Zjavenie 21

1 Videl som nové nebo a novú zem, lebo prvé nebo a prvá zem sa pominuli a ani mora už niet.2 A videl som, ako z neba od Boha zostupuje sväté mesto, nový Jeruzalem, vystrojené ako nevesta, ozdobená pre svojho ženícha.3 A počul som mohutný hlas od trónu hovoriť: „Hľa, Boží stánok je medzi ľuďmi! A bude medzi nimi prebývať; oni budú jeho ľudom a sám Boh - ich Boh - bude s nimi.4 Zotrie im z očí každú slzu a už nebude smrti ani žiaľu; ani náreku, ani bolesti viac nebude, lebo prvé sa pominulo.“5 A ten, čo sedel na tróne, povedal: „Hľa, všetko robím nové.“ A hovoril: „Píš: Tieto slová sú verné a pravdivé.“6 A povedal mi: „Stalo sa! Ja som Alfa a Omega, Počiatok i Koniec. Smädnému dám zadarmo z prameňa živej vody.7 Kto zvíťazí, zdedí toto; a ja budem jeho Bohom a on bude mojím synom.8 Ale zbabelci, neveriaci, poškvrnení, vrahovia, smilníci, traviči, modloslužobníci a všetci luhári budú mať podiel v jazere horiacom ohňom a sírou; to je tá druhá smrť.“9 A prišiel jeden zo siedmich anjelov, čo mali sedem čiaš naplnených poslednými siedmimi ranami, a povedal mi: „Poď, ukážem ti nevestu, Baránkovu manželku!“10 A v duchu ma preniesol na veľký a vysoký vrch a ukázal mi sväté mesto Jeruzalem, ako zostupuje z neba od Boha11 ožiarené Božou slávou. Jeho jas bol podobný najdrahšiemu kameňu, akoby krištáľovo čistému kameňu jaspisu.12 Malo veľké a vysoké hradby. Malo dvanásť brán a na bránach dvanásť anjelov a napísané mená dvanástich kmeňov synov Izraela.13 Tri brány boli od východu, tri brány od severu, tri brány od juhu a tri brány od západu.14 Hradby mesta mali dvanásť základných kameňov a na nich dvanásť mien dvanástich Baránkových apoštolov.15 Ten, čo so mnou hovoril, mal mieru zo zlatej trstiny na premeranie mesta, jeho brán a jeho hradieb.16 Mesto je postavené do štvorca: jeho dĺžka je taká istá ako šírka. Trstinou odmeral mesto a malo dvanásťtisíc stadií. Jeho dĺžka, šírka i výška sú rovnaké.17 Zmeral aj jeho hradby; mali stoštyridsaťštyri lakťov podľa ľudskej miery, ktorú anjel mal.18 Jeho hradby boli postavené z jaspisu a mesto samo bolo z rýdzeho zlata, podobného čistému sklu.19 Základné kamene hradieb mesta boli ozdobené všelijakými drahými kameňmi: prvý základný kameň jaspis, druhý zafír, tretí chalcedón, štvrtý smaragd,20 piaty sardonyx, šiesty sardion, siedmy chryzolit, ôsmy beryl, deviaty topás, desiaty chryzopras, jedenásty hyacint, dvanásty ametyst.21 Dvanásť brán je dvanásť perál; každá brána bola z jednej perly. A námestie mesta bolo z rýdzeho zlata, takého ako priezračné sklo.22 Ale chrám som v ňom nevidel, lebo jeho chrámom je Pán, všemohúci Boh, a Baránok.23 A mesto nepotrebuje ani slnko, ani mesiac, aby mu svietili, lebo ho ožiaruje Božia sláva a jeho lampou je Baránok.24 V jeho svetle budú kráčať národy a králi zeme doň prinesú svoju slávu.25 Jeho brány sa cez deň nezavrú a noci tam nebude.26 A budú doň prinášať slávu a bohatstvo národov.27 Ale nič poškvrnené, nik, kto sa dopúšťa ohavnosti a lži, doň nevojde, iba tí, čo sú zapísaní v Baránkovej knihe života.

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.t

The New Jerusalem

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.