< Revelation 21 >
1 AND 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.
And I saw a heaven new and an earth new. for the first heaven and the first earth (had passed away, *N(k)O*) and the sea not is any longer.
2 And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And (I myself John *K*) the city holy Jerusalem new I saw coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride adorned for the husband of her.
3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall pitch his tent with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their own God.
And I heard a voice great from the (throne *N(K)O*) saying: Behold the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will tabernacle with them. and they themselves (peoples *NK(o)*) of Him will be, and Himself God with them will be [as] their God.
4 And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more; nor shall mourning, nor crying, nor toil be any more: because the former things are passed away.
And He will wipe away (the God *K*) every tear (from *N(k)O*) the eyes of them, and death not will be any longer nor mourning nor crying nor pain not they will be any longer; because the former things have passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Lo! I make all things new: and he said unto me, Write that these sayings are true and faithful.
And said the [One] sitting on (the throne; *N(k)O*) Behold new I make all things. And He says (to me: *KO*) do write [this] because these the words faithful and true are.
6 And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end; I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
And He said to me; (It has been done! *N(k)O*) I myself (am *NK(o)*) the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I myself to the [one] thirsting I will give of the spring of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be to him a God, and he shall be to me a son.
The [one] overcoming he will inherit (these [things], *N(k)O*) and I will be to him God, and he himself will be My (*k*) son.
8 But to those who shrink back through fear, and to the infidels, and to the abominable, and to murderers, and to whoremongers, and to those who use magical incantations, and to idolaters, and to all liars, is their portion appointed in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Limnē Pyr )
(*no*) But to [the] cowardly and to [the] unbelieving (and to sinners *O*) and having made themselves abominable and to murderers and to the sexually immoral and (to sorcerers *N(k)O*) and to idolaters and to all liars, the portion of them [is] in the lake which is burning with fire and with brimstone, which is the death second. (Limnē Pyr )
9 And there came to me one of the seven angels who held the seven vases full of the seven last plagues, and he talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
And came (to me *K*) one of the seven angels who are having the seven bowls (which are being full *N(k)O*) of the seven plagues last and spoke with me saying; Come here, I will show you the bride the wife of the Lamb.
10 And he bore me away in spirit unto a great and exceeding high mountain, and shewed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
And he carried away me in [the] Spirit to a mountain great and high and he showed me the city (great *K*) holy Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God,
11 having the glory of God: and her brilliance was like the most precious gem, as a jasper stone, transparent as crystal;
having the glory of God. (and *k*) The radiance of it [was] like as a stone most precious like as a stone jasper being clear as crystal
12 and she had a great wall and lofty, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed on them, which are those of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
having (then *k*) a wall great and high, (having *N(k)O*) gates twelve and at (the gates *NK(o)*) angels twelve, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes (of the *k*) of [the] sons of Israel;
13 From the east three gates; from the north three gates; from the south three gates; from the west three gates.
On ([the] east *NK(o)*) [were] gates three, (and *no*) on [the] north gates three, (and *no*) on [the] south gates three, and on [the] west gates three.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
And the wall of the city (had *N(k)O*) foundations twelve and (on them *N(k)O*) (twelve *no*) names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me held a golden cane to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
And the [one] speaking with me he had (a measuring *NO*) reed golden so that he may measure the city and the gates of it and the wall of it.
16 And the city is a quadrangle, and the breadth of it is just as much as the length of it; and he measured the city with the cane, twelve thousand furlongs: the breadth, and the length, and the height of it, are exactly proportioned.
And the city foursquare lies, and the length of it (so great is *K*) [the] same as also the width. And he measured the city with the reed at (stadia *NK(o)*) twelve thousand (twelve [was] *O*) the length and the breadth and the height of it equal are.
17 He measured also the wall of it a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, for such is that of an angel.
And he measured the wall of it (one hundred forty four *NK(o)*) cubits, [the] measure of man that is of the angel.
18 The structure of the wall of it was jasper, and the city pure gold, like clear glass.
And (was *ko*) the structure of the wall of it [was] jasper, and the city gold pure (like *N(k)O*) as glass clear.
19 And the foundations of the walls of the city were adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation a jasper; the second a sapphire; the third a chalcedony; the fourth an emerald;
(and *ko*) the foundations of the wall of the city with every stone precious adorned. the foundation first jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
20 the fifth a sardonyx; the sixth a sardius; the seventh a chrysolite; the eighth a beryl; the ninth a topaz; the tenth a chrysoprasus; the eleventh a jacinth; the twelfth an amethyst.
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth (sardius, *N(k)O*) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve several pearls; every one of the gates was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.
And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls. each one each of the gates was of one pearl. and the street of the city gold pure as glass (translucent. *N(k)O*)
22 And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty is the temple thereof, even the Lamb.
And temple not I saw in it; for the Lord God Almighty temple of it is and the Lamb.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine upon it: for the glory of God illuminates it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.
And the city no need has of the sun nor of the moon that they may shine (in *k*) in it; the for glory of God enlightened it, and the lamp of it [is] the Lamb.
24 And the nations of those that are saved shall walk about in the light thereof; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and their honour into it;
And will walk the nations (those being saved *K*) (through the light *N(k)O*) of it and the kings of the earth bring (the *NK(O)*) glory (and the honor *K*) (of them *NK(O)*) into it.
25 and her gates shall be never shut by day (for there is no night there);
And the gates of it certainly not may be shut by day; night for not will be there.
26 and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it.
And they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.
27 And there shall no more enter into it any thing unclean, or that practises abomination and lying; but only those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
And certainly not may enter into it anything (unsanctified *N(k)O*) and (the [one] *no*) (practicing *N(k)O*) abomination and a lie only except those written in the book of life of the Lamb.