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a voice coming from the cloud. It said

Here a voice is a metonym that refers to someone who spoke. This can also be translated as: “a voice spoke from the cloud saying” or “God spoke from the cloud and said.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit, rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

my Son

This is an important title for Jesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples)

Listen to him

This could be translated as: “He is the one you must listen to.”

terrified

This could mean extremely scared.

fell on the ground

This could mean quickly bowed to the ground or immediately got down on the ground. Make sure the translation of fell does not sound like an accident. They probably did this intentionally out of awe and fear.