Original Text
And I asked one of the holy angels who was with me and said unto him: 'What is this shining thing? for it is not a heaven but only the flame of a blazing fire, and the voice of weeping and crying and lamentation and strong pain.'
Simple English
I asked one of the holy angels with me, "What is that bright thing? It's not a heaven, just the glow of a fierce fire, with voices of weeping, crying, lamenting, and intense suffering."