Adiyisɛm 10

1 Afei, mehunuu ɔbɔfoɔ hoɔdenfoɔ foforɔ bi a ɔfiri ɔsoro resiane ba fam. Na ɔhyɛ omununkum mu a nyankontɔn bɔ ne ti. Na nʼanim te sɛ owia, na ne nan te sɛ ogya fadum.

Then I saw another mighty angel, descending from heaven. His robe was a cloud; over his head was the rainbow; his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

2 Na nwoma ketewaa bi kura no a wabue mu. Ɔde ne nan nifa sii ɛpo so na benkum no si asase so.

in his hand he held a little book open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land;

3 Ɔde nne kɛseɛ teaam sɛdeɛ gyata bobom. Ɔteaam no, aprannaa nson kasaeɛ.

and he cried in a loud voice like the roaring of a lion. At his cry the seven peals of thunder spoke, each with its own voice.

4 Wɔkasaeɛ pɛ, na mepɛ sɛ metwerɛ. Nanso, metee nne bi firii ɔsoro a ɛkaa sɛ, “Ma nsɛm a aprannaa nson no kaeɛ no nka wo tirim. Ntwerɛ!”

And, when they spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say – ‘Keep secret what the seven peals of thunder said, and do not write it down.’

5 Ɛhɔ ara ɔbɔfoɔ a mehunuu sɛ ɔgyina hɔ a ne nan baako si ɛpo so na baako si asase so no maa ne nsa nifa so kɔɔ soro,

Then the angel, whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land, raised his right hand to the heavens,

6 na ɔde Onyankopɔn a ɔte hɔ daa daa a ɔbɔɔ ɔsoro ne asase ne ɛpo ne deɛ ɛwɔ mu nyinaa no edin kaa ntam. Ɔbɔfoɔ no kaa sɛ, “Ɛberɛ sɛeɛ biara nni hɔ. (aiōn g165)

and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, and the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, that time should cease to be. (aiōn g165)

7 Na sɛ ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔtɔ so nson no hyɛne ne totorobɛnto no a ansa na Onyankopɔn bɛwie nʼahintasɛm mu nhyehyɛeɛ no, sɛdeɛ ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼasomfoɔ a wɔyɛ adiyifoɔ no.”

Moreover at the time when the seventh angel will speak, when he is ready to blow his blast, then the hidden purposes of God, of which he told the good news to his servants, the prophets, are at once fulfilled.

8 Afei, nne a metee sɛ ɛfiri ɔsoro no kasa kyerɛɛ me bio sɛ. “Kɔ na kɔgye nwoma a wabue mu a ɛkura ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔgyina ɛpo ne asase so no.”

Then came the voice which I had heard from heaven. It spoke to me again, and said – ‘Go and take the book that is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.’

9 Mekɔɔ ɔbɔfoɔ no nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔmfa nwoma ketewa no mma me. Ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Gye na kɔwe. Ɛbɛkeka wɔ wo yam, nanso wʼanomu deɛ, ɛbɛyɛ dɛ te sɛ ɛwoɔ.”

So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said ‘Take it, and eat it. It will be bitter to your stomach, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’

10 Megyee nwoma ketewa no firii ne nsam weeɛ, na ɛyɛɛ dɛ te sɛ ɛwoɔ wɔ mʼanom. Nanso, memeneeɛ no akyi, ɛmaa me yam kaa me.

I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and, while in my mouth, it was like the sweetest honey; but, when I had eaten it, it was bitter to my stomach.

11 Afei, wɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Kɔ so ka deɛ ɛbɛba kyerɛ aman bebree sofoɔ, kasa ahodoɔ ne ahemfo nso.”

And I was told – ‘You must prophesy again about men of many peoples, and nations, and languages, and about many kings.’