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.”
天使與小書卷
1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， 2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。 3他大喊的時候，聲如獅吼，之後有七聲雷鳴。 4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。」
5我剛才所見的那位腳踏海洋和陸地的天使向天舉起右手， 6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。 7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。」
8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。」
9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。」
