^5:1 And I saw upon the right hand of the one sitting upon the throne a book which has been written on the inside and outside, and has been sealed with seven seals. ^5:2 And I saw a strong messenger preaching {i.e., proclaiming} in a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose its seals? ^5:3 And no one in the heaven above or upon the earth or underneath the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it. ^5:4 And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it. ^5:5 And one out-of the elders says to me, Do not weep; behold, the Lion, one from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame, he who opens the book and its seven seals. ^5:6 And I saw in the middle of the throne and the four living creatures and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as one who has been slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, being sent into all the earth. ^5:7 And he came and has taken it out-of the right hand of the one sitting upon the throne. ^5:8 And when he took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down in the Lamb’s sight, each one having a harp and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the holy-ones. ^5:9 And they are singing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered and bought us in your blood for God out-of every tribe and language and people and nation.

      ^5:10 And you made^* them kings and priests to our God, and they will be reigning over the earth. {Rev 20:6}

      ^5:11 And I saw and I heard a voice like that of many messengers surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders, and the number of them was tens of thousands of tens of thousands, ^5:12 saying in a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb who has been slaughtered to receive the power and the riches, and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and thanks. ^5:13 And every created thing which is in the heaven and upon the earth and underneath the earth and is upon the sea and all things in them, I heard saying, To the one sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb, is the thanks and the honor and the glory and the dominion, forevermore. Amen.

      ^5:14 And the four living creatures are saying the amen; and the elders fell down and worshiped him.