V 001 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:
V 002 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,
V 003 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he
had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
V 004 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.
V 005 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth
lifted up his hand to heaven,
V 006 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:
V 007 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.
V 008 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.
V 009 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.
V 010 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.
V 011 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples,
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الملاك والكتاب الصغير
1-
ورَأيتُ ملاكًا آخَرَ جَبّارًا يَنزِلُ مِنَ السَّماءِ
لابِسًا سحابةً، وعلى رأْسِهِ قَوسُ قُزَحِ، ووَجهُهُ
كالشَّمسِ وساقاهُ كعَمودَينِ مِنْ نارٍ،
2-
بِيَدِهِ كِتابٌ
صغيرٌ مَفتوحٌ. فوَضَعَ رِجلَهُ اليُمنى على البحرِ واليُسرى
على البرِّ.
3-
وصَرَخَ بِصَوتٍ عَظيمِ كأنَّهُ زَئيرُ الأُسودِ، فنَطَقَتِ
الرُّعودُ السَّبعةُ بأصواتِها.
4-
فلمَّا نَطَقَتْ تأهَّبتُ لِلكتابَةِ فسَمِعتُ صَوتًا مِنَ
السَّماءِ يَقولُ لي: «اَكتُمْ ما نَطَقَتْ بِه الرُّعودُ
السَّبعةُ فلا تكْتُبْهُ!
«
5-
وأمّا الملاكُ الذي رَأيتُهُ واقِفًا على البحرِ والبَرِّ
فرَفَعَ يَدَهُ اليُمنى نَحوَ السَّماءِ
6-
وأقسَمَ بِالحَيِّ إلى أبَدِ الدُّهورِ، خالِقِ السَّماءِ
وما فيها والبَرِّ والبحرِ
وما فيهِما، أنْ لا يكونَ إبطاءٌ بَعدُ.
7-
فما إنْ
يَحينَ الوَقتُ ويَنفُخَ الملاكُ السّابعُ في
بُوقِهِ حتى يَتِمَ سِرُّ الله، كما بَشَّرَ بِه
عَبيدَهُ الأنبِياءَ.
8-
وأمّا الصَّوتُ الذي سَمِعتُهُ خارِجًا مِنَ
السَّماءِ، فَخاطَبَني ثانِيَةً قالَ: «إِذهَبْ،
خُذِ الكِتابَ المَفتوحَ بِيَدِ الملاكِ الواقِفِ
على البحرِ والبَرِّ«.
9- فذَهَبْتُ إلى الملاكِ وقُلتُ لَه: «أعطِني
الكِتابَ الصَّغيرَ«،
فقالَ لي: «خُذْهُ واَبتَلِعْهُ فتَجِدَهُ مُرُا في
جَوفِكَ، وحُلوًا كالعَسَلِ في فمِكَ«.
10- فأخَذْتُ الكِتابَ الصَّغيرَ واَبتَلَعتُهُ، فكانَ
حُلوًا كالعَسلِ في فمي، وبَعدَما اَبتَلَعتُهُ صارَ
مُرُا في جَوفي.
11- فَقيلَ لي: «يَجِبُ أنْ تتَنَبّأَ ثانِيَةً على
كثيرٍ مِنَ الشُّعوبِ والأُمَمِ والألسِنَةِ
والمُلوكِ«.
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