And I saw in the right hand of him sitting on the throne, a scroll written inside and on the back, having been sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loosen its seals?”
And no one could in heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, open the scroll nor look at it. And I wept a lot because no one worthy was found to open and to read the scroll, nor to look at it.
And one of the elders says to me,
“Don’t weep, look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David has prevailed to open the scroll, and to loose its seven seals.”
And I saw, and look! In the midst of the throne and of the four animals, and in the midst of the elders, a lamb standing as if it had been slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, the ones having been sent into all the earth: and he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of the one sitting on the throne. And when he took the scroll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell in front of the Lamb, each one having harps and golden goblets full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.
And they are singing a new song, saying,
“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and have redeemed us to God by your blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God, and we shall reign on the earth!”
And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and of the animals, and of the elders, and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered, to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing!”
And every creature, which is in heaven and in the earth and under the earth, and those that are on the sea and the things in them all, I heard saying,
“To him sitting on the throne and to the Lamb: the blessing and the honour and the glory and the power for ever and ever!”
And the four animals said,
“Truly!”
And the twenty four elders fell down and worshipped the one living for ever and ever.
