1 E vi outro anjo forte, que descia do céu, vestido de uma nuvem; e por cima da sua cabeça estava o arco celeste, e o rosto era como o sol, e os pés, como colunas de fogo; 2 e tinha na mão um livrinho aberto e pôs o pé direito sobre o mar e o esquerdo sobre a terra; 3 e clamou com grande voz, como quando brama o leão; e, havendo clamado, os sete trovões fizeram soar as suas vozes. 4 E, sendo ouvidas dos sete trovões as suas vozes, eu ia escrevê-las, mas ouvi uma voz do céu, que dizia: Sela o que os sete trovões falaram e não o escrevas. 5 E o anjo que vi estar sobre o mar e sobre a terra levantou a mão ao céu 6 e jurou por aquele que vive para todo o sempre, o qual criou o céu e o que nele há, e a terra e o que nela há, e o mar e o que nele há, que não haveria mais demora; 7 mas nos dias da voz do sétimo anjo, quando tocar a sua trombeta, se cumprirá o segredo de Deus, como anunciou aos profetas, seus servos.

8 E a voz que eu do céu tinha ouvido tornou a falar comigo e disse: Vai e toma o livrinho aberto da mão do anjo que está em pé sobre o mar e sobre a terra. 9 E fui ao anjo, dizendo-lhe: Dá-me o livrinho. E ele disse-me: Toma-o e come-o, e ele fará amargo o teu ventre, mas na tua boca será doce como mel. 10 E tomei o livrinho da mão do anjo e comi-o; e na minha boca era doce como mel; e, havendo-o comido, o meu ventre ficou amargo. 11 E ele disse-me: Importa que profetizes outra vez a muitos povos, e nações, e línguas, e reis.

1 And 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: 2 And 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, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And 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. 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And 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: 7 But 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. 8 And 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. 9 And 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. 10 And 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. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.