Revelation 5 — ULB
5Verse 1Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and on the back, sealed with seven seals.Verse 2I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”Verse 3No one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to read it.Verse 4I wept bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to read it.Verse 5But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Look! The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”Verse 6I saw a Lamb standing in the middle of the throne area and among the four living creatures and among the elders. He looked as though he had been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.Verse 7He went and took hold of the scroll out of the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne.Verse 8When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.Verse 9They sang a new song:“You are worthy to take the scrolland to open its seals.For you were slaughtered, and with your blood you purchased people for Godfrom every tribe, language, people, and nation.Verse 10You made them a kingdom and priests to serve our God,and they will reign on the earth.”Verse 11Then I looked and heard the sound of many angels who encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. Their total number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands.Verse 12They said in a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise.”Verse 13I heard every created thing that was in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea—everything in them—saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and the power to rule, forever and ever.”Verse 14The four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.+