启示录 21

新天新地

1 接着，我看见一个新天新地，因为先前的天和先前的地都已经过去了，海也不再存在了。2 我t也看见圣城新耶路撒冷，从神那里、从天上降下来，已经被预备好了，就像为自己的丈夫装饰整齐的新娘那样。

3 我又听见有大声音从宝座上t传来，说：
“看哪，神的居所t在人间，
神将要与人一同居住t。
他们将要做他的子民，
神将要亲自与他们同在，做他们的神t。

4 神t要从他们的眼中抹去一切泪水。
将来不再有死亡，
也不再有悲伤、哭泣或痛苦，
因为先前的事已经过去了。”

5 坐在宝座上的那一位说：“看哪，我正在更新一切！”他又说：“你当写下，因为这些话是信实的、真实的。”6 他又对我说：“成了！我就是‘阿尔法’，也是‘欧米伽’；是开始，也是终结。我将要从生命水的泉源把水无偿地赐给干渴的人。7 那得胜的，将要继承这些；我将要做他的神，他将要做我的儿子。8 但那些胆怯的、不信的、可憎的、杀人的、淫乱的、行邪术的、拜偶像的，和所有说谎的人，他们的份就在燃烧着烈火和硫磺的湖里。这是第二次的死亡。”

新耶路撒冷

9 拿着七个盛满最后七灾害之碗的七位天使中，有一位过来对我讲话，说：“来，我要给你看看新娘，就是羔羊的妻子。”10 于是我在灵里被天使带到一座高大的山上。他给我看那从神那里、从天上降下来的圣城耶路撒冷；11 这城有神的荣耀，她的光辉仿佛极贵重的宝石，如同碧玉，清澈如水晶。12 她有又高又大的城墙，有十二个城门，城门前有十二位天使，又有名字刻在上头，是以色列子民十二支派的名字。13 东面三个门，北面三个门，南面三个门，西面三个门。14 城墙有十二座基石，上面有羔羊十二使徒的十二个名字。

15 那位对我说话的天使t，拿着一根金芦苇的量尺，要测量那城，就是t她的城门和城墙。16 那城布置为四方形，长度和宽度一样t。天使用芦苇测量那城，有两千两百公里t；她的长、宽、高都是相等的。17 天使又测量了她的城墙，按人的尺度有一百四十四肘t；这也是天使的尺度。18 她的城墙是用碧玉建造的；城是纯金的，仿佛纯净的玻璃。

19 城墙的基石是用各种宝石装饰的：
第一座基石是碧玉，
第二座是蓝宝石，
第三座是绿玛瑙，
第四座是绿宝石，

20 第五座是红玛瑙，
第六座是红宝石，
第七座是黄璧玺，
第八座是水苍玉，
第九座是黄玉，
第十座是翡翠，
第十一座是紫玛瑙，
第十二座是紫水晶。

21 十二个城门是十二颗珍珠；每一个门各自是由一颗珍珠造成的。城里的大街t是纯金的，好像透明的玻璃。

22 在城中我没有看见圣所，因为主、神、全能者和羔羊就是城的圣所。23 这城不需要太阳和月亮来照耀，因为神的荣耀照亮她，而羔羊就是她的灯。24 列国t都将藉着城的光行走t；地上的众君王都要把他们的荣耀t带进城内。25 她的各城门整天绝不关上，原来那里没有黑夜。26 人们将要把列国的荣耀和尊贵带进城内。27 凡是不洁净的，行可憎和虚假之事的人，绝不能进到城内；唯有名字t被记在羔羊生命册上的才能进去。

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.