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OET (OET-LV) and he_cried_out with_a_voice loud as a_lion is_roaring.
And when he_cried_out, spoke the seven thunders the of_themselves voices.
OET (OET-RV) and shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders spoke out in their own voices.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ὥσπερ λέων μυκᾶται
˱with˲_/a/_voice loud as /a/_lion /is/_roaring
The point of this comparison is probably that the loud voice of the angel commanded attention like the roar of a lion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “in a loud voice that commanded attention as does a lion’s roar”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταὶ
spoke the seven thunders
John speaks of these seven thunders as if he assumes that his readers will know what or who they are, but he has not introduced or explained them earlier in the book and interpreters are not certain of their identity. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could introduce them in such a way as to indicate that John has not identified them previously. Alternate translation: “seven thunders spoke”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταὶ
spoke the seven thunders
This expression could mean that thunder spoke or sounded seven times, rather than that seven different thunders spoke. You could say that in your translation or indicate this possibility in a footnote. Alternate translation: “thunder spoke seven times” or “thunder sounded seven times”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
ἐλάλησαν & τὰς ἑαυτῶν φωνάς
spoke & the ˱of˲_themselves voices
It might seem that the expression spoke their own voices contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: “spoke”
10:2-3 Although the scroll is small, it is not unimportant. It reveals a small yet critical part of God’s purposes in events still to come before eternity begins.
• he gave a great shout: Cp. Job 37:2-5; Ps 18:13; 29:3-4.
OET (OET-LV) and he_cried_out with_a_voice loud as a_lion is_roaring.
And when he_cried_out, spoke the seven thunders the of_themselves voices.
OET (OET-RV) and shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders spoke out in their own voices.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.