae se, “Ma nsɛm a aprannaa ason no kaa no nka wo tirim. Nkyerɛw!”
5Ɛhɔ ara ɔbɔfo a mihuu sɛ ogyina hɔ a ne nan baako si po so na baako si asase so no maa ne nsa nifa so kɔɔ soro, 6na ɔde Onyankopɔn a ɔte hɔ daa daa a ɔbɔɔ ɔsoro ne asase ne po ne nea ɛwɔ mu nyinaa no din kaa ntam. Ɔbɔfo no kae se, “Beresɛe biara nni hɔ. 7Na sɛ ɔbɔfo a ɔto so ason no hyɛn ne torobɛnto no a, ansa na Onyankopɔn bewie nʼahintasɛm mu nhyehyɛe no, sɛnea ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼasomfo a wɔyɛ adiyifo no.”
8Afei nne a metee sɛ efi ɔsoro no kasa kyerɛɛ me bio se. “Kɔ na kogye nhoma a wɔabue mu a ɔbɔfo a ogyina po ne asase so no kitae no.”
9Mekɔɔ ɔbɔfo no nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se ɔmfa nhoma ketewa no mma me. Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Gye na kɔwe. Ɛbɛkeka wɔ wo yam, nanso wʼanom de, ɛbɛyɛ dɛ te sɛ ɛwo.” 10Migyee nhoma ketewa no fii ne nsam wee, na ɛyɛɛ dɛ te sɛ ɛwo wɔ mʼanom. Nanso, memenee akyi no, ɛmaa me yam kaw me. 11Afei wɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Kɔ so ka nea ɛbɛba kyerɛ aman bebree sofo, ɔkasahorow ne ahemfo nso.”
