啓示錄 21

新天新地

1 我又看見一個新天新地，因為先前的天地都過去了，海也再沒有了。2 我又看見聖城，新耶路撒冷，從天上由　神那裡降下來，預備好了，好像打扮整齊等候丈夫的新娘。3 我聽見有大聲音從寶座那裡發出來，說：“看哪！　神的帳幕在人間，他要與人同住，他們要作他的子民。　神要親自與他們同在，要作他們的　神。

4 他要抹去他們的一切眼淚，不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀、哭號、痛苦，因為先前的事都過去了。”
5 坐在寶座上的那一位說：“看哪，我把一切都更新了！”又說：“你要寫下來，因為這些話是可信的、真實的。”6 他又對我說：“成了！我是阿拉法，是俄梅格；我是創始的，也是成終的。我要把生命的泉水，白白賜給口渴的人喝。7 得勝的，必要承受這些福分。我要作他的　神，他要作我的兒子。

8 只是那些膽怯的、不信的、可憎的、殺人的、淫亂的、行邪術的、拜偶像的和所有說謊的人，他們的分是在燒著硫磺的火湖裡。這就是第二次的死。”
新耶路撒冷
9 拿著七個盛滿著末後七災的碗的七位天使中，有一位走來對我說：“你來！我要把新娘，就是羊羔的妻子，指示你。”10 我在靈裡被那天使帶到一座高大的山上，他把從天上由　神那裡降下來的聖城耶路撒冷指示我。11 這城有　神的榮耀，城的光輝好像極貴的寶石，又像晶瑩的碧玉。12 有高大的城牆，有十二個門，門口有十二位天使，門上寫著以色列十二支派的名字。13 東邊有三個門，南邊有三個門，西邊有三個門，北邊有三個門。

14 城牆有十二座根基，根基上有羊羔的十二使徒的名字。
15 那對我說話的天使拿著一根金的蘆葦，要量那城、城門和城牆。16 城是四方的，長寬都一樣。天使用蘆葦量那城，共有二千四百公里，城的長、寬、高都一樣；17 又量了城牆，約有六十公尺。天使用的標準，就是人量度的標準。18 城牆是用碧玉做的，城是用明淨像玻璃的純金做的。19 城牆的根基是用各樣寶石裝飾的：第一座根基是碧玉，第二座是藍寶石，第三座是瑪瑙，第四座是綠寶石，20 第五座是紅瑪瑙，第六座是紅寶石，第七座是黃璧璽，第八座是水蒼玉，第九座是紅璧璽，第十座是翡翠，第十一座是紫瑪瑙，第十二座是紫晶。

21 十二個門是十二顆珍珠，每一個門是用一顆珍珠做的。城裡的街道是純金的，好像透明的玻璃。
22 我沒有看見城裡有聖所，因為主全能的　神和羊羔就是城的聖所。23 這城不需要日月照明，因為有　神的榮耀照明，而羊羔就是城的燈。24 列國要藉著城的光行走，地上的眾王要把他們的榮華帶到這城來。25 城門白天決不關閉。在那裡並沒有黑夜。26 列國的榮華尊貴都被帶到這城。

27 所有不潔淨的、行可憎的和說謊的，決不可以進入這城。只有名字記在羊羔生命冊上的才可以進去。

Revelation 21

A New Heaven and a New Earth

1 Thent I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist,t and the sea existed no more.2 And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Look! The residencet of God is among human beings.t Het will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.s

4 Het will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more – or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”t
5 And the one seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new!” Thent he said to me, “Write it down,t because these words are reliablet and true.”6 He also said to me, “It is done!t I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give watert free of charget from the spring of the water of life.7 The one who conquerst will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells,t idol worshipers,t and all those who lie, their placet will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur.t Thatt is the second death.”

The New Jerusalem Descends

9 Thent one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me,t saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”10 Sot he took me away in the Spiritt to a huge, majestic mountaint and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.11 The city possessest the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.t12 It hast a massive, high wallt with twelve gates,t with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israelt are written on the gates.t13 There aret three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side.t

14 Thet wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The angelt who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.16 Nowt the city is laid out as a square,t its length and width the same. Het measured the city with the measuring rodt at fourteen hundred milest (its length and width and height are equal).17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubitst according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s.t18 The city’st wall is madet of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.t19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decoratedt with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate,s the fourth emerald,20 the fifth onyx,s the sixth carnelian,s the seventh chrysolite,s the eighth beryl,s the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase,s the eleventh jacinth,s and the twelfth amethyst.

21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! Thet main streett of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 Nowt I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God – the All-Powerfult – and the Lamb are its temple.23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.24 The nationst will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeurt into it.25 Its gates will never be closed during the dayt (andt there will be no night there).t26 They will bring the grandeur and the wealtht of the nationst into it,

27 butt nothing ritually uncleant will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestablet or practices falsehood,t but only those whose namest are written in the Lamb’s book of life.