¹ሌላም ብርቱ መልአክ ደመና ተጐናጽፎ ከሰማይ ሲወርድ አየሁ፤ በራሱም ላይ ቀስተ ደመና ነበረ፥ ፊቱም እንደ ፀሐይ እግሮቹም እንደ እሳት ዓምዶች ነበሩ፥

¹I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

²የተከፈተችንም ታናሽ መጽሐፍ በእጁ ያዘ። ቀኝ እግሩንም በባሕር ላይ ግራውንም በምድር ላይ አኖረ፥ እንደሚያገሣም አንበሳ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ።

²He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.

³በጮኸም ጊዜ ሰባቱ ነጐድጓድ በየድምፃቸው ተናገሩ።

³He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

⁴ሰባቱ ነጐድጓድ በተናገሩ ጊዜ ልጽፍ አሰብሁ፤ ከሰማይም። ሰባቱ ነጐድጓድ የተናገሩትን ነገር በማኅተም ዝጋው አትጻፈውም የሚል ድምፅ ሰማሁ።

⁴When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don’t write them.”

⁵በባሕርና በምድርም ላይ ሲቆም ያየሁት መልአክ ቀኝ እጁን ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ ዘረጋ፥

⁵The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

⁶ሰማይንና በእርሱም ያሉትን፥ ምድርንና በእርስዋም ያሉትን፥ ባሕርንና በእርሱም ያሉትን በፈጠረው፥ ከዘላለምም እስከ ዘላለም ድረስ ሕያው ሆኖ በሚኖረው ምሎ።

⁶and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

⁷ወደ ፊት አይዘገይም፥ ዳሩ ግን ሰባተኛው መልአክ ሊነፋ ባለው ጊዜ ድምፁም በሚሰማበት ዘመን፥ ለባሪያዎቹ ለነቢያት የምስራች እንደ ሰበከላቸው የእግዚአብሔር ምሥጢር ይፈጸማል አለ።

⁷but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

⁸ከሰማይም የሰማሁት ድምፅ እንደ ገና ሲናገረኝና። ሂድና በባሕርና በምድር ላይ ከሚቆመው መልአክ በእጁ ያለችውን የተከፈተችውን መጽሐፍ ውሰድ ሲል ሰማሁ።

⁸The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, “Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.”

⁹ወደ መልአኩም ሄጄ። ታናሺቱን መጽሐፍ ስጠኝ አልሁት። እርሱም። ውሰድና ብላት፥ ሆድህንም መራራ ታደርገዋለች በአፍህ ግን እንደ ማር ትጣፍጣለች አለኝ።

⁹I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

¹⁰ከመልአኩም እጅ ታናሺቱን መጽሐፍ ወስጄ በላኋት በአፌም እንደ ማር ጣፋጭ ሆነች፤ ከበላኋት በኋላም ሆዴ መራራ ሆነ።

¹⁰I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

¹¹በብዙ ወገኖችና በአሕዛብም በቋንቋዎችም በነገሥታትም ላይ እንደ ገና ትንቢት ትናገር ዘንድ ይገባሃል ተባለልኝ።

¹¹They told me, “You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”