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

2  Then I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared like a bride having been adorned for her husband.

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

2  And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

3  And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them.

3  And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: “Behold the tabernacle of God with men. And he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be their God with them.

4  And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying out; neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things have passed away."

4  And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no more. And neither mourning, nor crying out, nor grief shall be anymore. For the first things have passed away.”

5  Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new."And He said to me, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."

5  And the One who was sitting upon the throne, said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And he said to me, “Write, for these words are entirely faithful and true.”

5  And he who sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. Then he said to me, Write: for these are the trustworthy and true words of God.

6  And He said to me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give from the spring of the water of life freely to him that is thirsty.

7  He that overcomes I shall give to him these things, and I shall be God to him, and he shall be to Me a son.

7  Whoever prevails shall possess these things. And I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

7  He who overcomes shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

8  But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and sinners, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all who are false shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

8  But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

8  But as for the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the sinful, and the abominable, and murderers, and those who commit adultery, and the magicians, and the idolators, and all liars, their portion shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

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

9  And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

9  And one of the seven Angels, those holding the bowls filled with the seven last afflictions, approached and spoke with me, saying: “Come, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

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

10  And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

11  having the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, [clear as] crystal,

12  having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel

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

13  on the east were 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 had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15  And he who spoke with me had a measure, a golden reed, so that he might measure the city, and its gates.

15  And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

15  And he who was speaking with me was holding a golden measuring reed, in order to measure the City, and its gates and wall.

16  The city is laid out [like] a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

16  And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

16  And the city is laid out as a square, and so its length is as great as the width. And he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand stadia, and its length and height and breadth were equal.

17  And its wall is one hundred and forty-four cubits, [by the] measure of a man, which is, of an angel.

17  And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

18  And the construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

18  And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.

18  And the structure of its wall was of jasper stone. Yet truly, the city itself was of pure gold, similar to pure glass.

19  The foundations of the wall of the city [were] adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

19  And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was of jasper, the second was of sapphire, the third was of chalcedony, the fourth was of emerald,

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

20  the fifth was of sardonyx, the sixth was of sardius, the seventh was of chrysolite, the eighth was of beryl, the ninth was of topaz, the tenth was of chrysoprasus, the eleventh was of jacinth, the twelfth was of amethyst.

21  The twelve gates are twelve pearls: each one of the gates was [made ]of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

21  And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

22  But I saw no temple in it, for YHWH God Almighty is its temple, also the Lamb.

22  And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.

23  The city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

23  And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.

24  And the nations shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth shall bring to it [the] glory and honor of the nations into it.

24  And the people who have been saved shall walk by that very light: and the kings of the earth shall bring their own glory and the honor of the people into it.

25  And its gates shall by no means be closed by day, for night shall not exist there.

25  And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there)

26  And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it, so that they may enter.

27  But there shall by no means enter into it any common [thing], and the [one] doing an abomination and a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

27  And there shall not enter into it anything which defiles, nor he who works abominations and lies; only those shall enter whose names are written in the LambÆs book of life.