1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals. 2 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?" 3 No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it. 4 Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it. 5 One of the elders said to me, "Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals." 6 I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle 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 out into all the earth. 7 Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones. 9 They sang a new song, saying,

"You are worthy to take the book

and to open its seals:

for you were killed,

and bought us for God with your blood

out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

10 and made us kings and priests to our God,

and we will reign on the earth."

11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!"

13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!"

14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" Then the elders fell down and worshiped.

1 E vi um livro na mão direita daquele que estava sentado no trono, livro esse escrito por dentro e por fora, mas fechado com sete selos.2 E um anjo, poderoso, bradou em alta voz: Quem é digno de quebrar os selos deste livro e abri-lo? e3 Mas ninguém houve, nem no céu, nem na terra, nem debaixo da terra, que tivesse o direito de abrir o livro e de ver o que estava lá escrito.4 Chorei então abundantemente pelo facto de em parte alguma se achar alguém digno de o abrir e o ler.5 Mas um dos vinte e quatro anciãos disse-me: Não chores mais; aqui está o Leão da tribo de Judá, o verdadeiro descendente do trono de David, que venceu e mostrou ser digno de deslacrar os sete selos e de abrir o livro.6 Olhei e vi um Cordeiro de pé no meio do trono com os quatro seres viventes e os vinte e quatro anciãos à volta, e trazia sinais de haver sido morto. Tinha sete chifres e sete olhos, que são os sete espíritos de Deus enviados por toda a Terra.=7 Então avançou e tomou o livro da mão direita do que estava sentado no trono.ÿ8 E depois de ter ficado com o livro, os quatro seres viventes e os vinte e quatro anciãos inclinaram-se até à terra, na frente do Cordeiro, tendo cada um uma harpa e taças de ouro cheias de incenso, que são as orações do povo de Deus.11 Depois, olhei de novo e ouvi o canto de uma multidão de milhões e milhões de anjos que rodeavam o trono, os seres viventes e os anciãos,14 E os quatro seres viventes respondiam: Que assim seja. Os vinte e quatro anciãos inclinaram-se e adoraram.