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1 And now I saw that he who sat on the throne carried in his right hand a scroll. The inside of the page and the outside were both written on, and it was sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw an angel of sovereign strength, who was crying in a loud voice, Who claims the right to open the book, and break the seals on it? 3 But there was no one in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, who could open the scroll and have sight of it. 4 I was all in tears, that none should be found worthy to open the scroll or have sight of it; 5 until one of the elders said to me, No need for tears; here is one who has gained the right to open the book, by breaking its seven seals, the Lion that comes from the tribe of Juda, from the stock of David. 6 Then I saw, in the midst, where the throne was, amid the four figures and the elders, a Lamb standing upright, yet slain (as I thought) in sacrifice. He had seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, that go out to do his bidding everywhere on earth. 7 He now came, and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne, 8 and when he disclosed it,[1] the four living figures and the twenty-four elders fell down in the Lamb’s presence. Each bore a harp, and they had golden bowls full of incense, the prayers of the saints. 9 And now it was a new hymn they sang, Thou, Lord, art worthy to take up the book and break the seals that are on it. Thou wast slain in sacrifice; out of every tribe, every language, every people, every nation thou hast ransomed us with thy blood and given us to God.[2] 10 Thou hast made us a royal race of priests, to serve God; we shall reign as kings over the earth. 11 Then I heard, in my vision, the voices of a multitude of angels, standing on every side of the throne, where the living figures and the elders were, in thousands of thousands,[3] 12 and crying aloud, Power and Godhead, wisdom and strength, honour and glory and blessing are his by right, the Lamb that was slain.[4] 13 And every creature in heaven and on earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that is in it,[5] I heard crying out together, Blessing and honour and glory and power, through endless ages, to him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. 14 Then the four living figures said, Amen; and the twenty-four elders fell prostrate, worshipping him who lives for ever and ever.[6] | 1 Et vidi in dextera sedentis supra thronum, librum scriptum intus et foris, signatum sigillis septem. 2 Et vidi angelum fortem, prædicantem voce magna: Quis est dignus aperire librum, et solvere signacula ejus? 3 Et nemo poterat neque in cælo, neque in terra, neque subtus terram aperire librum, neque respicere illum. 4 Et ego flebam multum, quoniam nemo dignus inventus est aperire librum, nec videre eum. 5 Et unus de senioribus dixit mihi: Ne fleveris: ecce vicit leo de tribu Juda, radix David, aperire librum, et solvere septem signacula ejus. 6 Et vidi: et ecce in medio throni et quatuor animalium, et in medio seniorum, Agnum stantem tamquam occisum, habentem cornua septem, et oculos septem: qui sunt septem spiritus Dei, missi in omnem terram. 7 Et venit: et accepit de dextera sedentis in throno librum. 8 Et cum aperuisset librum, quatuor animalia, et viginti quatuor seniores ceciderunt coram Agno, habentes singuli citharas, et phialas aureas plenas odoramentorum, quæ sunt orationes sanctorum: 9 et cantabant canticum novum, dicentes: Dignus es, Domine, accipere librum, et aperire signacula ejus: quoniam occisus es, et redemisti nos Deo in sanguine tuo ex omni tribu, et lingua, et populo, et natione: 10 et fecisti nos Deo nostro regnum, et sacerdotes: et regnabimus super terram. 11 Et vidi, et audivi vocem angelorum multorum in circuitu throni, et animalium, et seniorum: et erat numerus eorum millia millium, 12 dicentium voce magna: Dignus est Agnus, qui occisus est, accipere virtutem, et divinitatem, et sapientiam, et fortitudinem, et honorem, et gloriam, et benedictionem. 13 Et omnem creaturam, quæ in cælo est, et super terram, et sub terra, et quæ sunt in mari, et quæ in eo: omnes audivi dicentes: Sedenti in throno, et Agno, benedictio et honor, et gloria, et potestas in sæcula sæculorum. 14 Et quatuor animalia dicebant: Amen. Et viginti quatuor seniores ceciderunt in facies suas: et adoraverunt viventem in sæcula sæculorum. |
[1] ‘Disclosed’; it is not clear in what sense. The Greek manuscripts have ‘took it up’.
[2] vv. 9, 10: Some of the Greek manuscripts have ‘them’ and ‘they’ instead of ‘us’ and ‘we’.
[3] The Greek has, ‘in ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands’.
[4] ‘Godhead’; the Greek here has ‘riches’, and it seems likely that the Latin version arose from a faulty reading.
[5] ‘And on the sea, and all that is in it’; this is perhaps the best account to give of the Latin text here, but it is curious that ‘on’ and ‘in’ should be rendered by the same preposition in Latin. The Greek text seems to be ‘every creature in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that is in them’; it is hard to see that the last six words add anything to the sense.
[6] The last seven words of this verse are of doubtful authority in the Greek, and are missing in some Latin manuscripts.
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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd
