| 15. For when the lightning lightens, the thunder sounds, and the spirit at a proper period pauses, making an equal division between them; for the receptacle, upon which their periods depend, is loose as sand. Each of them at a proper season is restrained with a bridle; and turned by the power of the spirit, which thus propels them according to the spacious extent of the earth.
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For when the lightning flashes, the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit causes a rest during the flash, and divides equally between them, for the treasury of their flashes is like the sand; and each one of them, in its flash, is held with a bridle, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and is pushed forward, according to the number of the directions on the earth.
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For when the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and divides equally between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the sand, and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the many quarters of the earth.
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Ty då ljungelden blixtrar, ljuder thordönet, och andan gör uppehåll vid en passande tidpunkt, delande lika imellan dem, ty det förvaringsrum, hvarpå deras perioder bero, är löst såsom sand. Hvardera af dem är vid passande tid tillbakahållen med ett betsel, och omvändes genom andans makt, hvilken sålunda fortdrifver dem i förhållande till jordens rymliga vidd.
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Ty då ljungelden blixtrar, ljuder thordönet, och andan gör uppehåll vid en passande tidpunkt, delande lika imellan dem, ty det förvaringsrum, hvarpå deras perioder bero, är löst såsom sand. Hvardera af dem är vid passande tid tillbakahållen med ett betsel, och omvändes genom andans makt, hvilken sålunda fortdrifver dem i förhållande till jordens rymliga vidd.
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