启示录 21
新天新地
1 我又看见一个新天新地，因为先前的天和先前的地已经过去了，海也不再有了。 2 我又看见圣城，新耶路撒冷由上帝那里，从天而降，预备好了，就如新娘打扮整齐，等候丈夫。 3 我听见有大声音从宝座出来，说： “看哪，上帝的帐幕在人间！ 他要和他们同住， 他们要作他的子民。 上帝要亲自与他们同在。t
4 上帝要擦去他们一切的眼泪； 不再有死亡， 也不再有悲哀、哭号、痛苦， 因为先前的事都过去了。”
5 那位坐在宝座上的说：“看哪，我把一切都更新了！”他又说：“你要写下来，因为这些话是可信靠的，是真实的。” 6 他又对我说：“成了！我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛；我是开始，我是终结。我要把生命的泉水白白赐给那口渴的人喝。 7 得胜的要承受这些为业；我要作他的上帝，他要作我的儿子。 8 至于胆怯的、不信的、可憎的、杀人的、淫乱的、行邪术的、拜偶像的和一切说谎话的人，他们将在烧着硫磺的火湖里有份；这是第二次的死。”
新耶路撒冷
9 拿着七个金碗、盛满末后七种灾祸的七位天使中，有一位来对我说：“你来，我要给你看新娘，就是羔羊的妻子。” 10 我在圣灵感动下，天使带我到一座高大的山，给我看由上帝那里、从天而降的圣城耶路撒冷， 11 这城有上帝的荣耀，它光辉如同极贵的宝石，好像碧玉，明如水晶。 12 它有高大的墙，有十二个门，门上有十二位天使，门上又写着以色列人十二个支派的名字t。 13 东边有三个门，北边有三个门，南边有三个门，西边有三个门。 14 城墙有十二个根基，根基上有羔羊十二使徒的名字。
15 那对我说话的天使拿着金的芦苇当尺，要量那城、城门和城墙。 16 城是四方的，长宽一样。天使用芦苇量那城，共有一万二千斯他迪，长、宽、高都是一样。 17 他又量了城墙，按着人的尺寸，就是天使的尺寸，共有一百四十四肘。 18 墙是碧玉造的；城是纯金的，如同明净的玻璃。 19 城墙的根基是用各样宝石修饰的：第一个根基是碧玉，第二是蓝宝石，第三是绿玛瑙，第四是绿宝石， 20 第五是红玛瑙，第六是红宝石，第七是黄璧玺，第八是水苍玉，第九是红璧玺，第十是翡翠，第十一是紫玛瑙，第十二是紫晶。 21 十二个门是十二颗珍珠；每一个门是一颗珍珠造的。城内的街道是纯金的，好像透明的玻璃。
22 我没有看见城内有殿，因主—全能者上帝和羔羊就是城的殿。 23 那城内不用日月光照，因为有上帝的荣耀光照，又有羔羊为城的灯。 24 列国要藉着城的光行走；地上的君王要把自己的荣耀带给那城。 25 城门白昼总不关闭，在那里没有黑夜。 26 人要将列国的荣耀尊贵带给那城。 27 凡不洁净的，和那行可憎与虚谎之事的人，都不得进那城，只有名字写在羔羊生命册上的才得进去。
REVELATION 21
The New Heaven and //the New Earth
1 t I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and so had the sea.
2 t Then I saw New Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God in heaven. It was like a bride dressed in her wedding gown and ready to meet her husband.
3 t I heard a loud voice shout from the throne:
God's home is now with his people. He will live with them, and they will be his own. Yes, God will make his home among his people.
4 t He will wipe all tears from their eyes, and there will be no more death, suffering, crying, or pain. These things of the past are gone forever.
5 Then the one sitting on the throne said:
I am making everything new. Write down what I have said. My words are true and can be trusted. 6 t Everything is finished! I am Alpha and Omega, t the beginning and the end. I will freely give water from the life-giving fountain to everyone who is thirsty.
7 t All who win the victory will be given these blessings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
8 But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulfur. This is the second death.tThe New Jerusalem
9 I saw one of the seven angels who had the bowls filled with the seven last terrible troubles. The angel came to me and said, “Come on! I will show you the one who will be the bride and wife of the Lamb.”
10 t Then with the help of the Spirit, he took me to the top of a very high mountain. There he showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down from God in heaven.
11 The glory of God made the city bright. It was dazzling and crystal clear like a precious jasper stone. 12 t The city had a high and thick wall with twelve gates, and each one of them was guarded by an angel. On each of the gates was written the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 Three of these gates were on the east, three were on the north, three more were on the south, and the other three were on the west.
14 The city was built on twelve foundation stones. On each of the stones was written the name of one of the Lamb's twelve apostles.
15 t The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city and its gates and its walls. 16 The city was shaped like a cube, because it was just as high as it was wide. When the angel measured the city, it was about 2,400 kilometers high and 2,400 kilometers wide.
17 Then the angel measured the wall, and by our measurements it was about 60 meters high.
18 t t The wall was built of jasper, and the city was made of pure gold, clear as crystal. 19 Each of the twelve foundations was a precious stone. The first was jasper, t the second was sapphire, the third was agate, the fourth was emerald, 20 the fifth was onyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, the eighth was beryl, the ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was amethyst.
21 Each of the twelve gates was a solid pearl. The streets of the city were made of pure gold, clear as crystal.
22 I did not see a temple there. The Lord God All-Powerful and the Lamb were its temple.
23 t And the city did not need the sun or the moon. The glory of God was shining on it, and the Lamb was its light.
24 t Nations will walk by the light of that city, and kings will bring their riches there. 25 t Its gates are always open during the day, and night never comes. 26 The glorious treasures of nations will be brought into the city. 27 t But nothing unworthy will be allowed to enter. No one who is dirty-minded or who tells lies will be there. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of lifet will be in the city.