啟示錄第5章
書卷和羔羊
1我看見坐寶座的右手中有書卷,裡外都寫著字,用七印封嚴了。
2我又看見一位大力的天使大聲宣傳說:「有誰配展開那書卷,揭開那七印呢?」

Vision of the glory of God, surrounded by four living creatures, seven lamps, and twenty four elders, with the angel asking who is worthy to break the seal of the book(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)
3在天上、地上、地底下,沒有能展開、能觀看那書卷的。
4因為沒有配展開、配觀看那書卷的,我就大哭。
5長老中有一位對我說:「不要哭!看哪,猶大支派中的獅子,大衛的根,他已得勝,能以展開那書卷,揭開那七印。」

Coventry glazier John Thornton – Name of worthy. York Minster, Great East Window(1405~8)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous England – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.011 Name of worthy(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

atelier de Nicolas Bataille sur cartons de Hennequin de Bruges. –
Tenture de l’Apocalypse(entre 1373-1377 et 1382)Musée de la
Tapisserie de l’Apocalypse, château d’Angers, Angers (France)
(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
license. by PMRMaeyaert, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – John with an Elder, while the angel reads the names of the worthy(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Saint John the Evangelist Consoled by an Elder and by an Angel Holding a Scroll(c.1255~60)Getty Center(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The Lion of Judah(2007)(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. photo by A. Davery, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Large Lion of Judah ornament on a lion-fur cape.(2007)(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. photo by A. Davery, Wikimedia Commons)

Frozen Emperor – Lion of Juda, Ethiopia(2013)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)

Eliyahu Koren – Emblem of Jerusalem(1949)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Thoraschild (Tas), copper driven, silver plated(c.1750)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Plutho, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – biblical menorah and lions of Judah on the sign of Beitar Jerusalem FC(2012)גרפיטי עם סמל ביתר ירושלים(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. photo by zeevveez from Jerusalem, Israel, Wikimedia Commons)

עברית: אריחי קרמיקה מתוצרת בית המלאכה של בצלאל, על חזית בית הספר אחד העם, רחוב אחד העם, תל אבי-יפו(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. photo by Talmoryair, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Logo de la communauté des Béatitudes(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license., Wikimedia Commons)
6我又看見寶座與四活物,並長老之中有羔羊站立,像是被殺過的,有七角七眼,就是 神的七靈,奉差遣往普天下去的。

Anonymous – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse – Lamb (Christie’s)(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha – Grande Théophanie: synthèse de l’Apocalypse IV et V, et Ezéchiel I(1047)Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Page often called “Adoration of the Lamb” from the Manchester Beatus (also called the Rylands Beatus).(c.1175)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

École de la Cour de Charlemagne – Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 8850, fol. 1v.(9th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Egeas – Apocalipse do Lorvão, Visão do Cordeiro e dos Quatro Seres (fl. 90)(1189)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Angel’s Chapel with frescos Seckau Apocalypse by Herbert Boeckl (1952 – 1960) at Seckau Abbey, Styria, Austria(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The Lamb with the Book with Seven Seals(c.1000)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – f. 6r: The Lamb enthroned, surrounded by crowned Elders(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

atelier de Nicolas Bataille sur cartons de Hennequin de Bruges. – Tenture de l’Apocalypse(entre 1373-1377 et 1382)Musée de la Tapisserie de l’Apocalypse, château d’Angers, Angers (France)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by PMRMaeyaert, Wikimedia Commons)

Evangelisten, Pfarrkirche Berg im Drautal(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. photo by Thomas Ledl, Wikimedia Commons)

Clara Rettich – Rudolf Steiner’s Apocalyptic Seal – 2 four living creatures(1907 ~ 1911)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

The four Evangelists on the 13th-c. ceiling of the choir in Stiftskirche St. Moriz in Rottenburg am Neckar. Mark and Matthew’s symbol animals have been confused by the painter.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Rebecca Kennison, Wikimedia Commons)

École de la Cour de Charlemagne – Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 8850, fol. 1v.(9th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Maître d’Anne de Bretagne – Lamb with 7 horns(15th century)Rose window of Sainte-Chapelle(Paris)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Sakumoto78 – Dieses Gemälde vom Lamm Gottes wurde für das Cover des Instrumental Metal-Albums Valley of the Gods verwendet(2012)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous Greek painter – Adoration of the lamb, Fresco of Apocalypse from an Athos monastery(before 19th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Rosary window in the south gable of the church, depicting the Adoration of the Lamb of God. Created in 1910 by Catherine O’Brien. (See Nicola Gordon Bowe et al, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass, p. 38.)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. Attribution: Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Illustration to Book of Revelation(1893)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
7這羔羊前來,從坐寶座的右手裡拿了書卷。

Catedral de la Purísima Concepción (Tepic, Nayarit) – portal vault mural of Revelation Chapter(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by Nheyob, Wikimedia Commons)

Unknown Master, German – Vision of St John the Evangelist(c.1450)Wallraf–Richartz Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Matthias Gerung – Page 287r: John’s Vision of Heaven, Revelation 4:1-11, 5:1-14(1530~32)Ottheinrich-Bibel, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

France, Central (Paris and Clairefontaine) – scenes from the book of Apocalypse(1411)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

THE LAMB IN THE MIDST OF THE ELDERS, and THE OPENING OF THE BOOK, two miniatures on either side of a cutting from the Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM Lorraine, late 13th century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – f. 6v: The Lamb takes the book from Christ(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Illustration of “Lamb takes the book from Christ”, with seraphims, from the Luther Bible.(1534)the Luther Bible of 1534(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Apocalypse flamande – BNF Néerl3(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.073v Those who were sealed behold the throne(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Limbourg brothers – Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry:Saint John on Patmos(1411~6)Condé Museum, Chantilly, France(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro – Coronation of Mary and 24 Elders – Wallraf-Richartz Museum – Cologne – Germany 2017(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
Gerard de Jode. After: Jan Snellinck – Icones Revelationum S Iho[anne]s Evangeliste in Pathmo(1585)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Medieval anonymous – Apocalypse. Wall painting of the apocalypse of St John, Chapter House, Westminster Abbey(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Dionysiou monastery – Apocalypse. 24 elders(16th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous Greek painter – Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, f44r – Lamb taking Book(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Vasily Koren – Lubok engraving of Apocalypse, from en:The Koren Picture-Bible (1692-1696) Василий Корень. Апокалипсис. Лист 1, главы 4, 5. 1692-1696 гг.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The Lamb Taking the Sealed Book and an Angel and the Elders Singing Praises(c.1255~1260)Getty Center(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Vision of the Lamb, who alone is worthy of opening the book, worshipped by the elders: God and the Lamb in mandorla above with three angels on either side(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Second vision: the Lamb of God surrounded by angels, and adored by the elders.(1425)New York Public Library(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Hans Burgkmair the Elder – The Lord on the Throne Surrounded by Four Evangelists, from The Apocalypse(1523~4)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)

Jean Duvet – Saint John Summoned to Heaven, from the Apocalypse(before 1561)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Dirck Jacobsz. Vellert – Apocalypse C.5 – Elders with crowns(16th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Albrecht Dürer – The Lamb of God and the Book with Seven Seals. Detail from a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer(1498)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Georg David Nessenthaler – Ulrichbibel – Apocalypse 03 Das Lamm öffnet die sieben Siegel(1755)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Vitrail de la Basilique Saint-Denis (chapelle Saint Pérégrin).Vitrail des Allégories de Saint Paul dit ” vitrail anagogique”. Détail d’un médaillon: l’ouverture du livre par le lion et l’agneau. Par Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc et Alfred Gérente, 19ème siècle, d’après les textes de l’abbé Suger.(Public Domain, photo by Vassil, Wikimedia Commons)

Coventry glazier John Thornton – Lamb taking book. York Minster, Great East Window(1405~8)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Jugendstilalatar in der Krypta, gefertigt nach Entwürfen von Prof. Karl Rieber durch Bildhauer Gabriel Lämmle; Detail der Predella. Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul (Neufra an der Donau, Stadt Riedlingen)(Public Domain, photo by Veit Feger, Wikimedia Commons)

anonymous – Cellar painting in Peace church in Schweidnitz (an Apocalyptic scene)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Qasinka, Wikimedia Commons)

Anoymous – f. 449r: Miniature in two registers of the book ‘sealed with seven seals’ on an altar being opened by the Lamb and the Lion of Judah, with the symbols of the Evangelists; below a veiled enthroned figure with the symbols of the Evangelists (at the end of Revelation).(c.830~840)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Иерей Максим Массалитин – Алтарная фреска Господа Вседержителя. Новые фрески в Китаевской пустыни. Киев(2007)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license., Wikimedia Commons)
8他既拿了書卷,四活物和二十四位長老就俯伏在羔羊面前,各拿著琴和盛滿了香的金爐;這香就是眾聖徒的祈禱。

Fidelis Schabet – Stiftskirche in Hechingen(1846~8)(Public Domain photo by Ralf Roletschek, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Cattedrale di Anagni – Affreschi(medieval)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Cattedrale di Anagni – Affreschi(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous Greek painter – Die Kl�ster Dionysiou und Dochiariou befinden sich auf dem Berg Athos in Griechenlands, wo sich zahlreiche Kl�ster nach dem griechisch-orthodoxen Ritus niedergelassen haben. (17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Église Saint-François-Xavier, a Roman Catholic church and parish in the 7th arrondissement of Paris dedicated to Francis Xavier. Address: 39 Boulevard des Invalides, 75007 Paris, France.(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. photo by Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, Wikimedia Commons)

Pendentifkuppel der Herz-Jesu-Kirche Silikatmalerei auf Putz 1911-1913 von Friedrich Stummel.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Gottfried Grafe at German Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Monastery of Saint-Antoine-le-Grand France / Rhone-Alpes / Saint-Laurent-en-Royans(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Beringarius – Anbetung des Lammes(c.870)Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Juan van der Hamen – Adoración del Cordero apocalíptico(1625)Royal Convent of La Encarnación(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Gebhard Fugel – Apocalypse by Gebhard Fugel 03 – Kap. 5 Buch mit 7 Siegeln(1933)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous England – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.054 elders around the throne(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Pfarrkirchen bei Bad Hall ( Upper Austria ). Saint George parish church: Fresco ( 1748 ) in the crossing by Wolfgang Andreas Heindl: 24 Elders of the Apocalypse adoring the Lamb of God.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by Wolfgang Sauber, Wikimedia Commons)

Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptist in Dischingen (Landkreis Heidenheim/Baden-Württemberg), Chorfresko von Gabriel P. Lucello, von 1771, Darstellung: Lamm Gottes(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by GFreihalter, Wikimedia Commons)

Ceiling painting, Book of Revelation,”Worthy is the Lamb”, showing the Lamb, God the Father, an angel, the four Evangelists as symbolic animals, a row af angels with harps, ca. 1670(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by Gerda Arendt, Wikimedia Commons)

St.Ingenuin in Taisten. Deckenfresco: Anbetung des Lamms durch die 4 Erdteile(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. by Wolfgang Sauber, Wikimedia Commons)

Franz Georg Hermann – Schussenried Kloster Bibliothekssaal Gewölbefresko Scheitel Mitte Jüngstes Gericht Apokalyptisches Lamm(before 1768)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Johann Jakob Zeiller – Ottobeuren Hochaltarfresko Apokalyptisches Lamm(before 1783)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Andreas Brugger – Chorfresko „Vision der geheimen Offenbarung“ (Apk 5, 6-14)(1775)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Main altar; on the ceiling of the apse : “Glory of the Mystical Lamb” by Baciccia (Giovanni Battista Gaulli); church Il Gesù, Rome, Italy(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license photo by Georges Jansoone, Wikimedia Commons)

Andreas Brugger – Weiler St Blasius Brugger Anbetung des Lamms(1800)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. photo by Andreas Praefcke, Wikimedia Commons)

Cosmas Damian Asam – Fresko über dem Hochaltar, “Anbetung des apokalyptischen Lammes”(1739)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha – La Croix d’Oviedo. Les Sages devant l’Agneau. Apoc. V(1047)Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°6v(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

France, Central (Paris and Clairefontaine) – BL Royal MS 19 D III f. 596 – Apocalypse(1411)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anomymous – Apocalypse figurée des ducs de Savoie – Escorial E Vit.5 – Adoration of the lamb2(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anomymous – Apocalypse figurée des ducs de Savoie – Escorial E Vit.5 – Adoration of the lamb(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The Adoration of the Lord and of the Lamb by the Chosen(c.1255~60)Getty Center(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Apocalypsis, etc.WMS 49(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license by Welcome Image, Wikimedia Commons)

Jacob, P. L. – The Triumph of the Lamb(1870)Getty Research Institute(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)

Coventry glazier John Thornton – Book with seven seals. York Minster, Great East Window(1405~8)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Maître d’Anne de Bretagne – Rose window of Sainte-Chapelle (Paris) – 24 Elders(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Vitrail de la cathédrale américaine de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris (75008).(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by GO69, Wikimedia Commons)

Vitrail de la cathédrale américaine de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris (75008).(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by GO69, Wikimedia Commons)

Vitrail de la cathédrale américaine de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris (75008).(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by GO69, Wikimedia Commons)

Vitrail de la cathédrale américaine de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris (75008).(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by GO69, Wikimedia Commons)

Vitrail de la cathédrale américaine de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris (75008).(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by GO69, Wikimedia Commons)

Vitrail de la cathédrale américaine de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris (75008).(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by GO69, Wikimedia Commons)
9他們唱新歌,說:你配拿書卷,配揭開七印;因為你曾被殺,用自己的血從各族、各方、各民、各國中買了人來,叫他們歸於 神,

Apsismosaik St Antonius Potsdam-Babelsberg Detail Lamm mit Siegesfahne.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by Liebermary, Wikimedia Commons)

St. Antonius Potsdam Babelsberg, Altarraum mit Apsismosaik von Egbert Lammers (1942) „Die Anbetung des Lammes“ (Offb. 5)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by Liebermary, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Église Saint-François-Xavier, a Roman Catholic church and parish in the 7th arrondissement of Paris dedicated to Francis Xavier. Address: 39 Boulevard des Invalides, 75007 Paris, France.(c.1265~70)(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. photo by Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, Wikimedia Commons)

Baden-Württemberg, Bollschweil, Pfarrkirche St. Hilarius(2011)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Attribution: Ralph Hammann, Wikimedia Commons)
10又叫他們成為國民,作祭司歸於 神,在地上執掌王權。
11我又看見且聽見,寶座與活物並長老的周圍有許多天使的聲音;他們的數目有千千萬萬,
12大聲說:曾被殺的羔羊是配得權柄、豐富、智慧、能力、尊貴、榮耀、頌讚的。
13我又聽見在天上、地上、地底下、滄海裡,和天地間一切所有被造之物,都說:但願頌讚、尊貴、榮耀、權勢都歸給坐寶座的和羔羊,直到永永遠遠!
14四活物就說:「阿們!」眾長老也俯伏敬拜。

Albrecht Dürer – St John kneeling before Christ and the twenty-four elders(1496)British Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.049v Christ enthroned with lamb(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Silos Apocalypse – BL Add MS 11695 f. 086v – The Lamb and the four Living Creatures(10th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Jean-Auguste Brutails – Apocalypse de Saint-Sever(before 1926)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)