1 Ma nägin, kuidas Tall avas esimese seitsmest pitserist ja kuulsin, kuidas üks neljast olevusest hüüdis otsekui kõuehäälel: „Tule!" 2 Ja ma vaatasin: ennäe, valge hobune. Selle seljas istujal oli käes amb ning talle anti pärg ja ta läks välja võitjana võitma.

3 Ja kui ta avas teise pitseri, kuulsin ma teist olevust hüüdvat: „Tule!" 4 Siis tuli välja hobune, kes oli tulipunane, ning tema seljas istujale anti võim võtta maa pealt rahu, et inimesed üksteist tapaksid, ja talle anti suur mõõk.

5 Ja kui ta avas kolmanda pitseri, kuulsin ma kolmandat olevust hüüdvat: „Tule!" Ja ma vaatasin: ennäe, must hobune, ja selle seljas istujal olid käes kaalud. 6 Ma kuulsin nelja olevuse keskelt otsekui häält, mis ütles: „Üks kilogramm nisu teenari*6:6 Üks teenar oli töölise keskmine päevapalk. eest ja kolm kilogrammi otri teenari eest. Kuid õlile ja veinile ära tee kahju!"

7 Ja kui ta avas neljanda pitseri, kuulsin ma neljanda olevuse häält hüüdvat: „Tule!" 8 Ja ma vaatasin: ennäe, tuhkur hobune, ja selle seljas istuja nimi oli Surm. Tema järel tuli Surmavald ning neile anti meelevald neljandikul maakeral tappa mõõgaga, näljaga ja katkuga ning maa metsloomadega.

9 Ja kui ta avas viienda pitseri, nägin ma altari all nende hingi, kes olid tapetud Jumala sõna ja tunnistuse pärast, milles nad olid püsinud. 10 Nad hüüdsid valjusti: „Kui kaua veel, püha ja tõeline Valitseja, enne kui sa mõistad kohut ja tasud kätte ilmamaa inimestele meie vere eest?" 11 Ja neile igaühele anti selga valge rüü ja neile öeldi, et nad puhkaksid veel pisut aega, kuni saab täis nende kaassulaste ja vendade hulk, kes tapetakse nagu nemadki.

12 Kui ta avas kuuenda pitseri, nägin ma, et sündis võimas maavärin. Päike muutus mustaks nagu karune kotiriie ja kuu muutus otsekui vereks. 13 Taevatähed kukkusid maa peale, nõnda nagu viigipuu pillab maha oma küpsemata marjad, kui tugev tuul seda raputab. 14 Ja taevas taandus otsekui rullraamat, mis keeratakse kokku, ja kõik mäed ja saared nihkusid oma kohalt.

15 Kogu maailma kuningad, suurnikud ja väejuhid, rikkad ja vägevad, kõik orjad ja vabad peitsid end koobastesse ja mägedesse kaljude vahele. 16 „Langege meie peale," ütlesid nad mägedele ja kaljudele, „ning peitke meid troonil istuja palge ja Talle viha eest, 17 sest nende suur vihapäev on käes, kes võib jääda püsima?"

1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?