1 Depois, vi o Cordeiro abrir o primeiro selo e ouvi um dos quatro Animais clamar com voz de trovão: Vem!2 Vi aparecer então um cavalo branco. O seu cavaleiro tinha um arco; foi-lhe dada uma coroa e ele partiu como vencedor para tornar a vencer.3 Quando abriu o segundo selo, ouvi o segundo animal clamar: Vem!4 Partiu então outro cavalo, vermelho. Ao que o montava foi dado tirar a paz da terra, de modo que os homens se matassem uns aos outros; e foi-lhe dada uma grande espada.5 Quando abriu o terceiro selo, ouvi o terceiro animal clamar: Vem! E vi aparecer um cavalo preto. Seu cavaleiro tinha uma balança na mão.6 Ouvi então como que uma voz clamar no meio dos quatro Animais: Uma medida de trigo por um denário, e três medidas de cevada por um denário; mas não danifiques o azeite e o vinho!7 Quando abriu o quarto selo, ouvi a voz do quarto animal, que clamava: Vem!8 E vi aparecer um cavalo esverdeado. Seu cavaleiro tinha por nome Morte; e a região dos mortos o seguia. Foi-lhe dado poder sobre a quarta parte da terra, para matar pela espada, pela fome, pela peste e pelas feras.9 Quando abriu o quinto selo, vi debaixo do altar as almas dos homens imolados por causa da palavra de Deus e por causa do testemunho de que eram depositários.10 E clamavam em alta voz, dizendo: Até quando tu, que és o Senhor, o Santo, o Verdadeiro, ficarás sem fazer justiça e sem vingar o nosso sangue contra os habitantes da terra?11 Foi então dada a cada um deles uma veste branca, e foi-lhes dito que aguardassem ainda um pouco, até que se completasse o número dos companheiros de serviço e irmãos que estavam com eles para ser mortos.12 Depois vi o Cordeiro abrir o sexto selo; e sobreveio então um grande terremoto. O sol se escureceu como um tecido de crina, a lua tornou-se toda vermelha como sangue13 e as estrelas do céu caíram na terra, como frutos verdes que caem da figueira agitada por forte ventania.14 O céu desapareceu como um pedaço de papiro que se enrola e todos os montes e ilhas foram tirados dos seus lugares.15 Então os reis da terra, os grandes, os chefes, os ricos, os poderosos, todos, tanto escravos como livres, esconderam-se nas cavernas e grutas das montanhas.16 E diziam às montanhas e aos rochedos: Caí sobre nós e escondei-nos da face daquele que está sentado no trono e da ira do Cordeiro,17 porque chegou o Grande Dia da sua ira, e quem poderá subsistir?

1 And I saw when the Lamb had opened the first seal, and I heard the first of the four animals, saying as with a voice of thunder, Come and see.2 And I saw and, behold, a white horse; and he that was seated upon him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth victorious, that he might also overcome.3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second animal, which said, Come and see.4 And another horse went forth [that was] red, and unto him that was seated thereon was given power to take away the peace of 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 animal, which said, Come and see. And I saw and, behold, a black horse, and he that was seated upon him had a yoke in his hand.6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four animals, which said, A choenix of wheat for a denarius and three choenixes of barley for a denarius; 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 animal, which said, Come and see.8 And I looked and, behold, a green horse, and he that was seated upon him was named Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given unto him 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 those that had been slain because [of] 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 those that dwell in the earth?11 And white robes were given unto each one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little while until their fellow servants and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.12 And I saw when he had opened the sixth seal, and, behold, 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 upon the earth, even as a fig tree casts her 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 princes and the rich and the captains and the strong and every servant and every free [man] hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains16 and said to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that is seated upon 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 before him?: