Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 5
The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy One
| 1 Καὶ εἶδον ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου βιβλίον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν κατεσφραγισμένον σφραγῖσιν ἑπτά. 2 καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον ἰσχυρὸν κηρύσσοντα ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Τίς ἄξιος ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λῦσαι τὰς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ; 3 καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό. 4 καὶ ἔκλαιον πολύ, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό. 5 καὶ εἷς ἐκ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων λέγει μοι, Μὴ κλαῖε, ἰδοὺ ἐνίκησεν ὁ λέων ὁ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα, ἡ ῥίζα Δαυίδ, ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ. |
| 1Then I saw in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed tight with seven seals. 2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” 3And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look into it. 4And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5But one of the elders said to me: “Stop weeping! Look—the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.” |
The Lamb and the New Song
| 6 Καὶ εἶδον ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἀρνίον ἑστηκὸς ὡς ἐσφαγμένον ἔχων κέρατα ἑπτὰ καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑπτὰ οἵ εἰσιν τὰ [ἑπτὰ] πνεύματα τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεσταλμένοι εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. 7 καὶ ἦλθεν καὶ εἴληφεν ἐκ τῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου. |
| 6Then I saw in the center of the throne and the four living creatures, and in the center of the elders, a Lamb standing as though it had been slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One sitting on the throne. |
| 8 καὶ ὅτε ἔλαβεν τὸ βιβλίον, τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεσαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου ἔχοντες ἕκαστος κιθάραν καὶ φιάλας χρυσᾶς γεμούσας θυμιαμάτων, αἵ εἰσιν αἱ προσευχαὶ τῶν ἁγίων, 9 καὶ ᾄδουσιν ᾠδὴν καινὴν λέγοντες, |
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8And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a lyre and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9And they sang a new song, saying:
“Worthy are You to take the scroll
and to open its seals, because You were slaughtered and You purchased for God by Your blood people from every tribe and tongue and people and nation; 10and You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth.” |
The Universal Anthem of Praise
| 11 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν ἀγγέλων πολλῶν κύκλῳ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν ζῴων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ ἦν ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν μυριάδες μυριάδων καὶ χιλιάδες χιλιάδων 12 λέγοντες φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, |
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11Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
12saying with a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive
the power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” |
| 13 καὶ πᾶν κτίσμα ὃ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς πάντα ἤκουσα λέγοντας. |
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13And I heard every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all the things in them, saying:
“To the One sitting on the throne and to the Lamb
be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the dominion forever and ever!” |
| 14 καὶ τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα ἔλεγον, Ἀμήν. καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεσαν καὶ προσεκύνησαν. |
| 14And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped. |