啟 示 錄 5
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
谁能打开起封开卷
5 然后，我看到坐在宝座上的人，右手拿着一卷正反两面都写着字、并用七个印封住的书轴。 2 我又看见一个强壮的天使高声问道∶“谁配启封开卷？” 3 可是天上、地上、地下没有一个人能打开卷轴，阅读它，因为没人有资格启封开卷并阅读它。 4 对此，我痛哭不己。 5 随后一位长老对我说∶“别哭了。看！犹大支派的狮子，大卫的后代获胜了，他能揭开七个印，打开那书卷。”
6 接着，我看见一只羔羊站在宝座前，那四个生物和长老围绕着它。羔羊看上去好像已被祭献过了。它长着七只角，七只眼，代表着被派到地上去的上帝的七个灵。 7 然后，这羔羊走过来，从坐在宝座上的那位的右手中接过卷轴。 8 羔羊一拿到卷轴，四个生物和二十四个长老都跪在羔羊面前。他们每人手拿一把竖琴和盛满香的金碗，这香就是上帝子民的祷告。 9 他们唱着一首新歌：
“你配拿卷轴，并开启封印，
因为你做为祭物被杀；
用鲜血为上帝赎回了子民，
他们来自各支派，说各种语言，
属于不同的民族和国家。
10 你让他们组成一个王国，
并使他们成为供职上帝的祭司。
在地上执掌王权。”
11 接着，我看到，并听到众多天使的声音，他们围绕在宝座、四个生物和长老的周围，天使的数目有成千上万个，数不胜数。 12 他们齐声高呼：
“被杀害的羔羊配得上
权力、财富、智慧、力量、尊崇、荣耀和赞美！”
13 然后，我又听到天上、地上，地下和水中一切被造之物－整个宇宙的生物说：
“赞美、尊崇、荣耀和权力永远属于
坐在宝座上的他和这只羔羊。”
14 四个生物回答道∶“阿们！”长老们纷纷俯伏敬拜。
Revelation 5
Contemporary English Version
The Scroll and the Lamb
5 (A) In the right hand of the one sitting on the throne I saw a scroll[a] that had writing on the inside and on the outside. And it was sealed in seven places. 2 I saw a mighty angel ask with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
4 I cried hard because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it. 5 (B) Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying and look! The one who is called both the ‘Lion from the Tribe of Judah’[b] and ‘King David's Great Descendant’[c] has won the victory. He will open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 (C) Then I looked and saw a Lamb standing in the center of the throne surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb looked as if it had once been killed. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[d] of God, sent out to all the earth.
7 The Lamb went over and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sat on the throne. 8 (D) After he had taken it, the four living creatures and the 24 elders knelt down before him. Each of them had a harp and a gold bowl full of incense,[e] which are the prayers of God's people. 9 (E) Then they sang a new song,
“You are worthy
to receive the scroll
and open its seals,
because you were killed.
And with your own blood
you bought for God
people from every tribe,
language, nation, and race.
10 (F) You let them become kings
and serve God as priests,
and they will rule on earth.”
11 (G) As I looked, I heard the voices of a large number of angels around the throne and the voices of the living creatures and of the elders. There were millions and millions of them, 12 and they were saying in a loud voice,
“The Lamb who was killed
is worthy to receive power,
riches, wisdom, strength,
honor, glory, and praise.”
13 Then I heard all beings in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the sea offer praise. Together, all of them were saying,
“Praise, honor, glory,
and strength
forever and ever
to the one who sits
on the throne
and to the Lamb!”
14 The four living creatures said “Amen,” while the elders knelt down and worshiped.
Footnotes
- 5.1 scroll: A roll of paper or special leather used for writing on. Sometimes a scroll would be sealed on the outside with one or more pieces of wax.
- 5.5 ‘Lion from the Tribe of Judah’: In Genesis 49.9 the tribe of Judah is called a young lion, and King David was from Judah.
- 5.5 ‘King David's Great Descendant’: The Greek text has “the root of David” which is a title for the Messiah based on Isaiah 11.1,10.
- 5.6 the seven spirits: Some manuscripts have “the spirits.”
- 5.8 incense: A material that produces a sweet smell when burned. Sometimes it is a symbol for the prayers of God's people.
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