1 And I saw, on the right hand of the One sitting on the throne, a scroll with writing inside and on the back, sealed shut with seven seals.
2 And I saw a powerful angel calling out in a great voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to undo its seals?"
3 But nobody, whether in heaven or on the earth or below the earth, was able to open the scroll, nor to look at it.
4 And I was weeping greatly, because nobody was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.
5 Then one of the elders says to me, "Stop weeping. Look, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to break its seven seals."
6 And I looked, and there, in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, stood a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that have been sent out into the whole earth.
7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One sitting on the throne.
8 When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb; each of them had harps and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 And they sing a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and with your blood you bought us for God out of every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made us kings and priests for our God, and we shall reign on the earth."
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders—their number was myriads upon myriads, and thousands upon thousands—
12 who said with a great voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!"
13 And every created thing that is in heaven and on the earth and beneath the earth, and those that are on the sea, and everything in them—I heard them saying, "To the One seated on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might, forever and ever!"
14 And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the One who lives forever and ever.