New American Bible, Revised Edition

Revelation 5:1-6 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

2. Then I saw a mighty angel who proclaimed in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

3. But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to examine it.

4. I shed many tears because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to examine it.

5. One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has triumphed, enabling him to open the scroll with its seven seals.”

6. Then I saw standing in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and the elders, a Lamb that seemed to have been slain. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the [seven] spirits of God sent out into the whole world.