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Rev 10 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11
People tagged in the matching LV passage: John the Apostle
OET-LV And when spoke the seven thunders, I_was_going to_be_writing, but I_heard a_voice out_of the heaven saying:
Seal what things spoke the seven thunders, and not them you_may_write.
OET (OET-RV) When the seven thunders spoke, I was going to write down what they said but I heard a voice from heaven that said, “Keep what the seven thunders have said secret, and don’t write it down.”
In this section, John saw a powerful angel come down from heaven to the earth. John described what the angel looked like. When the angel shouted, John heard seven beings speak with loud voices like thunder. God told John not to write what they said. The powerful angel announced that when the seventh angel blew his trumpet, God would finish his plan. Then God told John to eat the scroll that the angel held. He also told John that he would show him more future events.
Other examples of headings for this section are:
John saw an angel holding a small scroll
The Angel with the Little Scroll (NRSV)
When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing.
And when the seven thunders spoke, I prepared to write.
After the seven thunders uttered those words, I was about to write them.
When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying: These words indicate that, after they finished speaking, John got his paper and quill ready to write what the seven thunders said. But the voice from heaven interrupted him before he actually wrote anything.
But I heard a voice from heaven saying,
But I heard a voice from heaven tell me,
But I heard someone say from heaven,
a voice from heaven saying: John does not say who spoke here. Use a word or phrase that can refer to anyone in heaven. For example:
speech coming from heaven
someone say from heaven
“Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
“Conceal/Hide what the seven thunders have said. Do not write it.”
“Do not let anyone know what the seven thunders said. Do not write what they said.” So I did not write their words.
Seal up: Here the command Seal up means “do not tell anyone.” For example:
Keep secret (GNT)
The context implies that John did not write what the seven thunders said. In some languages it is more natural to include the implied information in your translation. For example:
but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.” So I did not.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἤμελλον γράφειν
˱I˲_˓was˒_going ˓to_be˒_writing
The implication is that John was going to write down what the seven thunders had said. You can provide this information in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [I was going to write down what they had said]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
σφράγισον ἃ ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταί, καὶ μὴ αὐτὰ γράψῃς
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ὅτε ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτά βρονταί ἤμελλον γράφειν καί ἤκουσα φωνήν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγουσαν Σφράγισον ἅ ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτά βρονταί καί μή αὐτά γράψῃς)
The voice spoke as if John should literally seal what the thunders said. However, since the voice then specified that John was not to write anything down, the voice meant that John should keep secret what the thunders said. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Keep secret what the seven thunders said by not writing it down]
OET-LV And when spoke the seven thunders, I_was_going to_be_writing, but I_heard a_voice out_of the heaven saying:
Seal what things spoke the seven thunders, and not them you_may_write.
OET (OET-RV) When the seven thunders spoke, I was going to write down what they said but I heard a voice from heaven that said, “Keep what the seven thunders have said secret, and don’t write it down.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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