1I saw Lit uponin the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a Or book, and so throughout the chscroll written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.

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

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

4Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

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 be able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

6And I saw Lit in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the eldersbetween the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angelsthe seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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

8When He had taken the scroll, 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 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s peoplesaints.

9And they *sang a new song, saying,

11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was Gr for 10,000s of 10,000smyriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,

12saying with a loud voice,

13And I heard every created thing which is in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, or on the sea, and all the things in them, saying,

14And the four living creatures were saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.