Apocalipsis 21
Nueva Versión Internacional
La nueva Jerusalén
21 Después vi un cielo nuevo y una tierra nueva, porque el primer cielo y la primera tierra habían dejado de existir, lo mismo que el mar. 2 Vi además la ciudad santa, la nueva Jerusalén, que bajaba del cielo, procedente de Dios, preparada como una novia hermosamente vestida para su prometido. 3 Oí una potente voz que provenía del trono y decía: «¡Aquí, entre los seres humanos, está el santuario de Dios! Él habitará en medio de ellos y ellos serán su pueblo; Dios mismo estará con ellos y será su Dios. 4 Él enjugará toda lágrima de los ojos. Ya no habrá muerte ni llanto, tampoco lamento ni dolor, porque las primeras cosas han dejado de existir».
5 El que estaba sentado en el trono dijo: «¡Yo hago nuevas todas las cosas!». Y añadió: «Escribe, porque estas palabras son verdaderas y dignas de confianza».
6 También me dijo: «Ya todo está hecho. Yo soy el Alfa y la Omega, el Principio y el Fin. Al que tenga sed le daré a beber gratuitamente de la fuente del agua de la vida. 7 El que salga vencedor heredará todo esto y yo seré su Dios y él será mi hijo. 8 Pero los cobardes, los incrédulos, los abominables, los asesinos, los que cometen inmoralidades sexuales, los que practican artes mágicas, los idólatras y todos los mentirosos recibirán como herencia el lago de fuego y azufre. Esta es la segunda muerte».
9 Se acercó uno de los siete ángeles que tenían las siete copas llenas con las últimas siete plagas. Me dijo: «Ven, que te voy a presentar a la novia, la esposa del Cordero». 10 Me llevó en el Espíritu a una montaña grande y elevada, y me mostró la ciudad santa, Jerusalén, que bajaba del cielo, procedente de Dios. 11 Resplandecía con la gloria de Dios y su brillo era como el de una piedra preciosa, semejante a una piedra de jaspe transparente. 12 Tenía una muralla grande y alta, y doce puertas custodiadas por doce ángeles en las que estaban escritos los nombres de las doce tribus de Israel. 13 Tres puertas daban al este, tres al norte, tres al sur y tres al oeste. 14 La muralla de la ciudad tenía doce cimientos en los que estaban los nombres de los doce apóstoles del Cordero.
15 El ángel que hablaba conmigo llevaba una vara de oro para medir la ciudad, sus puertas y su muralla. 16 La ciudad era cuadrada; medía lo mismo de largo que de ancho. El ángel midió la ciudad con la vara y midió doce mil estadios:[a] su longitud, su anchura y su altura eran iguales. 17 Midió también la muralla que tenía ciento cuarenta y cuatro codos,[b] según las medidas humanas que el ángel empleaba. 18 La muralla estaba hecha de jaspe y la ciudad era de oro puro, semejante a cristal pulido. 19 Los cimientos de la muralla de la ciudad estaban decorados con toda clase de piedras preciosas: el primero con jaspe, el segundo con zafiro, el tercero con ágata, el cuarto con esmeralda, 20 el quinto con ónice, el sexto con rubí, el séptimo con crisólito, el octavo con berilo, el noveno con topacio, el décimo con crisoprasa, el undécimo con jacinto y el duodécimo con amatista.[c] 21 Las doce puertas eran doce perlas y cada puerta estaba hecha de una sola perla. La calle[d] principal de la ciudad era de oro puro, como cristal transparente.
22 No vi ningún templo en la ciudad, porque el Señor Dios Todopoderoso y el Cordero son su templo. 23 La ciudad no necesita ni sol ni luna que la alumbren, porque la gloria de Dios la ilumina y el Cordero es su lumbrera. 24 Las naciones caminarán a la luz de la ciudad, y los reyes de la tierra le entregarán sus espléndidas riquezas.[e] 25 Sus puertas estarán abiertas todo el día, pues allí no habrá noche. 26 Y llevarán a ella todas las riquezas[f] y el honor de las naciones. 27 Nunca entrará en ella nada impuro, ni los idólatras ni los farsantes, sino solo aquellos que tienen su nombre escrito en el libro de la vida, el libro del Cordero.
Revelation 21
Complete Jewish Bible
21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,[a] for the old heaven and the old earth had passed away, and the sea was no longer there. 2 Also I saw the holy city, New Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “See! God’s Sh’khinah is with mankind, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and he himself, God-with-them, will be their God.[b] 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will no longer be any death; and there will no longer be any mourning, crying or pain; because the old order has passed away.”
5 Then the One sitting on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new!” Also he said, “Write, ‘These words are true and trustworthy!’” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the ‘A’ and the ‘Z,’ the Beginning and the End. To anyone who is thirsty I myself will give water free of charge from the Fountain of Life. 7 He who wins the victory will receive these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son. 8 But as for the cowardly, the untrustworthy, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those involved with the occult and with drugs, idol-worshippers, and all liars — their destiny is the lake burning with fire and sulfur, the second death.”
9 One of the seven angels having the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues approached me and said, “Come! I will show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb.” 10 He carried me off in the Spirit to the top of a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It had the Sh’khinah of God, so that its brilliance was like that of a priceless jewel, like a crystal-clear diamond. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates; at the gates were twelve angels; and inscribed on the gates were the names of the twelve tribes of Isra’el. 13 There were three gates to the east, three gates to the north, three gates to the south and three gates to the west. 14 The wall of the city was built on twelve foundation-stones, and on these were the twelve names of the twelve emissaries of the Lamb.
15 The angel speaking with me had a gold measuring-rod with which to measure the city, its gates and its wall. 16 The city is laid out in a square, its length equal to its width. With his rod he measured the city at 1,500 miles, with length, width and height the same. 17 He measured its wall at 216 feet by human standards of measurement, which the angel was using. 18 The wall was made of diamond and the city of pure gold resembling pure glass. 19 The foundations of the city wall were decorated with all kinds of precious stones — the first foundation stone was diamond, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh turquoise and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate made of a single pearl. The city’s main street was pure gold, transparent as glass.
22 I saw no Temple in the city, for Adonai, God of heaven’s armies, is its Temple, as is the Lamb. 23 The city has no need for the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s Sh’khinah gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25 Its gates will never close, they stay open all day because night will not exist there, 26 and the honor and splendor of the nations will be brought into it. 27 Nothing impure may enter it, nor anyone who does shameful things or lies; the only ones who may enter are those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Footnotes
- Revelation 21:1 Isaiah 65:17, 66:22
- Revelation 21:3 Leviticus 26:11–12; Isaiah 7:14; 8:8, 10; Jeremiah 31:33(34); Ezekiel 37:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18
Revelation 21
Evangelical Heritage Version
The New Heaven and the New Earth
21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And the sea no longer existed. 2 And I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And from the throne[a] I heard a loud voice that said, “Look! God’s dwelling is with people. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain, because the former things have passed away.”
5 The one who was seated on the throne said to me, “Look, I am making everything new!” He also said, “Write, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me:
It is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
To anyone who is thirsty,
I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
7 The one who overcomes
will inherit these things.
I will be his God,
and he will be my son.
8 But those who are cowardly, unbelieving, detestable,
murderers, adulterers, sorcerers, idolaters, and all the liars
will have their share in the lake burning with fire and sulfur,
which is the second death.
The New Jerusalem
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls that were filled with the seven last plagues came and spoke with me. He said, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10 He carried me away in spirit to a great and high mountain, and he showed me the[b] Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It has the glory of God. Its radiance is similar to a very precious stone, like crystal-clear jasper.
12 It has a large, high wall. It has twelve gates. Twelve angels are at the gates, and twelve names are engraved on the gates, the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13 Three gates are on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. 14 The city’s wall also has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the Lamb’s twelve apostles.
15 The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod so that he could measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square. Its length and width are equal. He measured the city with the measuring rod: 12,000 stadia.[c] Its length, width, and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall by human measurement, which was what the angel used: 144 cubits.
18 The wall is made of jasper, and the city is pure gold, like pure glass. 19 The foundations of the city’s wall had been adorned with every kind of precious stone.
The first foundation is jasper,
the second sapphire,
the third agate,
the fourth emerald,
20 the fifth onyx,
the sixth ruby,[d]
the seventh diamond,[e]
the eighth beryl,
the ninth topaz,
the tenth turquoise,[f]
the eleventh jacinth,
the twelfth amethyst.
21 The twelve gates are twelve pearls. Each of the gates is made out of one pearl. And the street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty 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 has given it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations[g] will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory[h] into it. 25 There is no day when its gates will be shut, for there will be no night in that place. 26 They will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 Nothing that is unclean and no one who does what is detestable or who tells lies will ever enter it, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Footnotes
- Revelation 21:3 Some witnesses to the text read from heaven.
- Revelation 21:10 A few witnesses to the text add great and.
- Revelation 21:16 The measurements are not converted to modern equivalents because that would make it more difficult to recognize the symbolical significance of the original numbers.
- Revelation 21:20 Or carnelian. The specific identification of these gems is uncertain. This translation uses names of recognizable modern gemstones, even if they might not have the same mineral makeup as the ancient stones.
- Revelation 21:20 Or chrysolite
- Revelation 21:20 Or chrysoprase
- Revelation 21:24 A few witnesses to the text add of those who are saved.
- Revelation 21:24 Some witnesses to the text add and the honor of the nations.
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