ヨハネの黙示録 5
1 我また御座に坐し給ふ者の右の手に、卷 物のあるを見たり、その裏表に文字あり、七つの印をもて封ぜらる。
And I saw lying in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written on both sides and closely sealed with seven seals.
2 また大聲に『卷 物を開きてその封印を解くに相應しき者は誰ぞ』と呼はる強き御使を見たり。
And I saw a mighty angel who was exclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?"
3 然るに天にも地にも、地の下にも、卷 物を開きて之を見 得る者なかりき。
But no one in Heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or look into it.
4 卷 物を開き、これを見るに相應しき者の見えざりしに因りて、我いたく泣きゐたりしに、
And while I was weeping bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the book or look into it,
5 長老の一人われに言ふ『泣くな、視よ、ユダの族の獅子・ダビデの萠蘗、すでに勝を得て卷 物とその七つの封印とを開き得るなり』
one of the Elders said to me, "Do not weep. The Lion which belongs to the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed, and will open the book and break its seven seals."
6 我また御座および四つの活物と長老たちとの間に、屠られたるが如き羔羊の立てるを見たり、之に七つの角と七つの目とあり、この目は全世界に遣されたる神の七つの靈なり。
Then, midway between the throne and the four living creatures, I saw a Lamb standing among the Elders. He looked as if He had been offered in sacrifice, and He had seven horns and seven eyes. The last-named are the seven Spirits of God, and have been sent far and wide into all the earth.
7 かれ來りて御座に坐したまふ者の右の手より卷 物を受けたり。
So He comes, and now He has taken the book out of the right hand of Him who is seated on the throne.
8 卷 物を受けたるとき、四つの活物および二十四人の長老、おのおの立琴と香の滿ちたる金の鉢とをもちて、羔羊の前に平伏せり、此の香は聖徒の祈祷なり。
And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders fell down before the Lamb, having each of them a harp and bringing golden bowls full of incense, which represent the prayers of God's people.
9 かくて新しき歌を謳ひて言ふ『なんぢは卷 物を受け、その封印を解くに相應しきなり、汝は屠られ、その血をもて諸種の族・國語・民・國の中より人々を神のために買ひ、
And now they sing a new song. "It is fitting," they say, "that Thou shouldst be the One to take the book And break its seals; Because Thou hast been offered in sacrifice, And hast purchased for God with Thine own blood Some out of every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 之を我らの神のために國民となし、祭司となし給へばなり。彼らは地の上に王となるべし』
And hast formed them into a Kingdom to be priests to our God, And they reign over the earth."
11 我また見しに、御座と活物と長老たちとの周圍にをる多くの御使の聲を聞けり。その數、千々萬々にして、
And I looked, and heard what seemed to be the voices of countless angels on every side of the throne, and of the living creatures and the Elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
12 大聲にいふ『屠られ給ひし羔羊こそ、能力と富と知慧と、勢威と尊崇と、榮光と讃美とを受くるに相應しけれ』
and in loud voices they were singing, "It is fitting that the Lamb which has been offered in sacrifice should receive all power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
13 我また天に、地に、地の下に、海にある萬の造られたる物、また凡てその中にある物の云へるを聞けり。曰く『願はくは御座に坐し給ふものと羔羊とに、讃美と尊崇と榮光と權力と世々 限りなくあらん事を』 (aiōn g165)
And as for every created thing in Heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and everything that was in any of these, I heard them say, "To Him who is seated on the throne, And to the Lamb, Be ascribed all blessing and honor And glory and might, Until the Ages of the Ages!" (aiōn g165)
14 四つの活物はアァメンと言ひ、長老たちは平伏して拜せり。
Then the four living creatures said "Amen," and the Elders fell down and worshipped.
