Apocalipse 5

Te Pukapuka me te Reme

1 Ā, i kite anō ahau i te ringa matau o tērā e noho rā i runga i te torōna, he pukapuka kua oti te tuhituhi ā-roto, ā-tua hoki, he mea hīri ki ngā hīri e whitu. 2 Ā, i kite ahau i tētahi anahera kaha e karanga ana, he nui te reo, "Ko wai e tika ana hei whakatuwhera i te pukapuka, hei wāwāhi i ōna hīri?" 3 Ā, kīhai i taea e tētahi i te rangi, i te whenua rānei, i raro rānei i te whenua, te whewhera i te pukapuka, te titiro rānei ki reira. 4 Nā, nui atu tōku tangi, nō te mea kīhai i kitea tētahi e tika ana hei whewhera i te pukapuka, hei titiro iho rānei ki reira. 5 Nā, ka mea mai tētahi o ngā kaumātua ki ahau, "Kaua e tangi, nā, kua riro te wikitōria i te Raiona o te hapū o Hūrā, i te Pūtake o Rāwiri, māna e whakatuwhera te pukapuka, e wāwāhi ōna hīri e whitu."

6 Ā, i kite anō ahau, nā, i waenganui o te torōna, o ngā mea ora hoki e whā, i waenganui anō hoki o ngā kaumātua, he Reme e tū ana, te āhua kei tō te mea i whakamatea, e whitu ōna haona, e whitu ngā kanohi; ko ngā Wairua e whitu ēnei o te Atua, kua tonoa nei puta noa i te ao. 7 Nā, ka haere atu ia, ka tango i te pukapuka i roto i te matau o tērā e noho rā i runga i te torōna. 8 Ā, nō ka tango ia i te pukapuka, ka hinga iho ngā mea ora e whā, me ngā kaumātua e rua tekau mā whā, ki te aroaro o te Reme, he hāpa i tētahi, i tētahi o rātou, me ngā oko kōura kī tonu i ngā mea kakara, ko ngā īnoi ērā a te hunga tapu. 9 Nā, ka waiata rātou i te waiata hou, ka mea:

"Pai tonu koe hei tango i te pukapuka,

hei wāhi i ōna hīri;

i whakamatea hoki koe,

ā, hokona ana mātou e koe

hei hunga mā te Atua ki ōu toto,

i roto i ngā hapū, i ngā reo,

i ngā huihuinga tāngata, i ngā iwi katoa;

10 ā, meinga ana rātou e koe hei kīngi,

hei tohunga ki tō mātou Atua;

ka kīngi anō rātou ki runga ki te whenua."

11 Nā, i kite ahau, i rongo hoki ahau i te reo o ngā anahera maha i ngā taha katoa o te torōna, o ngā mea ora hoki, o ngā kaumātua. Nā, ko tō rātou tokomaha kei ngā mano tekau mano tekau, me ngā mano mano; 12 nui atu tō rātou reo ki te mea mai:

"Pai tonu te Reme i whakamatea

hei tango i te kaha, i te taonga, i te mātauranga,

i te mana, i te hōnore, i te korōria, i te whakapai!"

13 I rongo anō ahau ki ngā mea hanga katoa o te rangi, o te whenua, i raro anō hoki i te whenua, ki ērā hoki i te moana, ki ngā mea katoa o reira, e mea ana:

"Waiho atu i tēnei e noho nei i runga i te torōna, i te Reme hoki,

te whakapai, te hōnore, te korōria, te kaha

ā ake ake!"

14 Nā, ka mea ngā mea ora e whā, "Āmine!" Ā, ka hinga iho ngā kaumātua, ka koropiko.

1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon: 5 and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof. 6 And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came, and he taketh it out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sing a new song, saying,

Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.

11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a great voice,

Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

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

Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.

14 And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.