Ρεβελαίσιον 5 Καὶ ἐδὼν ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὴν τοῦ καθεμένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, βιβλίαν γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ἄπισθεν, κατὰ σφραγισμένον φραγήσειν ἔπτα. Καὶ ἐδὼν ἄγγελον εἰς γυρὰν καὶ ρουσάντα, ἐν φωνὴ μεγάλη, τῆς ἄξιας ἀνοίξαι τὰ Βίβλιαν καὶ λύσαι τὰ σφραγίδες αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐδὲς ἐδοῦνα τὰ ἐν τὸ οὐρανὸ, οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὐδὲ ἱουπακάτω τῆς γῆς ἀνοίξαι τὰ Βίβλιαν, οὐτὲ μπλεπὴν αὐτὰ. Καὶ ἐγὼ ἔκλαιον παλού, ὅτι οὐδὲς ἄξιας ἱρεθῇ ἀνώξῃ τὰ Βίβλιαν, οὐτὲ βλέπῃν αὐτὰ. Καὶ ἡς ἐκ τῶν Πρεσβυτέρων λέγειμοι, Μὲ καὶ ἐἰ, ἰδοῦ, ἐνίκησεν ἡ Λέον ὁ ἐκ τῆς Φουλῆς Ιούδα, ἐρρίζῃ Δαβίδ, ἀνώξῃ τὰ Βίβλιαν, καὶ τὰς ἐπὶ τὰς Ραγίδας αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἔδαν ἐν μέσω τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τὸν τεσσαρὸν ζωὸν καὶ ἐν μέσω τῶν προσβουτέρων ἀρνίων ἐστικὰς ὡς ἐσφαγμένον, ἐκ ὁν κέρατα ἑπτά καὶ ἀφθαλμούς ἑπτά, ὅι ἦσιν τὰ ἑπτά πνεῦματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀπεστομένοι ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. καὶ ἤλθεν καὶ ἔλυφεν ἐκ τῆς δεξίας τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ ἄτα ἔλαβεν τὰ Βίβλιαν, τὰ τέσσερα ζῶα καὶ ὅι ἔκασι τέσσερας πρεσβούτεροι ἔπησαν ἐν ὄπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου ἐκ ἀντῆς ἔκαστας κηθάρων, καὶ φιάλας κρουσὰς γιμοῦσας θούμια μάττων, ἀἴσιν ἄι προσιοκάει τῶν ἀγίων, καὶ ἄδουσιν � ἄξιας ἔ, λαβέν τὰ Βίβλιαν, καὶ ἀνόηξαι τὰ σφαγεῖδες αὐτοῦ, ὅτε ἐσφαγῆς, καὶ ἐγόρασας τῷ θεῷ ἐν τῷ χάιματι σου, ἐκ πάσης φουλῆς, καὶ γλώσσαις, καὶ λαοῦ, καὶ ἔθνους, καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοῦς τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, βασιλέων καὶ ἡρῆς, καὶ βασιλίους ἐν ἐπίτες γῆς. καὶ ἔδαν καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν ἀγγέλων παλῶν, κούκλο του θρόνου καὶ τῶν Ζώων καὶ τῶν Πρεσπυτέρων, καὶ ἦν ὁ ἀριθμὰς αὐτῶν μυριάδες μυριάδων καὶ κηλιάδες κηλιάδων, λέγαντες φωνὴ μεγάλη. ἄξιον ἔστιν τὰ ἀρνεῖον τὰ ἐσφαγμένον, λαβέν τὰ ἐνδύνεμεν, καὶ πλοῦτον, καὶ σαφίον, καὶ εἰσκοῦν, καὶ τιμὴν, καὶ δόξον, καὶ ἱουλαγίον, καὶ πάνκτησμα, ὅ ἐν τὰ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γης, καὶ ὁ πακάτω τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς θάλασσῃ ἐστίν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷς πάντα ἔκουσα, λέγαντας, τὸ καθεμένο ἐπὶ τοῦ θράνου, καὶ τὸ ἀρνείο, ἡ Ἰουληγία, καὶ ἡ τιμὴ, καὶ ἡ δάξα, καὶ τὰ κράτας, ἐς τοὺς ἀεῶνας τῶν ἀεῶνων. Καὶ τὰ τέσσερα ζῷ ἔλεγαν ἀμὴν, καὶ ὁι πρεσπούτεροι ἔπεσαν καὶ προ