1Poi vidi un altro angelo potente che scendeva dal cielo, avvolto in una nube; sopra il suo capo vi era l’arcobaleno; la sua faccia era come il sole e i suoi piedi erano come colonne di fuoco.2Egli aveva in mano un libretto aperto e posò il suo piede destro sul mare e il sinistro sulla terra;3poi gridò a gran voce, come un leone ruggente; e quando ebbe gridato, i sette tuoni fecero udire le loro voci.4Quando i sette tuoni parlarono, io stavo per mettermi a scrivere, ma udii una voce dal cielo che diceva: «Sigilla le cose che i sette tuoni hanno dette, non le scrivere».5Allora l’angelo che avevo visto stare in piedi sul mare e sulla terra alzò la mano destra verso il cielo6e giurò per colui che vive nei secoli dei secoli, il quale ha creato il cielo e le cose che sono in esso, la terra e le cose che sono in essa, e il mare e le cose che sono in esso, dicendo che non ci sarebbe stato più indugio.7Ma nei giorni in cui si sarebbe udita la voce del settimo angelo, quando egli avrebbe suonato la tromba, si sarebbe compiuto il mistero di Dio, come egli ha annunciato ai suoi servi, i profeti.8Poi la voce che avevo udita dal cielo mi parlò di nuovo e disse: «Va’, prendi il libro che è aperto in mano all’angelo che sta in piedi sul mare e sulla terra».9Io andai dall’angelo, dicendogli di darmi il libretto. Ed egli mi rispose: «Prendilo e divoralo: esso sarà amaro alle tue viscere, ma in bocca ti sarà dolce come miele».10Presi il libretto dalla mano dell’angelo e lo divorai; e mi fu dolce in bocca, come miele[1]; ma quando lo ebbi mangiato, le mie viscere sentirono amarezza.11Poi mi disse: «È necessario che tu profetizzi ancora su molti popoli, nazioni, lingue e re».
1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. (Ez 1,28; Mat 17,2; Ap 1,15; Ap 1,16)2He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, (Ap 10,8)3and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded. (Gioe 3,16; Am 1,2)4And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.” (Da 8,26; Da 12,4; Da 12,9; Ap 22,10)5And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven (Gen 14,22)6and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay, (Ap 4,9; Ap 4,11)7but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets. (Am 3,7; Ap 11,15)8Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”9So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” (Ger 15,16; Ez 2,8; Ez 3,1)10And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.11And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.” (Ez 37,4)
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1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,6And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.8And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.10And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.11And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.