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.
Ɔsoro Foforo Ne Asase Foforo
1Afei mihuu ɔsoro foforo ne asase foforo, na kan ɔsoro ne kan asase no atwa mu, na po nso nni hɔ bio. 2Na mihuu Kurow Kronkron a ɛyɛ Yerusalem foforo sɛ efi Onyankopɔn hɔ wɔ ɔsoro reba fam, a wasiesie ne ho te sɛ ayeforo a ɔrekohyia ne kunu. 3Metee nne dennen bi fi ahengua no so se, “Afei, Onyankopɔn atenae wɔ nnipa mu. Ɔne wɔn bɛtena na wɔayɛ ne nkurɔfo. Onyankopɔn no ankasa ne wɔn bɛtena na wayɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn. 4Na ɔbɛpepa wɔn aniwa mu nusu nyinaa. Na owu nni hɔ bio, na awerɛhow ne osu ne yaw nni hɔ bio. Na kan nneɛma no atwa mu.”
5Afei nea ɔte ahengua no so no kae se, “Afei mereyɛ nneɛma nyinaa foforo!” Ɔka kyerɛɛ me nso se, “Kyerɛw eyi, efisɛ saa nsɛm yi yɛ nokware a wɔde wɔn ho to so.”
6Na ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Wɔawie! Me ne Alfa ne Omega, Mfiase ne Awiei no. Obiara a osukɔm de no no, mɛma no nsu a efi nkwa asuti mu anom kwa. 7Obiara a obedi nkonim no benya eyi afi me nkyɛn. Mɛyɛ ne Nyankopɔn na ɔno nso ayɛ me ba. 8Nanso ahufo ne wɔn a wonnye nni ne akyiwadeyɛfo ne awudifo ne nguamanfo ne asumanfo ne abosonsomfo ne atorofo nyinaa benya wɔn kyɛfa wɔ ɔtare a ogya ne sufre dɛw wɔ mu no mu. Ɛno ne owuprenu no.”
Yerusalem Foforo No
9Abɔfo baason a wokurakura nkuruwa ason a ɔhaw ason a etwa to no ahyɛ ma wɔ mu baako baa me nkyɛn bɛkae se, “Bra, na mɛkyerɛ wo Ayeforo a ɔyɛ Oguamma no yere no.” 10Honhom no faa me, na ɔbɔfo no de me kɔɔ bepɔw tenten bi atifi. Ɔkyerɛɛ me Yerusalem, Kurow Kronkron a efi ɔsoro, Onyankopɔn hɔ, resian aba fam. 11Ɛhyerɛn Onyankopɔn anuonyam mu, na ne hyerɛn no te sɛ aboɔdemmo a ɛsɛ ahwehwɛbo a ani tew sɛ ahwehwɛ. 12Na ne fasu no wɔ ahoɔden na ɛware yiye nso. Apon dumien gu ano a, abɔfo dumien na wɔhwɛ so. Na ɔpon biara so no wɔakyerɛw Israel mmusuakuw dumien no mu baako din. 13Apon abiɛsa wɔ apuei; abiɛsa wɔ anafo; abiɛsa wɔ atifi na abiɛsa wɔ atɔe. 14Wosii kurow no afasu sii abo dumien a wɔakyerɛw Oguamma no asomafo dumien no din wɔ so no so.
15Ɔbɔfo a ɔkasa kyerɛɛ me no kura sikakɔkɔɔ pema susudua a wɔde besusuw kurow no, nʼapon ne nʼafasu. 16Na kurow no yɛ ahinanan a ne tenten ne ne trɛw yɛ pɛ. Ɔbɔfo no de ne susudua no susuw kurow no. Na ne tenten yɛ kilomita mpem abien ne ahannan (2,400), na ne trɛw, ne sorokɔ ne ne tenten nyinaa yɛ pɛ. 17Ɔbɔfo no susuw ɔfasu no nso a na ne sorokɔ nso bɛyɛ sɛ mita aduosia. 18Ahwehwɛbo na ɔde too afasu no. Na kurow no de, sikakɔkɔɔ ankasa a ɛhyerɛn te sɛ ahwehwɛ na wɔde toe. 19Wɔde aboɔdemmo ahorow a ɛyɛ fɛ na ɛhyehyɛɛ kurow no fapem. Fapem a edi kan yɛ ahwehwɛbo. Fapem a ɛto so abien yɛ hoabo. Fapem a ɛto so abiɛsa yɛ omununkumbo. Fapem a ɛto so anan yɛ ahabammono bo. 20Fapem a ɛto so anum yɛ ɛtɔnbo. Fapem a ɛto so asia yɛ bogyanambo. Fapem a ɛto so ason yɛ sikabereɛbo. Fapem a ɛto so awotwe yɛ apopobibiribo. Fapem a ɛto so akron yɛ akraatebo. Fapem a ɛto so du yɛ dɛnkyɛmmo. Fapem a ɛto so dubaako yɛ wusiwbo. Fapem a ɛto so dumien yɛ beredumbo. 21Na wɔde nhene pa dumien na ɛyɛɛ apon dumien no. Wɔde ahene pa baako na ɛyɛɛ apon no mu biara. Na kurow no abɔntenkɛse no yɛ sika ankasa, kurunnyenn sɛ ahwehwɛ.
22Na manhu asɔredan wɔ kurow no baabiara mu, efisɛ Awurade Nyankopɔn Tumfo ne Oguamma no ne asɔredan. 23Na owia anaa ɔsram hann nhia kurow no, efisɛ na Onyankopɔn ne Oguamma no anuonyam hyerɛn wɔ hɔ. 24Ne hann no bɛhyerɛn asase so aman nyinaa so, na asase so aman so ahene de wɔn ahode bɛba hɔ. 25Wɔntoto kurow no apon mu. Da biara ano da hɔ. Efisɛ sum nnuru wɔ hɔ. 26Wɔde aman no kɛseyɛ ne wɔn ahonya bɛba kurow no mu. 27Nanso biribiara a ɛho ntew nkɔ kurow no mu. Saa ara na obi a ɔyɛ aniwude anaa otwa atoro nkɔ mu. Wɔn a wɔakyerɛw wɔn din ahyɛ Oguamma no nkwa nhoma no mu no nko ara na wɔbɛkɔ kurow no mu.
