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七印封嚴的書卷

我看見坐寶座的右手中有書卷,裡外都寫著字,用七印封嚴了。 我又看見一位大力的天使大聲宣傳說:「有誰配展開那書卷,揭開那七印呢?」 在天上、地上、地底下,沒有能展開、能觀看那書卷的。 因為沒有配展開、配觀看那書卷的,我就大哭。 長老中有一位對我說:「不要哭。看哪,猶大支派中的獅子,大衛的根,他已得勝,能以展開那書卷、揭開那七印!」

唯有羔羊配開

我又看見寶座與四活物並長老之中有羔羊站立,像是被殺過的,有七角七眼,就是神的七靈,奉差遣往普天下去的。 這羔羊前來,從坐寶座的右手裡拿了書卷。 他既拿了書卷,四活物和二十四位長老就俯伏在羔羊面前,各拿著琴和盛滿了香的金爐。這香就是眾聖徒的祈禱。 他們唱新歌,說:「你配拿書卷,配揭開七印,因為你曾被殺,用自己的血從各族、各方、各民、各國中買了人來,叫他們歸於神, 10 又叫他們成為國民做祭司,歸於神,在地上執掌王權。」

稱讚神和羔羊

11 我又看見且聽見寶座與活物並長老的周圍有許多天使的聲音,他們的數目有千千萬萬, 12 大聲說:「曾被殺的羔羊是配得權柄、豐富、智慧、能力、尊貴、榮耀、頌讚的!」 13 我又聽見在天上、地上、地底下、滄海裡和天地間一切所有被造之物都說:「但願頌讚、尊貴、榮耀、權勢都歸給坐寶座的和羔羊,直到永永遠遠!」 14 四活物就說:「阿們!」眾長老也俯伏敬拜。

The Scroll and the Lamb

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne(A) a scroll with writing on both sides(B) and sealed(C) with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel(D) proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(E) of the tribe of Judah,(F) the Root of David,(G) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Then I saw a Lamb,(H) looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures(I) and the elders.(J) The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,(K) which are the seven spirits[a](L) of God sent out into all the earth. He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.(M) And when he had taken it, the four living creatures(N) and the twenty-four elders(O) fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp(P) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers(Q) of God’s people. And they sang a new song, saying:(R)

“You are worthy(S) to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood(T) you purchased(U) for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.(V)
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests(W) to serve our God,
    and they will reign[b] on the earth.”(X)

11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.(Y) They encircled the throne and the living creatures(Z) and the elders.(AA) 12 In a loud voice they were saying:

“Worthy is the Lamb,(AB) who was slain,(AC)
    to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
    and honor and glory and praise!”(AD)

13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth(AE) and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To him who sits on the throne(AF) and to the Lamb(AG)
    be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”(AH)

14 The four living creatures(AI) said, “Amen,”(AJ) and the elders(AK) fell down and worshiped.(AL)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 5:6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
  2. Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign