5
1 I
saw, in the
right hand of
him who sat
on the throne,
a book written
inside and outside,
sealed shut with
seven seals.
2 I
saw a mighty angel
proclaiming with a
loud voice, “Who
is worthy to open
the book, and
to break its
seals?”
3 No
one in heaven
above, or on
the earth, or
under the earth,
was able to open
the book or
to look in it.
4 Then
I wept much,
because no one
was found worthy
to open the book
or to look in
it.
5 One
of the elders
said to me, “Don’t
weep. Behold, the
Lion who is
of the tribe
of Judah, the
Root of David,
has overcome: he
who opens the book
and its seven
seals.”
6 I
saw in the
middle of the
throne and of
the four living
creatures, and in
the middle of
the elders, a Lamb
standing, as
though it had
been slain, having
seven horns and
seven eyes, which
are the seven
Spirits of God,
sent out into
all the earth.
7 Then
he came, and
he took it
out of the
right hand of
him who sat
on the throne.
8 Now
when he had
taken the book,
the four living
creatures and the
twenty-four elders
fell down before
the Lamb, each one
having a harp,
and golden bowls
full of incense,
which are the
prayers of
the saints.
9 They sang
a new song,
saying,
“You are worthy
to take the
book
and to open its
seals,
for you
were killed,
and bought us for
God with your blood
out of every
tribe, language,
people, and nation,
10 and
made us kings
and priests to
our God;
and we will
reign on the
earth.”
11 I
looked, and I heard
something like a
voice of
many angels around
the throne, the
living creatures,
and the elders.
The number of them
was ten thousands
of ten thousands,
and thousands of
thousands,
12 saying
with a loud
voice, “Worthy is
the Lamb who
has been killed to
receive the power,
wealth, wisdom,
strength, honor,
glory, and
blessing!”
13 I heard
every created
thing which is
in heaven, on
the earth, under
the earth, on
the sea, and
everything in them,
saying, “To him
who sits on
the throne and
to the Lamb
be the blessing,
the honor, the
glory, and the
dominion, forever
and ever! Amen!”
14 The
four living
creatures said, “Amen!”
Then the
elders fell down
and worshiped.