启示录 10
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
天使与小书卷
10 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，好象狮子吼叫。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，但是口里却好象蜜一样甘甜。” 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。”
Revelation 10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 10
The Angel with the Small Scroll. 1 [a]Then I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven wrapped in a cloud, with a halo around his head; his face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire. 2 In his hand he held a small scroll that had been opened. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,[b] 3 and then he cried out in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he cried out, the seven thunders[c] raised their voices, too.(A) 4 When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write it down; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have spoken, but do not write it down.” 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and earth and sea[d] and all that is in them, “There shall be no more delay.(B) 7 At the time when you hear the seventh angel blow his trumpet, the mysterious plan of God[e] shall be fulfilled, as he promised to his servants the prophets.”(C)
8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, “Take and swallow it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet[f] as honey.” 10 I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it. In my mouth it was like sweet honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.(D) 11 Then someone said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”[g]
Footnotes
- 10:1–11:14 An interlude in two scenes (Rev 10:1–11 and Rev 11:1–14) precedes the sounding of the seventh trumpet; cf. Rev 7:1–17. The first vision describes an angel astride sea and land like a colossus, with a small scroll open, the contents of which indicate that the end is imminent (Rev 10). The second vision is of the measuring of the temple and of two witnesses, whose martyrdom means that the kingdom of God is about to be inaugurated.
- 10:2 He placed…on the land: this symbolizes the universality of the angel’s message, as does the figure of the small scroll open to be read.
- 10:3 The seven thunders: God’s voice announcing judgment and doom; cf. Ps 29:3–9, where thunder, as the voice of Yahweh, is praised seven times.
- 10:6 Heaven and earth and sea: the three parts of the universe. No more delay: cf. Dn 12:7; Hb 2:3.
- 10:7 The mysterious plan of God: literally, “the mystery of God,” the end of the present age when the forces of evil will be put down (Rev 17:1–19:4, 11–21; 20:7–10; cf. 2 Thes 2:6–12; Rom 16:25–26), and the establishment of the reign of God when all creation will be made new (Rev 21:1–22:5).
- 10:9–10 The small scroll was sweet because it predicted the final victory of God’s people; it was sour because it also announced their sufferings. Cf. Ez 3:1–3.
- 10:11 This further prophecy is contained in chaps. 12–22.
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