Capítulo 5

¹I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.

¹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。

²And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, 'Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?'

²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？

³And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.

³在天上、地上、地底下，沒有能展開、能觀看那書卷的。

⁴Then I [began] to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it;

⁴因為沒有配展開、配觀看那書卷的，我就大哭。

⁵and one of the elders said to me, 'Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.'

⁵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。

⁶And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

⁶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。

⁷And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

⁷這羔羊前來，從坐寶座的右手裡拿了書卷。

⁸When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

⁸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。

⁹And they sang a new song, saying, 'Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood [men] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

⁹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'You have made them [to be] a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.'

¹⁰又叫他們成為國民，作祭司歸於神，在地上執掌王權。

¹¹Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,

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，

¹²saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.'

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。

¹³And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, 'To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, [be] blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.'

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！

¹⁴And the four living creatures kept saying, 'Amen.' And the elders fell down and worshiped.

¹⁴四活物就說：阿們！眾長老也俯伏敬拜。