Revelation 5
1 I saw that there was a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. The scroll was written on its outside as well as on its inside, and it was sealed {Someone had written on the outside as well as on the inside of the scroll and sealed it} with seven seals.
Toen zag ik in de rechterhand van Die op de troon is gezeten, een boek van binnen en buiten beschreven, met zeven zegels verzegeld.
2 I saw a strong angel who was announcing in a loud voice, “(The person who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it should come to do it!/Who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it?)” [RHQ]
Ook zag ik een machtigen engel, die uitriep met geweldige stem: Wie is waardig, te openen het boek en te verbreken zijn zegels?
3 But no created being in heaven nor any created being on the earth nor any created being under the earth was able to open the scroll and see what was written on it.
Maar niemand in de hemel, op de aarde of onder de aarde was bij machte, het boek te openen, of er een blik in te slaan.
4 I cried loudly because there was no one worthy to do that.
En ik weende bitter, omdat niemand werd waardig bevonden, het boek te openen of er een blik in te slaan.
5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry any longer! Look, the one who is called the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Messiah who is the descendant of King David, has overcome Satan! As a result, he is worthy to break the seven seals on the scroll and open it!”
Maar één van de Oudsten sprak tot mij: Ween niet; zie, de Leeuw uit Juda’s stam, de Wortel van David heeft overwonnen; Hij zal dus het boek en zijn zeven zegels openen!
6 Then I saw Jesus, the one who is like a [MET] sacrificial lamb, standing there. He stood near the throne, in the midst of the four living creatures and the elders. It appeared that he had been killed {that people had killed him}, but he was alive again. He had seven horns [on his head], and he had seven eyes that symbolize the Spirit of God who has all kinds of power (OR, who is also symbolized as seven spirits). [He] sends [God’s] Spirit out into all the earth.
En ik zag midden tussen de troon met de vier Dieren en tussen de Oudsten, een Lam staan, alsof het geslacht was. Het had zeven horens en zeven ogen; dit zijn de zeven Geesten Gods, die over de ganse aarde worden gevonden.
7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.
Het Lam kwam naderbij, en ontving het boek uit de rechterhand van Hem, die op de troon was gezeten.
8 When he took the scroll, the four living [creatures] and the 24 elders (prostrated themselves/knelt down) before [Jesus], the [one who is like a] lamb, [to worship him]. They each had a harp, and they had golden bowls full of incense that [represents] the prayers of God’s people.
En toen het Lam het boek had ontvangen, wierpen de vier Dieren en de vier en twintig Oudsten zich neer voor het Lam, elk met een citer en gouden schalen vol reukwerk; en dit zijn de gebeden der heiligen.
9 The living [creatures] and the elders sang a new song. They sang: You are worthy to receive the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and because you redeemed/bought people for God from every tribe, language [MTY], people-group, and nation with the blood that flowed from your body when you died.
En ze zongen een nieuw lied, en ze zeiden: Waardig zijt Gij, het boek te ontvangen, En zijn zegels te breken. Want Gij zijt geslacht geworden, Hebt met uw Bloed voor God gekocht: Uit alle stammen en talen, Uit alle volken en naties.
10 You have caused them to become a people over whom our God rules, and to become priests who serve him, and they will rule on [MTY] the earth.
Gij hebt ze gemaakt voor onzen God Tot koningschap en priesters, En heersen zullen ze over de aarde.
11 As I [continued to] look, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and around the living [creatures] and the elders. There were millions of them, a [crowd so large that no one could count them].
En terwijl ik toezag, hoorde ik de stem van vele engelen, rondom de troon, rondom de Dieren en Oudsten; hun getal was tienduizend maal tienduizend en duizendmaal duizenden. En ze riepen met machtige stem:
12 They were singing in a loud voice: “The one who is like a lamb was killed {whom his enemies killed} but he became alive again. He is worthy that all created beings acknowledge that he is infinitely powerful, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, and infinitely strong! He is worthy of being honored and praised by all created beings!”
Waardig is het Lam dat geslacht is, Macht te ontvangen, rijkdom en wijsheid, Kracht, ere, glorie en lof!
13 I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the ocean, every creature in all those places, saying (OR, singing): “We must forever praise and honor the one who sits on the throne and the one who is like a lamb, May they reign with complete power forever!” (aiōn g165)
En ieder schepsel in de hemel, op de aarde en onder de aarde, op de zee en al wat daarin is, hoorde ik roepen: Hem die zetelt op de troon En aan het Lam: Zij lof en eer en glorie, En kracht in de eeuwen der eeuwen! (aiōn g165)
14 The four living [creatures] said, “(Amen!/May it be so!)” Then the elders prostrated themselves and worshipped [God and Jesus].
En de vier Dieren riepen: Amen! En de Oudsten vielen aanbiddend neer.
