< Revelation 21 >
1 Then [in the vision] I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and the oceans no longer existed.
Toen zag ik een nieuwe hemel en een nieuwe aarde; want de eerste hemel en de eerste aarde waren verdwenen, en ook de zee bestond niet meer.
2 I saw [God’s] holy city, which is the new [city of] Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. [The city] had been prepared [and decorated] {[God] had prepared [and decorated the city]} as [SIM] a bride is decorated {decorates herself} [beautifully in order to marry] her husband.
En de heilige Stad, het Nieuw-Jerusalem, zag ik neerdalen van God uit de hemel, toegerust als een bruid, die voor haar man is getooid.
3 I heard a loud voice that spoke from the throne [of God]. It said, “Listen to this! Now God will live with people. He will live [right in the midst of] them [DOU]! They will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.
En ik hoorde van de Troon een machtige stem en ze sprak: Zie, de Woonstede Gods bij de mensen: Hij zal zijn Tent bij hen spannen. Zij zullen zijn volk zijn, Hij: God met hen!
4 [As a result], he will [cause them to no longer be sad. It will be as though he will] [MTY] wipe every tear from their eyes. [None of them] will ever again die or mourn or cry [DOU] or suffer pain, because the former things [that make us sad] will have disappeared.”
Elke traan wist Hij weg uit hun ogen; En nooit zal de dood er meer zijn, Geen rouw, geen geween en geen smart; Want het vroegere is voorbij!
5 Then [God], who sits on the throne, said, “Listen to this! I am [now] making everything new!” He said [to me]: “Write these things [that I have told you], because you can trust [that I will certainly cause them to happen].”
En Die op de Troon is gezeten, sprak: Zie, Ik maak alles nieuw! En Hij vervolgde: Schrijf op! Want deze woorden zijn trouw en waarachtig.
6 He said to me, “I have finished [doing all the things I needed to do]. I am the one who began all things [MET] and the one who will cause all things to end [MET]. To everyone who is [spiritually] thirsty [MET], I will (freely give/give as a free gift) water from the spring [that causes people] to live [forever].
En Hij sprak tot mij: Het is geschied! Ik ben de Alfa en de Omega; Het Begin en het Einde! Den dorstige zal ik te drinken geven Uit de bron des eeuwigen Levens, om niet.
7 I will give this to every person who is victorious over [the evil powers] (OR, [over Satan]). I will be their God, and they will be my children.
Die overwint, zal dit alles beërven; Ik zal hem tot God zijn, hij Mij tot zoon.
8 But those who are cowardly, those who do not believe [in me], those [who do] detestable things, those who are murderers, those who sin sexually, those who commit sorcery, those who worship idols, and every liar, will [all suffer] in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. [Anyone who suffers in that lake] will be dying the second time.” (Limnē Pyr )
Maar alle lafaards, trouwelozen, Boosdoeners en moordenaars, Ontuchtigen, tovenaars, Afgodendienaars en leugenaars: Ze krijgen hun deel in de poel, Die brandt van vuur en zwavel! En dit is de tweede dood. (Limnē Pyr )
9 One of the seven angels who had one of the seven bowls that had been full of [the wine/liquid causing] [MTY] the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come [with me] and I will show you [the people who have permanently united with Christ, the one who is like a] lamb! They will be [like] [MET] a bride [for him].”
Toen kwam er één van de zeven engelen, die de zeven schalen droegen, vol van de zeven zwaarste plagen; en hij sprak tot mij: Kom, ik zal u tonen de Bruid, de Vrouw van het Lam.
10 Then, while [God’s] Spirit [controlled me], the angel took/carried me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me [God’s] holy city, [the New] Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God.
In geestverrukking voerde hij mij weg op een grote en hoge berg. En hij toonde mij de heilige Stad, Jerusalem, neerdalend van God uit de hemel.
11 It was shining with his glory. The city was shining like a very precious jasper stone [shines, and] it was clear like crystal.
Ze prijkte met Gods heerlijkheid; haar lichtglans leek op edelsteen, op jaspis helder als kristal.
12 [Around the city] was a very high wall. The wall had twelve gates. An angel was at each gate. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written {[God] had written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel} over the gates. [Each gate had the name of one tribe].
Ze had een grote, hoge muur, met twaalf poorten, en twaalf engelen op de poorten; ook waren er namen in gehouwen: die van de twaalf stammen der zonen Israëls.
13 Three gates were on the east [side], three gates were on the north [side], three gates were on the south [side], and three gates were on the west [side].
Ten oosten drie poorten; ten noorden drie poorten; ten zuiden drie poorten; ten westen drie poorten.
14 The wall of the city had twelve foundation [stones]. On each foundation [stone was] the name of one of the twelve apostles of [Jesus, the one who is like a] lamb.
De muur der Stad had twaalf grondvesten, en daarop twaalf namen, der twaalf Apostelen van het Lam.
15 The angel who was speaking to me carried a golden measuring rod, in order to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
En die met mij sprak, had een gouden roede als maatstaf, om de Stad, haar poorten, haar muur te meten.
16 The city was square [in shape]; it was as long as it was wide. After the angel measured the city with his rod, [he reported that it was] (1,500 miles/2,400 kilometers) long, and that its height was the same as [its length and width].
De Stad nu was vierkant, haar lengte en breedte gelijk. Hij mat de Stad met de roede: twaalf duizend stadiën; lengte, breedte en hoogte gelijk.
17 He measured its wall [and reported that it was] ([216 ft./70 meters]) [thick] (OR, [high]). The angel used the measure that people [normally use].
Hij mat ook de muur: honderd vier en veertig el naar mensenmaat, aan engelenmaat gelijk.
18 The [city] wall was made of [something like the green stone that we call] jasper. The city [itself] was [made of something like] pure gold [that looked] like clear glass.
De bouwstoffen van haar muur waren van jaspis. —De Stad zelf was van zuiver goud, gelijkend op helder kristal.
19 The foundations of the wall of the city were beautifully made with [wonderful stones that are like] precious stones [on earth]. The first foundation [stone was a crystalline stone like] jasper, the second [foundation stone was a blue stone like] sapphire, the third [foundation stone was a green stone like] agate, the fourth [foundation stone was a green stone like] emerald,
De grondvesten van de muur der Stad waren met allerlei kostbare stenen gesierd. De eerste grondvest was jaspis, de tweede saffier, de derde chalcedon, de vierde smaragd,
20 the fifth [foundation stone was a brown and white layered stone like] sardonyx, the sixth [foundation stone was a red stone like] carnelian, the seventh [foundation stone was a yellow stone like] chrysolite, the eighth [foundation stone was a green stone like] beryl, the ninth [foundation stone was a yellow stone like] topaz, the tenth [foundation stone was a green stone like] chrysoprase, the eleventh [foundation stone was a blue stone like] hyacinth, and the twelfth [foundation stone was a purple stone like] amethyst.
de vijfde sardonyx, de zesde kornalijn, de zevende chrysoliet, de achtste beryllus, de negende topaas, de tiende chrysopraas, de elfde hyacint, de twaalfde ametyst,
21 The twelve gates [of the city] were [something like huge] pearls. Each gate was like [it was] a single pearl. The [ground of] the main plaza of the city (OR, The streets of the city) [appeared to be] pure gold [that looked] like clear glass.
De twaalf poorten waren twaalf paarlen; iedere poort op zich één paarl. —Het plein der Stad was louter goud, doorschijnend als kristal.
22 There was no temple in the city. The Lord God Almighty [himself], and the [one who is like a] lamb, are [there, so there was no need for] [MET] a temple.
Maar een tempel zag ik er niet; want de Heer, de almachtige God, is haar tempel; zo ook het Lam.
23 The city will not need the sun or the moon to light the city, because the glory of God will illuminate the city, and [Jesus, the one who is like a] lamb, will also be its light.
Ook heeft de Stad de zon niet van node, noch de maan, om haar te beschijnen; want de Glorie van God doet haar lichten, en het Lam is haar fakkel.
24 The people of [MTY] the nations will live with the light of the city [shining upon them]. And the kings of the earth will bring their wealth into the city [to honor God and the one who is like a lamb].
De volkeren zullen wandelen in haar licht, de koningen der aarde haar hun heerlijkheid brengen.
25 The gates of the city will not be shut {No one will shut the gates of the city} [at the end of each day as they usually are shut], because there will be no night there.
Geen enkele dag zullen haar poorten worden gesloten; want nacht zal er niet zijn.
26 The [people of the] world will also bring their wealth into the city to honor [God and the one who is like a lamb].
Zo zal men haar brengen de heerlijkheid en de glorie der volken.
27 No one who is morally impure, no one who does things [that God considers] detestable, and no one who tells lies, will ever enter that city. Only those people whose names are written in the book of the [one who is like a] lamb {whose [names] the [one who is like a] lamb has written in his book}, [the names] of people who have [eternal] life, will be there.
Nooit zal er ingaan iets wat onrein is, noch die gruwelen pleegt of leugens spreekt; maar zij alleen, die staan geschreven in het boek des Levens van het Lam.