Revelation 21
Lexham English Bible
The New Heaven, New Earth, and New Jerusalem
21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist any longer. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“Behold, the dwelling of God is with humanity,
and he will take up residence with them,
and they will be his people
and God himself will be with them.[a]
4 And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes,
and death will not exist any longer,
and[b] mourning or wailing or pain will not exist any longer.
The former things[c] have passed away.”
5 And the one seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new!” And he said, “Write, because these words are faithful and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am[d] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water from the spring of the water of life freely.[e] 7 The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God[f] and he will be my son[g]. 8 But as for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share is in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
A Description of the New Jerusalem
9 And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 that has the glory of God. Its radiance is like a precious stone, something like a jasper stone, shining like crystal. 12 It has[h] a great and high wall that has twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on the gates which are[i] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel— 13 on the east, three gates, and on the north, three gates, and on the south, three gates, and on the west, three gates. 14 And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me was holding a golden measuring rod in order that he could measure the city and its gates and its wall. 16 And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is the same as its width. And he measured the city with the measuring rod at twelve thousand stadia;[j] the length and the width and the height of it are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits[k] according to human measure[l], which is the angel’s. 18 And the material of its wall is jasper, and the city is pure gold, similar in appearance to pure glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every kind of precious stone: 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 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each one of the gates was from a single pearl. And the street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 And I did not see a temple in it, for the Lord God All-Powerful is its temple, and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 And its gates will never be shut by day (for there will be no night there), 26 and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 And every unclean thing and one who practices[m] detestable things and falsehood will never enter into it, except those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
Footnotes
- Revelation 21:3 Some manuscripts have “with them as their God”
- Revelation 21:4 Literally “or”
- Revelation 21:4 Some manuscripts have “any longer, because the former things”
- Revelation 21:6 Some manuscripts explicitly state “am”
- Revelation 21:6 Or “without charge”
- Revelation 21:7 Literally “to him God”
- Revelation 21:7 Literally “to me a son”
- Revelation 21:12 Literally “having,” referring back to the city mentioned in v. 11
- Revelation 21:12 Some manuscripts have “which are the names”
- Revelation 21:16 Or “two thousand two hundred kilometers”; or “fourteen hundred miles” (a stade was a unit of length about 185 meters or 607 feet)
- Revelation 21:17 This number in cubits amounts to 12 times 12; it would be about 65 meters (216 feet)
- Revelation 21:17 Literally “according to the measure of a man”
- Revelation 21:27 Some manuscripts have “and the one who practices”
ﻳﻮﺣﻨﺎ ﺭﺅﻳﺎ 21
Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
القُدْسُ الجَدِيدَة
21 ثُمَّ رَأيْتُ سَمَاءً جَدِيدَةً وَأرْضًا جَدِيدَةً. فَالسَّمَاءُ الأُولَى وَالأرْضُ الأُولَى قَدْ زَالَتَا، وَالبَحرُ لَمْ يَعُدْ مَوجُودًا. 2 كَمَا رَأيْتُ المَدِينَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ، القُدْسَ الجَدِيدَةَ،[a] تَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ. كَانَتْ مُهَيَّأةً كَعَرُوسٍ مُزَيَّنَةٍ لِزَوْجِهَا.
3 وَسَمِعتُ صَوْتًا عَالِيًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ يَقُولُ: «الآنَ صَارَ مَسْكَنُ اللهِ مَعَ البَشَرِ. سَيَكُونُونَ شَعْبَهُ، وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ سَيَكُونُ مَعَهُمْ، وَسَيَكُونُ لَهُمْ إلَهًا. 4 وَسَيَمْسَحُ اللهُ كُلَّ دَمعَةٍ مِنْ عُيُونِهِمْ. وَلَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ مَوْتٌ أوْ نُواحٌ أوْ بُكَاءٌ أوْ ألَمٌ، لِأنَّ الأشْيَاءَ القَدِيمَةَ قَدْ زَالَتْ.»
5 ثُمَّ قَالَ الجَالِسُ عَلَى العَرْشِ: «هَا إنِّي أجعَلُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ جَدِيدًا!» وَقَالَ لِي: «اكتُبْ، لِأنَّ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَاتِ مُعتَمَدَةٌ وَصَحِيحَةٌ.» 6 ثُمَّ قَالَ: «لَقَدْ تَمَّ! أنَا هُوَ الألِفُ وَاليَاءُ،[b] البِدَايَةُ وَالنِّهَايَةُ. سَأسقِي كُلَّ عَطشَانٍ مِنْ يَنْبُوعِ مَاءِ الحَيَاةِ مَجَّانًا. 7 مَنْ يَنْتَصِرُ، سَيَأْخُذُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأشْيَاءِ. وَسَأكُونُ لَهُ إلَهًا، وَهُوَ يَكُونُ لِيَ ابنًا. 8 أمَّا الجُبَنَاءُ وَغَيرُ المُؤمِنِينَ وَالفَاسِدُونَ وَالقَاتِلُونَ وَالزُّنَاةُ وَالسَّحَرَةُ وَعَبَدَةُ الأوْثَانِ وَكُلُّ الكَاذِبِينَ، فَسَيَكُونُ مَصيرُهُمْ فِي البُحَيرَةِ المُتَّقِدَةِ بِالكِبرِيتِ المُشْتَعِلِ. ذَلِكَ هُوَ المَوْتُ الثَّانِي.»
9 ثُمَّ جَاءَ أحَدُ المَلَائِكَةِ السَّبعَةِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُمُ الآنِيَةُ السَّبْعَةُ المَملُوءَةُ بِالكَوَارِثِ السَّبعِ الأخِيرَةِ، وَقَالَ لِي: «تَعَالَ هُنَا، سَأُرِيكَ العَرُوسَ الَّتِي هِيَ زَوْجَةُ الحَمَلِ.» 10 وَبَيْنَمَا الرُّوحُ يَغْمُرُنِي، قَادَنِي المَلَاكُ إلَى جَبَلٍ كَبِيرٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ، وَأرَانِي المَدِينَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ، القُدْسَ، وَهِيَ تَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ!
11 كَانَ لَهَا مَجْدُ اللهِ. لَمَعَانُهَا كَلَمَعَانِ أجمَلِ حَجَرٍ كَرِيمٍ، كَحَجَرِ يَشْبٍ نَقِيٍّ كَالبِلَّورِ. 12 وَكَانَ لَهَا سُورٌ كَبِيرٌ مُرْتَفِعٌ، لَهُ اثنَتَا عَشْرَةَ بَوَّابَةً، يَقِفُ عِنْدَهَا اثنَا عَشَرَ مَلَاكًا. وَكَانَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَى البَوَّابَاتِ أسْمَاءُ قَبَائِلِ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ الِاثنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ. 13 ثَلَاثُ بَوَّابَاتٍ إلَى الشَّرقِ، وَثَلَاثُ بَوَّابَاتٍ إلَى الشِّمَالِ، وَثَلَاثُ بَوَّابَاتٍ إلَى الجَنُوبِ، وَثَلَاثُ بَوَّابَاتٍ إلَى الغَرْبِ. 14 وَكَانَ سُورُ المَدِينَةِ مَبنِيًّا عَلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَرَ أسَاسٍ، كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهَا أسْمَاءُ رُسُلِ الحَمَلِ الِاثنَيْ عَشَرَ. 15 وَكَانَ مَعَ المَلَاكِ الَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي عَصَا قِيَاسٍ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ، لِيَقِيسَ المَدِينَةَ، وَبَوَّابَاتِهَا وَجُدرَانَهَا.
16 كَانَتِ المَدِينَةُ مُمتَدَّةً بِشَكلٍ مُرَبَّعٍ طُولُهُ يُسَاوِي عَرْضَهُ. وَقَاسَ المَلَاكُ المَدِينَةَ بِالعَصَا فَكَانَتِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ألْفَ غَلْوَةٍ[c] طُولًا وَعَرْضًا وَارْتِفَاعًا. 17 ثُمَّ قَاسَ المَلَاكُ سُمْكَ سُورِهَا، فَكَانَ مِئَةً وَأرْبَعًا وَأرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعًا. فَقَدِ استَخَدَمَ المَلَاكُ مِقيَاسًا مُسَاوِيًا لِذِرَاعِ إنْسَانٍ. 18 وَكَانَ السُّورُ مَبنِيًّا مِنَ اليَشْبِ، وَالمَدِينَةُ مَصْنُوعَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الخَالِصِ، وَتَلْمَعُ كَالزُّجَاجِ الشَّفَّافِ.
19 أمَّا أسَاسَاتُ المَدِينَةِ فَكَانَتْ مُزَيَّنَةً بِكُلِّ أنْوَاعِ الأحْجَارِ الكَرِيمَةِ. فَحَجَرُ الأسَاسِ الأوَّلُ كَانَ مِنَ اليَشْبِ، وَالثَّانِي مِنَ اليَاقُوتِ الأزْرَقِ، وَالثَّالِثُ مِنَ العَقِيقِ الأبْيَضِ، وَالرَّابِعُ مِنَ الزُّمُرُّدِ، 20 وَالخَامِسُ مِنَ الجَزْعِ، وَالسَّادِسُ مِنَ العَقِيقِ الأحْمَرِ، وَالسَّابِعُ مِنَ الزَّبَرجَدِ، وَالثَّامِنُ مِنَ الزُّمُرُّدِ السِلقيِّ، وَالتَّاسِعُ مِنَ اليَاقُوتِ الأصْفَرِ، وَالعَاشِرُ مِنَ العَقِيقِ الأخْضَرِ، وَالحَادِي عَشَرَ مِنَ الفَيرُوزِ، وَالثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ الجَمَشْتِ. 21 أمَّا البَوَّابَاتُ الاثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ فَكَانَتْ مَصْنُوعَةً مِنَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ لُؤلُؤةً، فَكُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهَا لُؤلُؤَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ. كَمَا أنَّ شَارِعَ المَدِينَةِ الوَاسِعَ كَانَ مَصْنُوعًا مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الخَالِصِ النَّقِيِّ كَالزُّجَاجِ.
22 لَمْ أرَ فِيهَا هَيكَلًا، لِأنَّ الرَّبَّ الإلَهَ القَدِيرَ وَالحَمَلَ هُمَا هَيكَلُهَا. 23 وَلَمْ تَكُنِ المَدِينَةُ بِحَاجَةٍ إلَى الشَّمْسِ وَلَا إلَى القَمَرِ لِيُضِيئَا عَلَيْهَا، فَمَجْدُ اللهِ يُنِيرُهَا وَالحَمَلُ مِصبَاحُهَا. 24 سَتَسِيرُ الأُمَمُ بِنُورِ مِصبَاحِهَا، وَمُلُوكُ الأرْضِ سَيأتُونَ بِمَجْدِهِمْ إلَيْهَا. 25 بَوَّابَاتُهَا لَنْ تُغلَقَ فِي أيِّ يَوْمٍ، لِأنَّهُ لَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ لَيلٌ. 26 وَسَيُؤتَى بِمَجْدِ وَكَرَامَةِ الأُمَمِ إلَيْهَا، 27 لَكِن لَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا شَيءٌ نَجِسٌ، وَلَا إنْسَانٌ يُمَارِسُ النَّجَاسَةَ أوِ الكَذِبَ. لَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا إلَّا مَنْ كَانَ اسْمُهُ مَكْتُوبًا فِي كِتَابِ الحَيَاةِ، كِتَابِ الحَمَلِ.
Footnotes
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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