አዲሲቱ ኢየሩሳሌም
1ከዚህ በኋላ አዲስ ሰማይና አዲስ ምድር አየሁ፤ የመጀመሪያው ሰማይና የመጀመሪያዪቱ ምድር ዐልፈዋልና፤ ባሕርም ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ አይኖርም። 2ቅድስቲቱ ከተማ፣ አዲሲቱ ኢየሩሳሌም ለባሏ እንደ ተዋበች ሙሽራ ተዘጋጅታ ከሰማይ ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ስትወርድ አየሁ። 3ደግሞም እንዲህ የሚል ታላቅ ድምፅ ከዙፋኑ ሲወጣ ሰማሁ፤ “እነሆ፤ የእግዚአብሔር ማደሪያ በሰዎች መካከል ነው፤ እርሱ ከእነርሱ ጋር ይኖራል፤ እነርሱም ሕዝቡ ይሆናሉ፤ እግዚአብሔር ራሱም ከእነርሱ ጋር ይኖራል፤ አምላካቸውም ይሆናል። 4እንባን ሁሉ ከዐይናቸው ያብሳል፤ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ሞት ወይም ሐዘን ወይም ልቅሶ ወይም ሥቃይ አይኖርም፤ የቀድሞው ሥርዐት ዐልፏልና።”
5በዙፋኑ ላይ የተቀመጠውም፣ “እነሆ፤ እኔ ሁሉን ነገር አዲስ አደርጋለሁ” አለ፤ ደግሞም፣ “ይህ ቃል የታመነና እውነት ስለሆነ ጻፍ” አለ።
6እንዲህም አለኝ፤ “ተፈጸመ፤ አልፋና ዖሜጋ፣ የመጀመሪያውና የመጨረሻው እኔ ነኝ፤ ለተጠማ ከሕይወት ውሃ ምንጭ ያለ ዋጋ እሰጣለሁ። 7ድል የሚነሣ ይህን ሁሉ ይወርሳል፤ እኔም አምላክ እሆነዋለሁ፤ እርሱም ልጅ ይሆነኛል። 8ነገር ግን ፈሪዎች፣ የማያምኑ፣ ርኩሶች፣ ነፍሰ ገዳዮች፣ አመንዝሮች፣ አስማተኞች፣ ጣዖት አምላኪዎች፣ ውሸተኞች ሁሉ ዕጣ ፈንታቸው በዲንና በእሳት ባሕር ውስጥ መጣል ይሆናል። ይህም ሁለተኛው ሞት ነው።”
9ሰባቱ የመጨረሻ መቅሠፍቶች የሞሉባቸውን ሰባቱን ጽዋዎች ከያዙት ከሰባቱ መላእክት አንዱ መጥቶ፣ “ና፤ የበጉ ሚስት የሆነችውን ሙሽራ አሳይሃለሁ” አለኝ። 10በመንፈስም ወደ አንድ ትልቅና ረዥም ተራራ ወስዶኝ፣ ቅድስቲቱ ከተማ ኢየሩሳሌም ከሰማይ ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ስትወርድ አሳየኝ። 11እርሷም በእግዚአብሔር ክብር ታበራ ነበር፤ የብርሃኗም ድምቀት እጅግ እንደ ከበረ ድንጋይ እንደ ኢያሰጲድ፣ እንደ መስተዋት የጠራ ነበር። 12ዐሥራ ሁለት በሮች የነበሩት ትልቅና ረዥም ቅጥርም ነበራት፤ በበሮቹም ላይ ዐሥራ ሁለት መላእክት ቆመውና የዐሥራ ሁለቱ የእስራኤል ነገዶች ስም ተጽፎ ነበር። 13በምሥራቅ ሦስት በሮች፣ በሰሜን ሦስት በሮች፣ በደቡብ ሦስት በሮች፣ በምዕራብ ሦስት በሮች ነበሩ። 14የከተማዪቱም ቅጥር ዐሥራ ሁለት መሠረቶች ነበሩት፤ በእነርሱም ላይ የዐሥራ ሁለቱ የበጉ ሐዋርያት ስሞች ተጽፈው ነበር።
15ከእኔ ጋር ይነጋገር የነበረው መልአክ የከተማዪቱን በሮች ቅጥር የሚለካበት የወርቅ ዘንግ ነበረው። 16ከተማዪቱም ርዝመቷና ስፋቷ እኩል ሆኖ አራት ማእዘን ነበረች። እርሱም ከተማዪቱን በዘንጉ ለካ፤ ርዝመቷም ዐሥራ ሁለት ሺሕ ምዕራፍ21፥16 ሁለት ሺሕ ሁለት መቶ ኪሎ ሜትር ያህል ይሆናል። ሆነ፤ ስፋቷና ከፍታዋም እንዲሁ ሆነ። 17ደግሞም የከተማዪቱን ቅጥር ለካ፤ ርዝመቱም የመልአክ መለኪያ በሆነው በሰው መለኪያ መቶ አርባ አራት ክንድ21፥17 ስድሳ አምስት ሜትር ያህል ይሆናል። ነበር። 18ቅጥሩ የተሠራው ከኢያሰጲድ ነበር፤ ከተማዪቱም እንደ መስተዋት ንጹሕ ከሆነ ወርቅ የተሠራች ነበረች። 19የከተማዪቱ ቅጥር መሠረቶች በሁሉም ዐይነት የከበረ ድንጋይ ያጌጡ ነበር፤ የመጀመሪያው መሠረት ኢያሰጲድ፣ ሁለተኛው ሰንፔር፣ ሦስተኛው ኬልቄዶን፣ አራተኛው መረግድ፣ 20አምስተኛው ሰርዶንክስ፣ ስድስተኛው ሰርድዮን፣ ሰባተኛው ክርስቲሎቤ፣ ስምንተኛው ቢረሌ፣ ዘጠነኛው ወራውሬ፣ ዐሥረኛው ክርስጵራስስ፣ ዐሥራ አንደኛው ያክንት፣ ዐሥራ ሁለተኛው አሜቴስጢኖስ21፥20 ከእነዚህ የከበሩ ድንጋዮች መካከል የአንዳንዶቹ ምንነት በውል አይታወቅም። ነበረ። 21ዐሥራ ሁለቱም በሮች ዐሥራ ሁለት ዕንቍዎች ነበሩ፤ እያንዳንዱም በር ከአንድ ዕንየተሠራ ነበረ። የከተማዪቱም አውራ መንገድ እንደ መስተዋት ብርሃን የሚያስተላልፍ ንጹሕ ወርቅ ነበረ።
22ሁሉን ቻይ ጌታ አምላክና በጉ መቅደሷ ስለሆኑ፣ በከተማዪቱ ውስጥ ቤተ መቅደስ አላየሁም። 23የእግዚአብሔር ክብር ብርሃን ስለሚሰጣትና በጉም መብራቷ ስለሆነ፣ ከተማዋ ፀሓይ ወይም ጨረቃ እንዲያበሩላት አያስፈልጋትም። 24ሕዝቦች በብርሃኗ ይመላለሳሉ፤ የምድር ነገሥታትም ክብራቸውን ወደ እርሷ ያመጣሉ። 25በዚያ ሌሊት ስለሌለ፣ በሮቿ በየትኛውም ቀን አይዘጉም። 26የሕዝቦች ግርማና ክብር ወደ እርሷ ይገባል። 27በበጉ የሕይወት መጽሐፍ ከተጻፉት በስተቀር፣ ርኩሰትን የሚያደርግና ውሸትን የሚናገር ሁሉ አይገባባትም።
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 practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. 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 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers 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 200 feet or about 65 meters 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 splendor into it. 25On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26The glory and honor 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.
