Revelation 5
Amplified Bible
The Scroll with Seven Seals
5 I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals.(A) 2 And I saw a strong angel announcing with a loud voice, “Who is worthy [having the authority and virtue] to open the scroll and to [a]break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] was able to open the scroll or look into it. 4 And I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look into it. 5 Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals.”(B)
6 And there [b]between the throne (with the four living creatures) and among the elders I saw a Lamb (Christ) standing, [bearing scars and wounds] as though it had been slain, with seven horns (complete power) and with seven eyes (complete knowledge), which are [c]the seven Spirits of God who have been sent [on duty] into all the earth.(C) 7 And He came and [d]took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. 8 And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb (Christ), each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of fragrant incense, which are the prayers of the saints (God’s people). 9 And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying,
“Worthy and deserving are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.(D)
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“You have made them to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth.”(E)
Angels Exalt the Lamb
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and [the voice] of the living creatures and the elders; and they numbered myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands (innumerable),(F) 12 saying in a loud voice,
“Worthy and deserving is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
13 And I heard every created thing that is in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] or on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying [together],
“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (Christ), be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”(G)
14 And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped [Him who lives forever and ever].
Footnotes
- Revelation 5:2 When the seals are broken, the consummation of history, focused in the judgments, is unveiled.
- Revelation 5:6 The Lamb is Jesus Christ, who stands “between,” in other words both as one with God upon the throne and as one with humanity around the throne.
- Revelation 5:6 See note 1:4.
- Revelation 5:7 Lit has taken. This is the Greek perfect tense, which John sometimes uses to emphasize the lasting significance of an action or event.
启示录 5
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
羔羊与书卷
5 接着，我看见坐在宝座上的那一位右手中拿着一个书卷，内外都写着字，用七个封印封住。 2 我又看见一位强有力的天使，大声地宣告：“谁配打开这书卷，解开它的封印呢？” 3 可是在天上、在地上、在地底下，都没有一个能打开或阅读那书卷的。 4 于是我就大哭，因为找不到配打开[a]或阅读那书卷的。
5 可是长老中有一位对我说：“不要哭了！看哪，那出于犹大支派的狮子、大卫的根已经得胜，可以打开那书卷和[b]它的七个封印。” 6 随后，我看见[c]在宝座和四个活物当中，在长老们当中，站着一只羔羊，好像是被杀过的。羔羊有七只角和七只眼，那七只眼就是神的七个灵，是奉差派往全地去的。 7 羔羊上前去，从坐在宝座上那一位的右手中拿了书卷[d]。
羔羊配得颂赞
8 他一接到书卷，四个活物和二十四位长老就俯伏在羔羊面前，他们各拿着一把竖琴和盛满香的金碗；这些香就是圣徒们的祷告。 9 他们唱着一首新歌，说：
“你配接受那书卷，
配打开它的封印，
因为你曾被杀，
用自己的血，
从各支派、各语言群体、
各民族、各国家，
为神赎回了人[e]，
10 使他们[f]成为我们神的国度[g]和祭司；
他们[h]将要在地上做王[i]。”
11 我又观看，就听见在宝座、活物和长老们的周围，有许多天使的声音；他们的数目有千千万万。 12 他们大声说：
“那被杀的羔羊配接受
权能、财富、智慧、力量、
尊贵、荣耀和颂赞！”
13 我又听见天上、地上、地底下和海中的一切被造之物，以及天地间[j]的万有，都在说：
“愿颂赞、尊贵、荣耀和权能，
都归于坐在宝座上的那一位，
都归于羔羊，直到永永远远！”
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