And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals and I heard one of the four animals saying, like a voice of thunder,
“Come and see!”
And I saw, and look! A white horse and one sitting on it having a bow, and a crown was given to him and he went out conquering and to conquer.
And when he opened the second seal I heard the second animal saying,
“Come and see!”
And another horse, russet, went out, and it was given to the one sitting on it to take peace from the earth and that they should slay one another, and a great sword was given to him.
And when he opened the third seal I heard the third animal saying,
“Come and see!”
And I saw, and look! A black horse, and the one sitting on it having a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four animals saying,
“A measure of wheat for a penny and three measures of barley for a penny and don’t harm the oil and the wine.”
And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal saying,
“Come and see!”
And I saw, and look! A pale horse and the one sitting on it, his name Death, and Hades is following with him. And authority to exterminate was given to him, over a fourth part of the earth, with sword and with famine and with death and by the beasts of the earth.
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those having been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had.
And they were crying with a loud voice saying,
“Until when Oh Lord, Holy and True, do you not judge and avenge our blood on the ones dwelling on the earth?”
And white robes were given to each one, and it was said to them that they should rest yet a little while until both their fellow servants and their brethren were gathered in, the ones about to be killed also like them.
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and look, there was a great earthquake and the sun became black like sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood, and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its winter figs being shaken by a great wind. And heaven departed like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the captains of thousands, and the powerful, and every servant and every freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and they say to the mountains and the rocks,
“Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is sitting on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb, because the great day of his wrath has come and who is able to stand?”
