Apocalisse 5
1 POI io vidi nella man destra di colui che sedeva in sul trono un libro scritto dentro e di fuori, suggellato con sette suggelli.
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.
2 E vidi un possente angelo, che bandiva con gran voce: Chi è degno di aprire il libro, e di sciorre i suoi suggelli?
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]
3 E niuno, nè in cielo, nè sopra la terra, nè di sotto alla terra, poteva aprire il libro, nè riguardarlo.
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.
4 Ed io piangeva forte, perciocchè niuno era stato trovato degno di aprire, e di leggere il libro; e non pur di riguardarlo.
I cried loudly because there was no one worthy to do that.
5 E uno de' vecchi mi disse: Non piangere; ecco il Leone, che [è] della tribù di Giuda, la Radice di Davide, ha vinto, per aprire il libro, e sciorre i suoi sette suggelli.
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!”
6 Poi io vidi, ed ecco, in mezzo del trono, e de' quattro animali, e in mezzo dei vecchi, un Agnello che stava in piè, che pareva essere stato ucciso, il quale avea sette corna, e sette occhi, che sono i sette spiriti di Dio, mandati per tutta la terra.
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.
7 Ed esso venne, e prese il libro dalla man destra di colui che sedeva in sul trono.
He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.
8 E quando egli ebbe preso il libro, i quattro animali, e i ventiquattro vecchi, si gettarono giù davanti all'Agnello, avendo ciascuno delle cetere, e delle coppe piene di profumi, che sono le orazioni de' santi.
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.
9 E cantavano un nuovo cantico, dicendo: Tu sei degno di ricevere il libro, e d'aprire i suoi suggelli perciocchè tu sei stato ucciso, e col tuo sangue ci hai comperati a Dio, d' ogni tribù, e lingua, e popolo, e nazione;
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.
10 e ci hai fatti re, e sacerdoti all'Iddio nostro; e noi regneremo sopra la terra.
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.
11 Ed io riguardai, e udii la voce di molti angeli intorno al trono, ed agli animali, ed ai vecchi; e il numero loro era di migliaia di migliaia, e di decine di migliaia di decine di migliaia;
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].
12 che dicevano con gran voce: Degno è l'Agnello, che è stato ucciso, di ricever la potenza, e le ricchezze, e la sapienza, e la forza, e l'onore, e la gloria, e la benedizione.
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!”
13 Io udii ancora ogni creatura che è nel cielo, e sopra la terra, e di sotto alla terra; e quelle che son nel mare, e tutte le cose che sono in essi, che dicevano: A colui che siede in sul trono, ed all'Agnello, [sia] la benedizione, e l'onore, e la gloria, e la forza, ne' secoli de' secoli. (aiōn g165)
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)
14 E i quattro animali dicevano: Amen! e i ventiquattro vecchi si gettarono giù, e adorarono colui che vive ne' secoli dei secoli.
The four living [creatures] said, “(Amen!/May it be so!)” Then the elders prostrated themselves and worshipped [God and Jesus].
