5:4a

And I began to weep bitterly: The Greek clause is literally “I was weeping greatly.” The Greek grammar indicates weeping over a period of time. Other ways to translate this clause are:

I wept and wept (New International Version)
-or-
I then cried very much

5:4b

no one was found worthy: The clause no one was found is passive. Some languages must use an active clause. For example:

no ⌊one⌋ found anyone to be worthy
-or-
no ⌊one⌋ found one person to be worthy
-or-
there was no one who was worthy

was found: Here the phrase was found indicates that no one considered anyone worthy to open the scroll. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

was considered
-or-
was counted
-or-

⌊no one⌋ saw that someone was worthy

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