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.
Jerusalem manyien gi piny manyien
1Eka ne aneno polo manyien gi piny manyien. Polo mokwongo gi piny mokwongo noselal, to nam bende noselal kamano. 2Bangʼe naneno Dala Maduongʼ Maler, ma en Jerusalem manyien kalor piny oa e polo ir Nyasaye, ka oikore ka miaha morwakore maber ni chwore. 3To ne awinjo dwol maduongʼ moa e kom duongʼ mar loch mawacho niya, “Koro Nyasaye osebiro dak gi ji kendo enodag kodgi, ginibed joge, to Nyasaye owuon enobed kodgi kendo nobed Nyasachgi. 4Enoywe pi wengegi duto. Tho kata ywak gi nduru kod rem ok nochak obedie kendo ngangʼ, nikech gik machon oserumo.”
5Jal manobedo e kom duongʼ mar loch nowacho niya, “Neuru! Aloso gik moko duto bedo manyien!” Eka nowachona kendo niya, “Ndik ma, nikech wechegi gin migeno kendo gin adiera.”
6Bangʼ mano nowachona niya, “Gik moko osetimore. An e Alfa gi Omega, Chakruok gi Giko. Ngʼat ma riyo oloyo anami omodh pi soko mar ngima nono ma ok ochulo gimoro. 7Ngʼat molocho noyud gigi duto kaka girkeni, kendo anabed Nyasache, to enobed wuoda. 8To joma luor, gi joma ok oyie kod jo-koko gi jonek kod joma terore, gi jojuogi gi joma lamo nyiseche manono kod jo-miriambo duto, kargi nobed mana ataro mar mach maliel mager, ma en tho mar ariyo!”
9Eka achiel kuom malaike abiriyogo mane nigi tewni abiriyo motingʼo masiche abiriyo mogik nobiro ira mowachona niya, “Bi, mondo anyisi miaha ma en chi Nyarombo.” 10Roho nopongʼa kendo malaikano notingʼa motera malo ewi got mabor, mi nonyisa Jerusalem, ma en Dala Maduongʼ Maler, kalor piny aa e polo ir Nyasaye. 11Ne orieny gi ler mar duongʼ Nyasaye, to lerne ne rieny ka kidi ma nengone tek, kaka jaspa maler ahinya. 12Ne en gi ohinga maduongʼ kendo mabor man-gi dhorangeye apar gariyo kendo man-gi malaike apar gariyo e dhorangeyego. Bende e dhorangeyego nondikie nying ogendini apar gariyo mag Israel. 13Dhorangeye adek ne ni yo wuok chiengʼ, to adek yo nyandwat, kendo adek yo milambo bende adek mamoko yo podho chiengʼ. 14To ohinga mar dalano ne nigi mise apar gariyo, mane ondikie nying joote apar gariyo mag Nyarombo.
15Malaikano mane owuoyo koda, ne nigi luth mar rapim molos gi dhahabu mipimogo dalano, gi dhorangeyene kod ohingane. 16Dalano noger ma bethene angʼwen romre, ka borne ne rom gi lachne. Nopimo dala gi luth kendo noyudo ni borne gi lachne kod borne modhi malo ne romo kilomita alufu ariyo gi mia ariyo (2,200) maromre. 17Bende ne opimo ohingane, mi oyudo ni pek mar kore oromo bede mia achiel gi piero angʼwen gangʼwen, kipimo gi bat mar dhano, ma en rapim mane malaika otiyogo. 18Ohingano noger gi jaspa, to dalano noger gi dhahabu lilo marieny ka kio maler. 19Mise mar ohinga mar dala nokedi gi kite mabeyo duto ma nengogi tek. Mise mokwongo nolos gi jaspa, to mar ariyo ne safir, eka mar adek ne kalkedo kendo mar angʼwen ne emerald, 20to mar abich ne sardonikso, mar auchiel ne sardius, eka mar abiriyo ne krusolith, to mar aboro ne berul, mar ochiko ne topaz, to mar apar ne kruskopraso, kendo mar apar gachiel ne jasinth, to mar apar gariyo ne amethusto. 21Dhorangeye apar gariyogo ne gin kite mag lulu ma nengogi tek, kendo dhorangach ka dhorangach nolos gi lulu achiel achiel moriwore. Yor dalano ne dhahabu lilo marieny maler ka kio.
22To ne ok aneno hekalu ei dalano, nikech Ruoth Nyasaye Maratego kod Nyarombo ema obedo hekalu mare. 23Dalano ok dwar chiengʼ kata dwe mondo orienyne, nikech duongʼ Nyasaye ema miye ler, kendo Nyarombo e tache. 24Ogendini nowuothi e lerne, kendo ruodhi mag pinje nokel duongʼ-gi e iye. 25Dhorangeyene ok nolor odiechiengʼ moro amora, to otieno bende ok nobedie ngangʼ. 26Duongʼ gi mwandu mag ogendini mag pinje nokel e iye. 27To gimoro amora ma ok ler, kata ngʼato matimo gik makwero, kata mariambo, ok nodonjie, makmana jogo ma nying-gi ondiki e kitap Nyarombo mar ngima kende.
