Novi Jeruzalem
1Ugledam zatim novo nebo i novu zemlju jer su staro nebo i zemlja iščeznuli. Ni mora više nema. 2I vidim Sveti grad, novi Jeruzalem, kako silazi s neba, od Boga, poput zaručnice urešene za muža.
3Začujem glasan povik s prijestolja: “Evo, Bog stanuje sa svojim narodom! Prebivat će s njima. Oni će biti njegov narod, a on će biti njihov Bog. 4Otrt će svaku suzu s njihovih očiju. Neće više biti smrti, neće biti žalosti, ni plača, ni boli. Jer sve prijašnje je uminulo.”
5Onaj koji sjedi na prijestolju reče: “Gle, činim sve novo!” Zatim meni reče: “Zapiši ove riječi—vjerodostojne su i istinite!” 6I još reče: “Svršeno je! Ja sam Alfa i Omega, Početak i Svršetak. Žednima ću dati da se besplatno napiju s izvora vode života. 7Svi će pobjednici baštiniti te blagoslove. Ja ću im biti Bog, a oni meni djeca. 8Ali sve kukavice, nevjernici i pokvarenjaci, svi ubojice i bludnici i vračari te idolopoklonici i svi lažljivci—završit će u jezeru što gori ognjem i sumporom. To je druga smrt.”
9Zatim mi priđe jedan od sedmorice anđela sa sedam posuda punih konačnih zala i reče: “Dođi da ti pokažem Zaručnicu, Jaganjčevu Ženu!”
10I u duhu21:10 Ili: u Duhu. me ponese na veliku, visoku goru i pokaže mi sveti grad Jeruzalem kako silazi s neba od Boga. 11Sav je blistao Božjom slavom poput dragoga kamena, poput kristalnoga jaspisa. 12Zidine su mu bile široke i visoke, s dvanaest vrata koja je čuvalo dvanaest anđela. A na svakim je vratima pisalo ime jednoga od izraelskih plemena. 13Sa svake strane—s istoka, sjevera, juga i zapada—bila su troja vrata. 14Gradske zidine imale su dvanaest temelja na kojima su pisala imena dvanaestorice Jaganjčevih apostola.
15Anđeo je imao štap za mjerenje nalik zlatnoj trski da izmjeri grad, njegova vrata i zidine. 16Grad se sterao u obliku kvadrata—duljina mu je bila jednaka širini. Anđeo trskom izmjeri grad: i duljina, i širina, i visina bile su jednake: dvanaest tisuća stadija.21:16 Ili 2 220 kilometara. 17Izmjeri zatim gradske zidine. Bile su široke sto četrdeset četiri lakta21:17 Ili 65 metara. po ljudskoj mjeri kojom je anđeo mjerio.
18Zidine su bile od jaspisa, a sam grad od zlata čistoga poput stakla. 19Gradske su zidine izgrađene na temeljima od različitoga dragog kamenja: prvi je temelj od jaspisa, drugi od safira, treći od kalcedona, četvrti od smaragda, 20peti od sardoniksa, šesti od sarda, sedmi od krizolita, osmi od berila, deveti od topaza, deseti od krizopraza, jedanaesti od hijacinta, a dvanaesti od ametista.
21Dvanaest vrata načinjeno je od dvanaest bisera—svaka od jednoga jedinog bisera. A glavna je ulica od čistoga zlata prozirnoga poput stakla.
22U gradu nisam vidio hram. Njegov je hram Svemogući Gospodin Bog—i Jaganjac. 23Tomu gradu ne trebaju ni sunce ni mjesec jer ga obasjava Božja slava, a Jaganjac mu je svjetlo. 24Narodi će hoditi u njegovoj svjetlosti, a vladari ovoga svijeta donosit će u njega svoju slavu. 25Gradska vrata ne zatvaraju se na svršetku dana jer noći nema. 26U njega će se unijeti slava i čast naroda. 27Ali neće ući ništa nečisto i nitko tko čini gadosti i govori laži, nego samo oni kojih su imena zapisana u Jaganjčevoj Knjizi života.
A new heaven and a new earth
1Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’21:1 Isaiah 65:17 for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Look! God’s dwelling-place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death”21:4 Isaiah 25:8 or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’
5He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’ Then he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’
6He 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 cost from the spring of the water of life. 7Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practise magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulphur. This is the second death.’
The new Jerusalem, the bride of the Lamb
9One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’ 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia21:16 That is, about 2,200 kilometres in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits21:17 That is, about 65 metres thick.21:17 Or high 18The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.21:20 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain. 21The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.
22I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendour into it. 25On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26The glory and honour of the nations will be brought into it. 27Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
