1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

2 And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

3 And he gave a loud cry, like the angry voice of a lion: and at his cry the voices of the seven thunders were sounding.

4 And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.

5 And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

6 And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.

8 And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

9 And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.

11 And they said to me, You are to give word again of what is coming in the future to the peoples and nations and languages and kings.

1 Sonra gökten inen güçlü başka bir melek gördüm. Buluta sarınmıştı, başının üzerinde gökkuşağı vardı. Yüzü güneşe, ayakları ateşten sütunlara benziyordu.

2 Elinde açılmış küçük bir tomar vardı. Sağ ayağını denize, sol ayağını karaya koyarak aslanın kükremesini andıran yüksek sesle bağırdı. O bağırınca, yedi gök gürlemesi dile gelip seslendiler.

4 Yedi gök gürlemesi seslendiğinde yazmak üzereydim ki, gökten, ‹‹Yedi gök gürlemesinin söylediklerini mühürle, yazma!›› diyen bir ses işittim.

5 Denizle karanın üzerinde durduğunu gördüğüm melek, sağ elini göğe kaldırdı.

6 Göğü ve göktekileri, yeri ve yerdekileri, denizi ve denizdekileri yaratanın, sonsuzluklar boyunca yaşayanın hakkı için ant içip dedi ki, ‹‹Artık gecikme olmayacak.

7 Yedinci melek borazanını çaldığı zaman, Tanrının sır olan tasarısı tamamlanacak. Nitekim Tanrı bunu, kulları peygamberlere müjdelemişti.››

8 Gökten işittiğim ses benimle yine konuşmaya başladı: ‹‹Git, denizle karanın üzerinde duran meleğin elindeki açık tomarı al›› dedi.

9 Meleğin yanına gidip küçük tomarı bana vermesini istedim. ‹‹Al, bunu ye!›› dedi. ‹‹Midende bir acılık yapacak, ama ağzına bal gibi tatlı gelecek.››

10 Küçük tomarı meleğin elinden alıp yedim, ağzımda bal gibi tatlıydı. Ama yutunca midem acılaştı.

11 Sonra bana şöyle dendi: ‹‹Yine birçok halk, ulus, dil ve kralla ilgili olarak peygamberlikte bulunmalısın.››