Revelation, 21

1. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea.

1. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

2. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride dressed for her husband.

2. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband;

3. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, 'Look, here God lives among human beings. He will make his home among them; they will be his people, and he will be their God, God-with-them.

3. and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them;

4. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness or pain. The world of the past has gone.'

4. he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."

5. Then the One sitting on the throne spoke. 'Look, I am making the whole of creation new. Write this, "What I am saying is trustworthy and will come true."

5. And he who sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true."

6. Then he said to me, 'It has already happened. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty;

6. And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain of the water of life without payment.

7. anyone who proves victorious will inherit these things; and I will be his God and he will be my son.

7. He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be my son.

8. But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or worship obscenities, for murderers and the sexually immoral, and for sorcerers, worshippers of false gods or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.'

8. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death."

9. One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, 'Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.'

9. Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb."

10. In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God.

10. And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

11. It had all the glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond.

11. having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

12. Its wall was of a great height and had twelve gates; at each of the twelve gates there was an angel, and over the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel;

12. It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed;

13. on the east there were three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

13. on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

14. The city walls stood on twelve foundation stones, each one of which bore the name of one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

14. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15. The angel that was speaking to me was carrying a gold measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and wall.

15. And he who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.

16. The plan of the city is perfectly square, its length the same as its breadth. He measured the city with his rod and it was twelve thousand furlongs, equal in length and in breadth, and equal in height.

16. The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its breadth; and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and breadth and height are equal.

17. He measured its wall, and this was a hundred and forty-four cubits high -- by human measurements.

17. He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits by a man's measure, that is, an angel's.

18. The wall was built of diamond, and the city of pure gold, like clear glass.

18. The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass.

19. The foundations of the city wall were faced with all kinds of precious stone: the first with diamond, the second lapis lazuli, the third turquoise, the fourth crystal,

19. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every jewel; the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

20. the fifth agate, the sixth ruby, the seventh gold quartz, the eighth malachite, the ninth topaz, the tenth emerald, the eleventh sapphire and the twelfth amethyst.

20. the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.

21. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate being made of a single pearl, and the main street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

21. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

22. I could not see any temple in the city since the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb were themselves the temple,

22. And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

23. and the city did not need the sun or the moon for light, since it was lit by the radiant glory of God, and the Lamb was a lighted torch for it.

23. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

24. The nations will come to its light and the kings of the earth will bring it their treasures.

24. By its light shall the nations walk; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it,

25. Its gates will never be closed by day -- and there will be no night there-

25. and its gates shall never be shut by day -- and there shall be no night there;

26. and the nations will come, bringing their treasure and their wealth.

26. they shall bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

27. Nothing unclean may come into it: no one who does what is loathsome or false, but only those who are listed in the Lamb's book of life.

27. But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.