1And 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. 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And 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. 4And 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. 5And 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. 6And 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. 7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8But 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.
9And 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. 10And 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, 11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12And 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: 13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16And 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. 17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19And 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; 20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21And 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. 22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23And 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. 24And 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. 25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. 26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27And 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.
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.
