OrthJBC - Revelation of John - 5

5:1  And I saw on the yad yamin of the One sitting on the kisseh a sefer having been written inside and on the back, having been sealed with sheva chotamot (seven seals). [Yechezkel 2:9,10; Yeshayah 29:11; Daniel 12:4]

5:2  And I saw a strong malach, proclaiming in a kol gadol, "Who is worthy to open the sefer and break its chotamot?"

5:3  And no one in Shomayim or on ha'aretz or under ha'aretz was being able to open the sefer or to look into it.

5:4  And I was weeping copiously because no one was found worthy to open the sefer or to look into it,

5:5  And one of the Zekenim says to me, "Do not weep, hinei! HaAryeh from the Shevet Yehudah, the Shoresh Dovid, has won the nitzachon (victory) and he is able to open the sefer and its sheva chotamot. [Bereshis 49:9; Yeshayah 11:1,10]

5:6  And I saw between the kisseh and the Arbah Chayyot and among the Zekenim a Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7) having stood as having been slain, having sheva karnayim, sheva eynayim, which are the sheva ruchot (spirits) of Hashem having been sent into kol ha'aretz. [Zecharyah 4:10]

5:7  And he came and has taken the sefer out of the yad yamim of the One sitting on the kisseh.

5:8  And when he received the sefer, the Arbah Chayyot and the esrim v'arba'ah Zekenim fell down before the Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7), each one having a nevel (harp) and golden ke'arot (bowls) full of ketoret (incense), which are the tefillos (prayers) of the kedoshim; [Tehillim 141:]

5:9  And they are singing a shir chadash, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the sefer and to open the chotamot of it, because you were slain and with your dahm [kapparah] you paid the price for the Geulah [Vayikra 25:50-51] redemption and purchased ones for Hashem from every mishpochah (family) and lashon (tongue) and am (people) and goy (nation), [Tehillim 40:3; 98:1; 149:1; Yeshayah 42:10]

5:10  and made them for Eloheinu a Malchut and kohanim, and they will reign on ha'aretz. THE TIFERET (BEAUTY) OF THE NETZAH (VICTORY) OF THE SEH HAELOHIM

5:11  And I saw and I heard the kol of many malachim around the kisseh and of the Chayyot and the Zekenim; they numbered myriads of myriads and v'alfei alafim (thousands of thousands), [Daniel 7:10]

5:12  saying with a kol gadol, "Worthy is the Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7) having been slain, to receive the oz (power) and the osher (wealth) and the chochmah (wisdom) and the gevurah (strength) and hod (honor) and kavod (glory) and brakhah (blessing)."

5:13  And every beriyah (creature) which is in Shomayim and on ha'aretz and under ha'aretz and on the yam and all things in them, I heard saying, "To the One sitting on the kisseh and to the Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7) be the brakhah (blessing) and the hod (honor) and the hadar (glory) and the memshalah (dominion) ad Olemei Olamim." [Divrey Hayamim Alef 29:11; Malachi 1:6; 2:2]

5:14  And the Arbah Chayyot were saying, "Omein." And the Zekenim fell down and worshiped.