The Angel and the Book
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:
Kisha nikaona malaika mwingine mwenye nguvu akishuka kutoka mbinguni, amevikwa wingu; na upinde wa mvua juu ya kichwa chake; na uso wake ulikuwa kama jua, na miguu yake kama nguzo za moto.
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,
Na katika mkono wake alikuwa na kitabu kidogo kimefunguliwa. Akaweka mguu wake wa kuume juu ya bahari, nao wa kushoto juu ya nchi.
3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Naye akalia kwa sauti kuu, kama simba angurumavyo. Na alipolia, zile ngurumo saba zikatoa sauti zao.
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.
Hata ngurumo saba zilipotoa sauti zao, nalikuwa tayari kuandika. Nami nalisikia sauti kutoka mbinguni ikisema, Yatie muhuri maneno hayo yaliyonenwa na hizo ngurumo saba, usiyaandike.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Na yule malaika niliyemwona, akisimama juu ya bahari na juu ya nchi, akainua mkono wake wa kuume kuelekea mbinguni,
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:
akaapa kwa yeye aliye hai hata milele na milele, yeye aliyeziumba mbingu na vitu vilivyomo, na nchi na vitu vilivyomo, na bahari na vitu vilivyomo, ya kwamba hapatakuwa na wakati baada ya haya;
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.
isipokuwa katika siku za sauti ya malaika wa saba atakapokuwa tayari kupiga baragumu; hapo ndipo siri ya Mungu itakapotimizwa, kama alivyowahubiri watumishi wake hao manabii.
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.
Na sauti ile niliyoisikia kutoka mbinguni ilinena nami tena, ikisema, Enenda, ukakitwae kile kitabu kilichofunguliwa katika mkono wa yule malaika, aliyesimama juu ya bahari na juu ya nchi.
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.
Nikamwendea malaika yule nikamwambia kwamba anipe kile kitabu kidogo. Akaniambia, Kitwae, ukile, nacho kitakutia uchungu tumboni mwako, bali katika kinywa chako kitakuwa kitamu kama asali.
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.
Nikakitwaa kile kitabu kidogo katika mkono wa malaika yule, nikakila; nacho kikawa kitamu kama asali kinywani mwangu, na nilipokwisha kukila tumbo langu likatiwa uchungu.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
Wakaniambia, Imekupasa kutoa unabii tena juu ya watu na taifa na lugha na wafalme wengi.
