Bilingual reading

I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!”

Then a white horse appeared, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”

Another came out, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

I heard a voice in the middle of the four living creatures saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don’t damage the oil and the wine!”

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see!”

And behold, a pale horse, and the name of he who sat on it was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

for the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

وتَوالَت رُؤيايَ فرَأَيتُ الحَمَلَ يَفُضُّ أَوَّلَ الأَخْتامِ السَّبعَة. وسَمِعتُ أَوَّلَ الأَحْياءِ الأَربَعَةِ يَقولُ بِصوتٍ كالرَّعْد: «تَعالَ!»

فرَأَيتُ فَرَسًا أَبيَضَ قد ظَهَرَ، وكانَ الرَّاكِبُ علَيه يَحمِلُ قَوسًا، فأُعطِيَ إِكْليلًا فخَرَجَ غالِبًا ولِكَي يَغلِب

ولَمَّا فَضَّ الخَتمَ الثَّاني، سَمِعتُ الحَيَّ الثَّانِيَ يَقول: «تَعال!»

فخَرَجَ فَرَسٌ آخَرُ، أَشقَر، وإِلى الرَّاكِبِ علَيه وُكِلَ أَن يَرفَعَ السَّلامَ عنِ الأَرض، فيَذبَحَ النَّاسُ بَعضُهم بَعضًا. فأُعطِيَ سَيفًا كبيرًا

ولَمَّا فَضَّ الخَتمَ الثَّالِث، سَمِعتُ الحَيَّ الثَّالِثَ يَقول: «تَعالَ!» فَرَأيتُ فَرَسًا أَدهَم، وكانَ بِيَدِ الرَّاكِبِ علَيه ميزان

وسَمِعتُ ما يُشبِهُ صَوتًا بَينَ الأَحْياءِ الأَربَعَةِ يَقول: «مِكْيالُ قَمحٍ بِدينار، وثَلاثَةُ مَكاييلِ شَعيرٍ بِدينار، وأَمَّا الزَّيتُ والخَمرُ فلا تُنزِلْ بِهِما ضَرَرًا»

ولَمَّا فَضَّ الخَتمَ الرَّابِع، سَمِعتُ الحَيَّ الرَّابِعَ يَقول: «تَعالَ!»

فرَأَيتُ فَرَسًا ضارِبًا إِلى الخُضرَة، وٱسمُ الرَّاكِبِ علَيه الطَّاعون، وكانَ مَثْوى الأَمواتِ يَتبَعُه، فأُولِيا السُّلطانَ على رُبعِ الدُّنْيا لِيَقتُلا بِالسَّيفِ والمَجاعَةِ والطَّاعونِ ووُحوشِ الأَرض

ولَمَّا فَضَّ الخَتمَ الخامِس، رَأَيتُ تَحتَ المَذبَحِ نُفوسَ الَّذينَ ذُبِحوا في سَبيلِ كَلِمَةِ اللهِ والشَّهادَةِ الَّتي شَهِدوها

فصاحوا بِأَعْلى أَصْواتِهم: «حَتَّامَ، يا أَيُّها السَّيِّدُ القُدُّوسُ الحَقّ، تُؤَخِّرُ الإِنْصافَ والٱنتِقامَ لِدِمائِنا مِن أَهلِ الأَرض!»

فأُعطِيَ كُلٌّ مِنهم حُلَّةً بَيضاء، وأُمِروا بِأَن يَصبِروا وَقتًا قَليلًا إِلى أَن يَتِمَّ عَدَدُ أَصْحابِهم وإِخوَتِهِمِ الَّذينَ سيُقتَلونَ مِثلَهم

وتَوالَت رُؤيايَ فرَأَيتُ الحَمَلَ يَفُضُّ الخَتمَ السَّادِس، فحَدَثَ زِلْزالٌ شَديدٌ وٱسوَدَّتِ الشَّمسُ كمِسْحٍ مِن شَعَر، والقَمَرُ قد صارَ كُلُّه مِثلَ الدَّم

وكَواكِبُ السَّماءِ قد تَساقَطَت إِلى الأَرضِ كما تُساقِطُ التِّينَةُ ثِمارَها الفِجَّة، إِذا هَزَّتها ريحٌ عاصِف

والسَّماءُ قد طُوِيَت طَيَّ السِّفْر، وكُلُّ جَبَلٍ وجَزيرَةٍ قد تَزَعزَعَت

ومُلوكُ الأَرضِ والعُظَماءُ والقُوَّادُ والأَغنِياءُ والأَقوِياءُ وكُلُّ عَبدٍ وحُرٍّ قد تَوارَوا في المَغاوِرِ وفي صُخورِ الجِبال

وهم يَقولونَ لِلجِبالِ والصُّخور: «أُسقُطي علَينا وغَطِّينا عن وَجهِ الجالِسِ على العَرشِ وعن غَضَبِ الحَمَل

فقَد جاءَ اليَومُ العَظيم، يَومُ غَضَبِهما، فمَن يَقْوى على الثَّبات؟»