1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,

2 and having in his hand a little opened book. And he set his right foot on the sea, and the left upon the earth,

3 and cried with a loud voice as a lion roars. And when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their own voices.

4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and write them not.

5 And the angel whom I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to the heaven,

6 and swore by him that lives to the ages of ages, who created the heaven and the things that are in it, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be no longer delay;

7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God also shall be completed, as he has made known the glad tidings to his own bondmen the prophets.

8 And the voice which I heard out of the heaven {was} again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the little book which is opened in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the earth.

9 And I went to the angel, saying to him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.

10 And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth as honey, sweet; and when I had eaten it my belly was made bitter.

11 And it was said to me, Thou must prophesy again as to peoples and nations and tongues and many kings.

1 我又看见一位大力的天使从天上降下来， 身披云彩， 头上有彩虹， 脸像太阳， 两脚像火柱一样，

2 手里拿着展开的小书卷。他的右脚踏在海上， 左脚踏在地上，

3 大声呼喊， 好像狮子吼叫。他呼喊的时候， 就有七雷发声说话。

4 七雷说话的时候， 我正要写下来， 就听见有声音从天上出来， 说： "七雷所说的你要封住， 不可写出来！ "

5 我看见那站在海上和地上的天使， 向天举起右手来，

6 指着那活到永永远远， 创造天和天上之物、地和地上之物、海和海中之物的 神起誓， 说： "必不再延迟了！

7 到第七位天使吹号的时候， 神向他的仆人众先知所宣告的奥秘， 就要实现了。"

8 我先前听见那从天上来的声音又对我说： "你去， 把那站在海上和地上的天使手中展开的书卷拿过来。"

9 我就走到天使那里， 请他把小书卷给我。他对我说： "你拿着， 吃下去。它必使你肚子苦涩， 但是口里却好像蜜一样甘甜。"

10 我把小书卷从天使手中拿过来， 吃了， 在口里果然甘甜如蜜； 但是吃完之后， 我肚子就觉得苦涩。

11 他们又对我说： "论到许多民族、邦国、方言和君王， 你必须再说预言。"