Ufunuo 21
Mbingu mpya na dunia mpya
1 Kisha, nikaona mbingu mpya na dunia mpya. Mbingu ile ya kwanza na dunia ile ya kwanza vilikuwa vimetoweka, nayo bahari pia haikuwako tena. 2 Nikaona mji mtakatifu, Yerusalemu mpya, ukishuka kutoka kwa Mungu mbinguni. Ulikuwa umetayarishwa vizuri kama bibi arusi aliyepambwa tayari kukutana na mumewe. 3 Kisha nikasikia sauti kubwa kutoka katika kiti cha enzi ikisema, “Tazama! Maskani ya Mungu kati ya watu. Atakaa kati yao, nao watakuwa watu wake, naye atakuwa Mungu wao. 4 Yeye atayafuta machozi yao yote; maana kifo hakitakuwako tena, wala uchungu, wala kilio, wala maumivu; maana ile hali ya kale imepita!”
5 Kisha yule aliyeketi juu ya kiti cha enzi akasema, “Tazama, nafanya yote mapya.” Tena akaniambia, “Andika jambo hili, maana maneno haya ni ya kuaminika na ya kweli!” 6 Kisha akaniambia, “Yametimia! Mimi ni Alfa na Omega, Mwanzo na Mwisho. Aliye na kiu nitampa kinywaji cha bure kutoka katika chemchemi ya maji ya uhai. 7 t Mshindi yeyote atapokea hicho, nami nitakuwa Mungu wake, naye atakuwa mwanangu. 8 Lakini watu waoga, wasioamini, wapotovu, wauaji, wazinzi, wachawi, waabudu sanamu, na waongo wote, mahali pao patakuwa ndani ya lile ziwa linalowaka moto na madini ya kiberiti; hicho ndicho kifo cha pili.”
Yerusalemu mpya
9 Kisha mmoja wa wale malaika saba waliokuwa na yale mabakuli saba yaliyokuwa yamejaa mabaa saba ya mwisho, akaja na kuniambia, “Njoo! Nami nitakuonesha bibi arusi, mkewe Mwanakondoo!” 10 Basi, Roho akanikumba, naye malaika akanipeleka juu ya mlima mrefu sana. Akanionesha mji mtakatifu, ukishuka kutoka kwa Mungu mbinguni, 11 uking'aa kwa utukufu wa Mungu. Mwangaza wake ulikuwa kama wa jiwe la thamani kubwa kama yaspi, angavu kama kioo. 12 Ulikuwa na ukuta mrefu na mkubwa, wenye milango kumi na miwili, na kila mmoja ulilindwa na malaika. Juu ya kila mlango paliandikwa mojawapo ya majina ya makabila kumi na mawili ya Israeli. 13 Kila upande ulikuwa na milango mitatu: Upande wa mashariki milango mitatu, kaskazini milango mitatu, kusini milango mitatu na magharibi milango mitatu. 14 Kuta za mji huo zilikuwa zimejengwa juu ya mawe ya msingi kumi na mawili, na juu ya kila jiwe palikuwa pameandikwa mojawapo ya majina ya wale mitume kumi na wawili wa Mwanakondoo.
15 Basi, yule malaika aliyekuwa anasema nami alikuwa na kijiti cha dhahabu cha kupimia, kwa ajili ya kuupima huo mji, milango yake na kuta zake. 16 Mji wenyewe ulikuwa wa mraba, upana na urefu wake sawa. Basi, malaika akaupima mji huo kwa kijiti chake: Ulikuwa na urefu, upana na kimo cha kama kilomita 2,400. 17 Kisha akaupima ukuta wake pia; nao ulikuwa mita 60 kwa kipimo cha macho cha kibinadamu ambacho malaika alitumia. 18 Ukuta huo ulikuwa umejengwa kwa mawe mekundu ya thamani, na mji wenyewe ulikuwa umejengwa kwa dhahabu safi, angavu kama kioo. 19 Mawe ya msingi wa ukuta huo yalikuwa yamepambwa kwa kila aina ya mawe ya thamani. Jiwe la kwanza la msingi lilikuwa jiwe la thamani jekundu, la pili johari ya rangi ya samawati, la tatu kalkedoni, la nne zumaridi, 20 la tano sardoniki, la sita akiki, la saba krisolito, la nane zabarajadi, la tisa topazi, la kumi krisopraso, la kumi na moja yasintho, na la kumi na mbili amethisto. 21 Na ile milango kumi na miwili ilikuwa lulu kumi na mbili; kila mlango ulikuwa umetengenezwa kwa lulu moja. Barabara kuu ya mji ilikuwa imetengenezwa kwa dhahabu safi, angavu kama kioo.
22 Sikuona hekalu katika mji huo, maana Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu na yule Mwanakondoo ndio hekalu lake. 23 Mji huo hauhitaji jua wala mwezi kuuangazia, maana utukufu wa Mungu huuangazia, na taa yake ni yule Mwanakondoo. 24 Watu wa mataifa watatembea katika mwanga wake na wafalme wa dunia watauletea utajiri wao. 25 Milango ya mji huo itakuwa wazi mchana wote; maana hakutakuwa na usiku humo. 26 Fahari na utajiri wa watu wa mataifa utaletwa humo ndani. 27 Lakini hakuna chochote kilicho najisi kitakachoingia humo; wala mtu yeyote atendaye mambo ya kuchukiza au ya uongo hataingia humo. Ni wale tu walioandikwa katika kitabu cha uhai cha Mwanakondoo ndio watakaoingia ndani.
Revelation 21
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God:4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.9 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,11 having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:12 having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:13 on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.15 And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.17 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.18 And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.24 And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.25 And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.