羔羊揭开前六印
1然后，我看见羔羊揭开七印中的第一印，那时我听见四个活物中的一个用如雷的声音说：“来！” 2我便观看，见有一匹白马，马上的骑士拿着弓，他接受了赐给他的冠冕后，便四处征战，战无不胜。
3羔羊揭开第二印时，我听见第二个活物说：“来！” 4这次出现了一匹红马，马上的骑士获得权柄，要夺取地上的和平，使人类互相厮杀。他还获得一把大刀。
5羔羊揭开第三印的时候，我听见第三个活物说：“来！”我便观看，见有一匹黑马，马上的骑士手里拿着天平。 6我又听见四个活物中好像有声音说：“一升小麦值一个银币6:6 一个银币相当于一天的工钱。，三升大麦也值一个银币，油和酒都不要糟蹋。”
7羔羊揭开第四印的时候，我听到第四个活物说：“来！” 8我便观看，见有一匹浅灰色的马，马上骑士的名字叫死亡，阴间紧跟在他后面。他们得到权柄可以用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫和野兽消灭地上四分之一的人。
9羔羊揭开第五印的时候，我看到祭坛下有许多灵魂，都是为传扬上帝的道、为祂做见证而被杀的。 10他们大声喊道：“圣洁真实的主宰啊，你还要等多久才审判地上那些屠杀我们的人，为我们申冤呢？” 11这时有白袍赐给他们每个人，有声音告诉他们要再稍候片刻，直到和他们同做奴仆、同被杀害的弟兄姊妹的数目满了为止。
12羔羊揭开第六印的时候，我看见大地震发生了，太阳变得像黑毛布一样黑，整个月亮变成血红色， 13天上的星辰都坠落到地上，好像未成熟的无花果被狂风从树上吹落一般。 14天空也像书卷被卷起来，所有的山岭和海岛都被挪离原位。 15地上的君王、显要、将领、富豪、权贵、一切奴隶和自由人都躲藏在山洞里和岩穴间。 16他们哀求群山和岩石，说：“倒下来遮盖我们吧，我们好躲避宝座上的那位和羔羊的烈怒！ 17因为祂们发烈怒的大日子到了，谁能站得住呢？”
The Seals
1I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds6:6 Or about 1 kilogram of wheat for a day’s wages,6:6 Greek a denarius and six pounds6:6 Or about 3 kilograms of barley for a day’s wages,6:6 Greek a denarius and do not damage the oil and the wine!”
7When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10. were killed just as they had been.
12I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us6:16 See Hosea 10:8. from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17For the great day of their6:17 Some manuscripts his wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
