啟示錄
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第五章

得勝的羊羔配展開書卷
1 我看見那位坐在寶座上的，右手拿着書卷，這書卷的兩面都寫滿了字，用七個印封着。
2 我又看見一位大力的天使，大聲宣告說：“誰配展開那書卷，拆開它的封印呢？”
3 在天上、地上、地底下，沒有一個能夠展開書卷觀看的。
4 因為沒有人配展開觀看書卷，我就大哭。
5 長老中有一位對我說：“不要哭！看哪，那從猶大支派出來的獅子，大衛的根，他已經得勝了，他能夠展開那書卷，拆開它的七印。”
6 我又看見在寶座和四個活物中間，並且在眾長老中間，有羊羔站着，像是被殺過的。他有七角七眼，就是　神的七靈，奉差遣到全地去的。
7 羊羔走過去，從坐在寶座上那位的右手中取了書卷。
8 他拿了書卷之後，四個活物和二十四位長老就俯伏在羊羔面前，各拿着琴和盛滿了香的金爐，這香就是眾聖徒的祈禱。
9 他們唱着新歌，說：“你配取書卷，配拆開封印，因為你曾被殺，曾用你的血，從各支派、各方言、各民族、各邦國，把人買了來歸給　神，
10 使他們成為我們　神的國度和祭司，他們要在地上執掌王權。”
11 我又觀看，聽見了千千萬萬天使的聲音，他們都在寶座、活物和長老的四周，
12 大聲說：“被殺的羊羔是配得權能、豐富、智慧、力量、尊貴、榮耀、頌讚的！”
13 我又聽見在天上、地上、地底下和海里的一切被造之物，以及天地間的萬有，都說：“願頌讚、尊貴、榮耀、能力，都歸給坐在寶座上的那一位和羊羔，直到永永遠遠！”
14 四個活物就說：“阿們！”眾長老也俯伏敬拜。

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"
3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.
4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
12 In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!"
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!"
14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.