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El ángel con el librito

10 Entonces vi descender del cielo a otro ángel poderoso. Venía envuelto en una nube y con el arco iris sobre su cabeza. Su rostro era semejante al sol, y sus piernas parecían dos columnas de fuego. En su mano tenía un librito abierto, y se quedó con el pie derecho sobre el mar y con el izquierdo sobre la tierra; en ese momento lanzó un grito tan fuerte como el rugido de un león, y se oyó la estruendosa voz de siete truenos. Después de que hablaron los siete truenos, me dispuse a escribir, pero desde el cielo oí una voz que me decía: «No reveles lo que han dicho los siete truenos. No lo escribas.» Entonces el ángel que vi que estaba sobre el mar y sobre la tierra levantó su mano derecha al cielo y jurando por el que vive por los siglos de los siglos, por el mismo que creó el cielo, la tierra y el mar, y todo lo que hay en ellos, dijo: «¡Se acabó el tiempo! Cuando llegue el momento de que el séptimo ángel comience a tocar la trompeta, se cumplirá el misterio de Dios, que él ya había anunciado a sus siervos los profetas.»(A)

La voz que oí del cielo volvió a hablarme, y me dijo: «Ve y toma el librito abierto que tiene en la mano el ángel que está de pie sobre el mar y la tierra.» Yo me dirigí al ángel y le pedí que me diera el librito. Y él me dijo: «Aquí lo tienes. Cómetelo. Te amargará el estómago, pero en tus labios será dulce como la miel.» 10 Yo tomé el librito de la mano del ángel, y me lo comí. En mis labios era dulce como la miel, pero una vez que lo comí, me amargó el estómago.(B) 11 Y se me dijo: «Debes profetizar otra vez acerca de muchos pueblos, naciones, lenguas y reyes.»

The Angel and the Little Scroll

10 Then I saw another mighty angel(A) coming down from heaven.(B) He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow(C) above his head; his face was like the sun,(D) and his legs were like fiery pillars.(E) He was holding a little scroll,(F) which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,(G) and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion.(H) When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders(I) spoke. And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write;(J) but I heard a voice from heaven(K) say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”(L)

Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land(M) raised his right hand to heaven.(N) And he swore(O) by him who lives for ever and ever,(P) who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,(Q) and said, “There will be no more delay!(R) But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet,(S) the mystery(T) of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”(U)

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven(V) spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll(W) that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’[a](X) 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth,(Y) but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy(Z) again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”(AA)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 10:9 Ezek. 3:3

The Mighty Angel with the Little Book

10 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. (A)And a rainbow was on (B)his head, his face was like the sun, and (C)his feet like pillars of fire. He had a little book open in his hand. (D)And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, (E)seven thunders uttered their voices. Now when the seven thunders [a]uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying [b]to me, (F)“Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”

The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land (G)raised up his [c]hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, (H)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, (I)that there should be delay no longer, but (J)in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

John Eats the Little Book

Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”

So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.”

And he said to me, (K)“Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, (L)and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, (M)my stomach became bitter. 11 And [d]he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 10:4 NU, M sounded,
  2. Revelation 10:4 NU, M omit to me
  3. Revelation 10:5 NU, M right hand
  4. Revelation 10:11 NU, M they