1
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.
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
2
Na katika mkono wake alikuwa na kitabu kidogo kimefunguliwa. Akaweka mguu wake wa kuume juu ya bahari, nao wa kushoto juu ya nchi.
He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
3
Naye akalia kwa sauti kuu, kama simba angurumavyo. Na alipolia, zile ngurumo saba zikatoa sauti zao.
Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
4
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.
When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
5
Na yule malaika niliyemwona, akisimama juu ya bahari na juu ya nchi, akainua mkono wake wa kuume kuelekea mbinguni,
Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.
6
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;
And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!
7
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.
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
8
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.
Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”
9
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.
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
10
Nikakitwaa kile kitabu kidogo katika mkono wa malaika yule, nikakila; nacho kikawa kitamu kama asali kinywani mwangu, na nilipokwisha kukila tumbo langu likatiwa uchungu.
So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.
11
Wakaniambia, Imekupasa kutoa unabii tena juu ya watu na taifa na lugha na wafalme wengi.
And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”