5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third animal saying: Come! And I saw, and behold a black horse, and he who sat on him having a balance in his hand. 6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four animals, saying: A quart of wheat[6] for a denáry, and three quarts of barley for a denáry; and: Hurt not the oil and the wine.
7And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal saying: Come! 8And I saw, and behold a pale horse; and he who sat on him, his name was Death, and the underworld followed with him. And authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony which they had. 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth? 11And a white robe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet a little time, until also their fellow-servants and their brethren, who are about to be killed as they were, should be fully numbered.
12And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became all as blood; 13and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig-tree casts its untimely figs, when shaken by a great wind; 14and the heaven parted asunder as a scroll rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the chief captains, and the rich men, and the strong men, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; 16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17because the great day of his wrath is come, and who is able to stand?
VII. And after this, I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2And I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.
4And I heard the number of the sealed. A hundred and forty-four thousand were sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. 5out of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand; 6out of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand; 7out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand; 8out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand, were sealed.
9After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands. 10And they cry with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. 11And all the angels were standing round the throne and the elders and the four animals, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, 12saying: Amen; the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, and the might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
13And one of the elders answered, saying to me: These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and whence came they? 14And I said to him: Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who come out of the great affliction, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them[15]. 16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat; 17because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
VIII. And when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour.