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.

Ary hitako fa, indro, nisy boky voasoratra tao anatiny sy teo ivohony, voapetaka mafy tamin’ ny tombo-kase fito, teo an-tanana ankavanan’ ilay nipetraka teo ambonin’ ny seza fiandrianana.

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]

Ary hitako fa, indro, nisy anjely mahery niantso tamin’ ny feo mafy hoe: Iza no miendrika hanokatra ny boky sy hamaha ny tombo-kaseny?

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.

Ary tsy nisy tany an-danitra, na tetỳ an-tany, na tany ambanin’ ny tany, nahasokatra ny boky na nahajery azy.

4 I cried loudly because there was no one worthy to do that.

Ary nitomany mafy aho, satria tsy nisy hita miendrika hanokatra ny boky na hijery azy.

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!”

Ary ny anankiray tamin’ ny loholona nanao tamiko hoe: Aza mitomany; indro, ny Liona avy amin’ ny firenen’ i Joda, dia ny Solofon’ i Davida, no efa naharesy ka hanokatra ny boky sy hamaha ny tombo-kaseny fito.

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.

Ary hitako fa, indro, teo afovoan’ ny seza fiandrianana sy ny zava-manan’ aina efatra ary teo afovoan’ ny loholona dia nisy Zanak’ ondry nitsangana tahaka ny efa voavono, nanan-tandroka fito sy maso fito, dia ny Fanahy fiton’ Andriamanitra nirahina hankany amin’ ny tany rehetra.

7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

Ary tonga Izy ka nandray ny boky teo an-tanana ankavanan’ ilay nipetraka teo ambonin’ ny seza fiandrianana.

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.

Ary rehefa nandray ny boky Izy, ny zava-manana-aina efatra sy ny loholona efatra amby roa-polo dia niankohoka teo anatrehan’ ny Zanak’ ondry, sady samy nanana lokanga sy lovia volamena feno ditin-kazo manitra izy, dia vavaka ataon’ ny olona masìna izany.

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.

Ary nihira fihiram-baovao izy ka nanao hoe: Hianao no miendrika haka ny boky sy hamaha ny tombo-kaseny; Fa voavono Hianao, Ary ny rànao no nanavotanao ho an’ Andriamanitra olona avy tamin’ ny fokom-pirenena rehetra sy ny samy hafa fiteny sy ny olona ary ny firenena rehetra;

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.

Ary efa nataonao fanjakana sy mpisorona ho an’ Andriamanitsika ireo; Ary manjaka ambonin’ ny tany izy.

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].

Ary nahita aho sady nandre feon’ anjely maro manodidina ny seza fiandrianana sy ny zava-manan’ aina ary ny loholona, ary ny Isany dia alinalina sy arivoarivo,

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!”

nanao tamin’ ny feo mahery hoe: Ny Zanak’ ondry, Izay novonoina, dia miendrika handray hery sy harena sy fahendrena sy faherezana sy haja sy voninahitra ary saotra.

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)

Ary izao zavatra ary rehetra izao, na izay any an-danitra, na izay etỳ ambonin’ ny tany sy any ambanin’ ny tany, na izay any an-dranomasina mbamin’ izay rehetra ao anatiny, dia reko samy nanao hoe: Ho an’ ilay mipetraka eo ambonin’ ny seza fiandrianana sy ho an’ ny Zanak’ ondry anie ny saotra sy ny haja sy ny voninahitra ary ny fanjakana mandrakizay mandrakizay. (aiōn g165)

14 The four living [creatures] said, “(Amen!/May it be so!)” Then the elders prostrated themselves and worshipped [God and Jesus].

Ary ny zava-manan’ aina efatra nanao hoe: Amena. Ary ny loholona dia niankohoka ka nivavaka.