Revelation 21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The New Creation
21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,(A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea no longer existed.(B) 2 I also saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,(C) prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.(D)
3 Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:[a]
Look! God’s dwelling[b] is with humanity,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,(E)
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.[c]
4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.(F)
Death will no longer exist;(G)
grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer,(H)
because the previous things[d] have passed away.(I)
5 Then the One seated on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words[e] are faithful and true.”(J) 6 And He said to me, “It is done!(K) I am the Alpha and the Omega,(L) the Beginning and the End.(M) I will give water as a gift to the thirsty(N) from the spring of life.(O) 7 The victor(P) will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.(Q) 8 But the cowards, unbelievers,[f] vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,(R) which is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem
9 Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues,(S) came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 He then carried me away in the Spirit[g](T) to a great and high mountain(U) and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 arrayed with God’s glory.(V) Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal. 12 The city had a massive high wall, with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the 12 tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates. 13 There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.(W) 14 The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.
15 The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod(X) to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.(Y) 16 The city is laid out in a square; its length and width are the same. He measured the city with the rod at 12,000 stadia.[h] Its length, width, and height are equal. 17 Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used. 18 The building material of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold like clear glass.
19 The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone:(Z)
the first foundation jasper,
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 jacinth,
the twelfth amethyst.
21 The 12 gates are 12 pearls; each individual gate was made of a single pearl. The broad street[i] of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 I did not see a sanctuary in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its sanctuary. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.(AA) 24 The nations[j] will walk in its light,(AB) and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.[k](AC) 25 Each day its gates will never close because it will never be night there. 26 They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.[l](AD) 27 Nothing profane will ever enter it:(AE) no one who does what is vile or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.(AF)
Footnotes
- Revelation 21:3 Other mss read from heaven
- Revelation 21:3 Or tent, or tabernacle
- Revelation 21:3 Other mss omit and be their God
- Revelation 21:4 Or the first things
- Revelation 21:5 Other mss add of God
- Revelation 21:8 Other mss add the sinful
- Revelation 21:10 Or in spirit
- Revelation 21:16 A stadion (sg) = about 600 feet; 12,000 stadia = 1,400 miles.
- Revelation 21:21 Or The public square
- Revelation 21:24 Other mss add of those who are saved
- Revelation 21:24 Other mss read will bring to Him the nations’ glory and honor
- Revelation 21:26 Other mss add in order that they might go in
Pahayag 21
Ang Salita ng Diyos
Ang Bagong Jerusalem
21 At nakita ko ang isang bagong langit at ang bagong lupa, sapagkat ang unang langit at ang unang lupa ay lumipas na. Ang dagat ay wala na.
2 At akong si Juan, nakita ko ang banal na lungsod, ang bagong Jerusalem na bumababang mula sa Diyos na buhat sa langit. Ito ay inihanda na katulad ng isang babaeng ikakasal na ginayakan para sa kaniyang magiging asawa. 3 Narinig ko ang isang malakas na tinig na mula sa langit. Sinabi nito: Narito, ang tabernakulo ng Diyos ay nasa mga tao. Siya ay mananahang kasama nila. Sila ay magiging mga tao niya. Ang kanilang Diyos mismo ang sumakanila at siya ang kanilang magiging Diyos. 4 Pupunasin ng Diyos ang bawat luha sa kanilang mga mata. Mawawala na ang kamatayan, ang pagtangis, ang pag-iyak o ang kabalisahan. Ang mga bagay sa nakaraan ay lumipas na.
5 Ang nakaupo sa trono ay nagsabi: Tingnan ninyo, ginawa kong bago ang lahat ng bagay. At sinabi niya sa akin: Isulat mo ito sapagkat ang mga salitang ito ay totoo at tapat.
6 At sinabi niya sa akin: Ang lahat ay naganap na. Ako ang Alpha at Omega, ang simula at ang wakas. Ibibigay ko ang tubig ng buhay na walang bayad sa sinumang nauuhaw. 7 Ang magtatagumpay ay magmamana ng lahat ng bagay. Ako ay kaniyang magiging Diyos at siya ay magiging anak ko. 8 Ngunit ang mga natatakot at ang mga hindi sumasampalataya, ang mga kinamumuhian ng Diyos, mga mamamatay-tao, mga mapakiapid, mga manggagaway, mga sumasamba sa diyos-diyosan at lahat ng mga sinungaling, ang bahagi nila ay sa lawa na nagniningas sa apoy at asupre. Ito ang ikalawang kamatayan.
9 Ang isa sa pitong anghel ay nagpakita sa akin. Sila ang mga anghel na may pitong mangkok na puno ng pitong huling mga salot at nagsalita sa akin: Halika rito. Ipapakita ko sa iyo ang babaeng ikakasal na asawa ng Kordero. 10 Dinala niya ako sa Espiritu patungo sa isang dakila at mataas na bundok. Ipinakita niya sa akin ang isang dakilang lungsod, ang banal na Jerusalem. Ito ay bumababang buhat sa langit mula sa Diyos. 11 Taglay nito ang kaluwalhatian ng Diyos. Ang ningning nito ay katulad sa isang napakahalagang bato, katulad ng isang kristal na batong haspe. 12 Ito ay may isang dakila at mataas na moog at labindalawang tarangkahan. Sa tarangkahan ay may labindalawang mga anghel. May nakaukit na pangalan sa tarangkahan. Ito ay ang mga pangalan ng labindalawang lipi ng mga anak na lalaki ni Israel. 13 Tatlong tarangkahan ang nasa gawing silangan. Tatlong tarangkahan ang nasa gawing hilaga. Tatlong tarangkahan ang nasa gawing timog. Tatlong tarangkahan ang nasa gawing kanluran. 14 Ang pader ng lungsod ay may labindalawang saligan. Sa kanila ay ang labindalawang pangalan ng mga apostol ng Kordero.
15 Ang nagsalita sa akin ay may isang gintong panukat. Taglay niya ito upang sukatin niya ang lungsod, ang tarangkahan nito at ang pader nito. 16 Ang lungsod ay parisukat. Ang haba nito ay katulad din ng luwang nito. Sinukat niya ang lungsod ng panukat. Ang haba, ang luwang at ang taas nito ay magkakasukat na dalawanglibo at dalawangdaang kilometro. 17 Sinukat niya ang moog at ito ay isangdaan at apatnapu’t apat na siko. Ito ang sukat ng haba ng siko ng isang tao, na siya ring sukat ng anghel. 18 Ang pader ay yari sa haspeng bato. Ang lungsod ay yari sa dalisay na ginto, katulad ng malinaw na salamin. 19 Ang mga saligan ng lungsod ay nagayakan ng lahat ng uri ng mga mahalagang bato. Ang una ay haspeng bato. Ang pangalawa ay sapirang bato. Ang pangatlo ay kalsedonyang bato. Ang pang-apat ay esmeraldang bato. 20 Ang panglima ay batong onise. Ang pang-anim ay batong kornalina. Ang pangpito ay batong krisolito. Ang pangwalo ay batong berilo. Ang pangsiyam ay batong topasyo. Ang pangsampu ay batong krisopraso. Ang panglabing-isa ay batong hasinto. Ang panglabindalawa ay batong amatista. 21 Ang labindalawang tarangkahan ay labindalawang perlas. Ang bawat tarangkahan ay isang perlas. Ang lansangan ng lungsod ay dalisay na ginto katulad ng salaming malinaw.
22 At wala akong nakitang anumang banal na dako dito. Ang dahilan ay ang Panginoong Diyos na Makapangyarihan sa lahat at ang Kordero ay ang mga banal na dako nito. 23 Ang lungsod ay hindi nangailangan ng araw o buwan upang magliwanag dito sapagkat ang kaluwalhatian ng Diyos ang nagbigay-liwanag dito. Ang Kordero ay ang ilawan nito. 24 Ang mga bansa ng mga iniligtas ng Diyos ay maglalakad sa liwanag nito. Ang mga hari sa lupa ay magbibigay ng kanilang kaluwalhatian at karangalan dito. 25 Kailanman ay hindi isasara ang tarangkahan nito sa araw sapagkat wala ng gabi roon. 26 Dadalhin nila ang kaluwalhatian at karangalan ng mga bansa dito. 27 Kailanman ay hindi makakapasok doon ang anumang marumi o ang ang sinumang gumagawa ng kinapopootan ng Diyos o ang gumagawa ng kasinungalingan. Ang makakapasok lamang doon ay yaong ang mga pangalan ay nakasulat sa aklat ng buhay ng Kordero.
Revelation 21
King James Version
21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and 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 all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had 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 three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate 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 Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 21
New King James Version
All Things Made New
21 Now (A)I saw a new heaven and a new earth, (B)for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, [a]John, saw (C)the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared (D)as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, (E)the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 (F)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; (G)there shall be no more death, (H)nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
5 Then (I)He who sat on the throne said, (J)“Behold, I make all things new.” And He said [b]to me, “Write, for (K)these words are true and faithful.”
6 And He said to me, (L)“It[c] is done! (M)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. (N)I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes [d]shall inherit all things, and (O)I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 (P)But the cowardly, [e]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in (Q)the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem(R)
9 Then one of (S)the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came [f]to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you (T)the [g]bride, the Lamb’s wife.” 10 And he carried me away (U)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me (V)the [h]great city, the [i]holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 (W)having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. 12 Also she had a great and high wall with (X)twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 (Y)three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.
14 Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and (Z)on them were the [j]names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he who talked with me (AA)had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand [k]furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 (AB)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds 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, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve (AC)pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. (AD)And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
The Glory of the New Jerusalem
22 (AE)But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 (AF)The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine [l]in it, for the [m]glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 (AG)And the nations [n]of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor [o]into it. 25 (AH)Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (AI)(there shall be no night there). 26 (AJ)And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into [p]it. 27 But (AK)there shall by no means enter it anything [q]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s (AL)Book of Life.
Footnotes
- Revelation 21:2 NU, M omit John
- Revelation 21:5 NU, M omit to me
- Revelation 21:6 M omits It is done
- Revelation 21:7 M I shall give him these things
- Revelation 21:8 M adds and sinners,
- Revelation 21:9 NU, M omit to me
- Revelation 21:9 M woman, the Lamb’s bride
- Revelation 21:10 NU, M omit great
- Revelation 21:10 NU, M holy city, Jerusalem
- Revelation 21:14 NU, M twelve names
- Revelation 21:16 Lit. stadia, about 1,380 miles in all
- Revelation 21:23 NU, M omit in it
- Revelation 21:23 M very glory
- Revelation 21:24 NU, M omit of those who are saved
- Revelation 21:24 M of the nations to Him
- Revelation 21:26 M adds that they may enter in.
- Revelation 21:27 NU, M profane, nor one who causes
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