1 T hen I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had passed away. There was no more sea.

Then I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea.

2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. It was made ready like a bride is made ready for her husband.

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband;

3 I heard a loud voice coming from heaven. It said, “See! God’s home is with men. He will live with them. They will be His people. God Himself will be with them. He will be their God.

Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God.

4 G od will take away all their tears. There will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All the old things have passed away.”

God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away.

5 T hen the One sitting on the throne said, “See! I am making all things new. Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine).

6 T hen He said to me, “These things have happened! I am the First and the Last. I am the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty, I will give the water of life. It is a free gift.

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 water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life.

7 H e who has power and wins will receive these things. I will be his God and he will be My son.

He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son.

8 B ut those who are afraid and those who do not have faith and the sinful-minded people and those who kill other people and those who do sex sins and those who follow witchcraft and those who worship false gods and all those who tell lies will be put into the lake of fire and sulphur. This is the second death.” The New Jerusalem

But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God) and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)— their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.

9 T hen one of the seven angels who had the seven jars full of the seven last troubles came to me and said, “Come! I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven final plagues (afflictions, calamities) came and spoke to me. He said, Come with me! I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

10 I was carried away in the Spirit by the angel to a very high mountain. He showed me the Holy City of Jerusalem. It was coming out of heaven from God.

Then in the Spirit He conveyed me away to a vast and lofty mountain and exhibited to me the holy (hallowed, consecrated) city of Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God,

11 I t was filled with the shining-greatness of God. It shone like a stone worth much money, like a jasper stone. It was clear like glass.

Clothed in God’s glory. The luster of it resembled a rare and most precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as crystal.

12 I t had a very high wall, and there were twelve gates. Twelve angels stood by the gates. The names of the twelve family groups of the Jewish nation were written on the gates.

It had a massive and high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were written:

13 T here were three gates on each side. There were three on the east side and three on the north side and three on the south side and three on the west side.

On the east side three gates, on the north side three gates, on the south side three gates, and on the west side three gates.

14 T he walls were on twelve stones. The names of the twelve missionaries of the Lamb were written on the stones.

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

15 T he angel had a stick in his hand. It was used to find out how big the city and its gates and the walls were.

And he who spoke to me had a golden measuring reed (rod) to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

16 H e found out that the city was as wide as it was long and it was as high as it was wide. It was as long as a man could walk in fifty days. It was the same each way.

The city lies in a square, its length being the same as its width. And he measured the city with his reed—12, 000 stadia (about 1, 500 miles); its length and width and height are the same.

17 T he angel found out that the walls were the same as a man taking seventy-two long steps. The angel used the same way to find out about the city as a man would have used.

He measured its wall also—144 cubits (about 72 yards) by a man’s measure '> of a cubit from his elbow to his third fingertip], which is of the angel.

18 T he wall was made of jasper. The city was made of pure gold. This gold was as clear as glass.

The wall was built of jasper, while the city pure gold, clear and transparent like glass.

19 T he city was built on every kind of stone that was worth much money. The first stone was jasper. The second was sapphire. The third was chalcedony. The fourth was emerald.

The foundation of the wall of the city were ornamented with all of the precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony (or white agate), the fourth emerald,

20 T he fifth was sardonyx. The sixth was sardius. 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.

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

21 T he twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each gate was made from one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold. It was as clear as glass.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each separate gate being built of one solid pearl. And the main street (the broadway) of the city was of gold as pure and translucent as glass.

22 I did not see a house of God in the city. The All-powerful Lord God and the Lamb are the house of God in this city.

I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Omnipotent and the Lamb are its temple.

23 T here is no need for the sun and moon to shine in the city. The shining-greatness of God makes it full of light. The Lamb is its light.

And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the splendor and radiance (glory) of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

24 T he nations will walk by its light. The kings of the earth will bring their greatness into it.

The nations shall walk by its light and the rulers and leaders of the earth shall bring into it their glory.

25 T he gates are open all day. They will never be shut. There will be no night there.

And its gates shall never be closed by day, and there shall be no night there.

26 T he greatness and honor of all the nations will be brought into it.

They shall bring the glory (the splendor and majesty) and the honor of the nations into it.

27 N othing sinful will go into the city. No one who is sinful-minded or tells lies can go in. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life can go in.

But nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed shall ever enter it, nor anyone who commits abominations (unclean, detestable, morally repugnant things) or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are recorded in the Lamb’s Book of Life.