1Potom som videl nové nebo a novú zem. Staré nebo a stará zem zmizli a ani more už vôbec nebolo.2A uvidel som sväté mesto, nový Jeruzalem, ako zostupuje z neba od Boha. Bolo slávnostne vyzdobené ako nevesta, keď ide v ústrety svojmu ženíchovi.3A počul som od trónu mohutný hlas: „To je Boží príbytok medzi ľuďmi. Boh bude bývať s nimi; oni budú jeho ľud a on – ich Boh – bude s nimi.4Zotrie im každú slzu z očí a už nebude smrti ani žiaľu. A nebude tam plač ani bolesť, lebo to, čo bolo predtým, pominulo.“5A ten, ktorý sedel na tróne, povedal: „Pozri, všetko tvorím nové.“ Potom doložil: „Napíš: Tieto slová sú pravdivé a spoľahlivé.“6A povedal mi: „Už sa splnili. Ja som Alfa i Omega, počiatok i koniec. Smädnému dám zadarmo z prameňa živej vody.7Kto zvíťazí, dostane toto všetko; ja mu budem Bohom a on mi bude synom.8Ale zbabelci, neverní, poškvrnení, vrahovia, smilníci, čarodejníci, modloslužobníci a všetci luhári nájdu svoj údel v jazere, kde horí oheň a síra. A to je tá druhá smrť – večné oddelenie od Boha.“
Nový Jeruzalem
9Tu pristúpil jeden zo siedmich anjelov, čo mali sedem čiaš naplnených siedmimi pohromami, a povedal mi: „Poď, ukážem ti nevestu, Baránkovu manželku.“10Preniesol ma v duchu na veľký a vysoký vrch a ukázal mi sväté mesto Jeruzalem, ako zostupuje z neba od Boha11a žiari Božou vznešenosťou. Jagalo sa ako najvzácnejší drahokam, ako krištáľovo priezračný jaspis.12Malo mohutné a vysoké hradby, dvanásť brán strážených dvanástimi anjelmi a na bránach napísané mená dvanástich kmeňov synov Izraela.13Tri brány boli na východ, tri brány na sever, tri brány na juh a tri brány na západ.14Mestské hradby boli postavené na dvanástich základných kameňoch a na nich boli mená dvanástich Baránkových apoštolov.15Ten, čo sa so mnou zhováral, mal mieru zo zlatej trstiny, aby zmeral mesto, jeho brány i hradby.16Mesto je postavené do štvorca: je rovnako dlhé ako široké. Zmeral to mesto a bolo podľa dnešných mier približne dvetisícpäťsto kilometrov dlhé, široké aj vysoké.17Potom zmeral aj hradby mesta. Boli asi sedemdesiat metrov vysoké.18Hradby boli postavené z jaspisu a mesto bolo z rýdzeho zlata a jagalo sa ako krištáľ.19Základy hradieb tohto mesta sú samý drahokam. Prvý základný kameň je jaspis, druhý zafír, tretí chalcedón, štvrtý smaragd,20piaty sardonyx, šiesty sardion, siedmy chryzolit, ôsmy beryl, deviaty topás, desiaty chryzopras, jedenásty hyacint a dvanásty ametyst.21A dvanásť brán je z dvanástich perál, každá z jednej perly. A námestie tohto mesta je z rýdzeho zlata ako z priezračného krištáľu.22Ale nevidel som v ňom chrám, lebo jeho chrámom je Pán, Boh všemohúci, a Baránok.23Mesto nepotrebuje ani slnko, ani mesiac, aby malo svetlo. Ožiaruje ho Božia sláva a jeho svetlom je Baránok.24V jeho svetle budú žiť národy a králi sveta mu prinesú svoje bohatstvo.25Jeho brány zostanú otvorené, lebo stále trvá deň; noci tam už nebude.26Sústredí sa v ňom všetka sláva i bohatstvo národov.27Ale nič nečisté, nik, kto sa rúha, alebo klame, tam nebude mať prístup, iba tí, čo sú zapísaní v Baránkovej knihe života.
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. (Iz 65,17; Iz 66,22; 2 Pt 3,13; Zjv 20,11)2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Iz 52,1; Iz 61,10; Jn 14,3; Hebr 11,10; Zjv 3,12; Zjv 11,2; Zjv 19,7; Zjv 22,19)3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place[1] of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,[2] and God himself will be with them as their God.[3] (Lv 26,11; Zjv 7,15)4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” (Iz 35,10; Iz 51,11; Iz 65,19; 1 Kor 15,26; Zjv 7,17; Zjv 20,14)5And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” (2 Kor 5,17; 1 Tim 1,15; Zjv 3,14; Zjv 4,2; Zjv 4,9; Zjv 5,1; Zjv 19,11; Zjv 20,11; Zjv 22,6)6And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. (Jn 4,10; Jn 7,37; Zjv 1,8; Zjv 10,6; Zjv 22,13; Zjv 22,17)7The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. (2 Kor 6,18; Zjv 2,7; Zjv 21,3)8But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” (Lk 12,46; 1 Kor 6,9; Gal 5,19; Ef 5,5; 1 Tim 1,9; Hebr 12,14; Zjv 2,11; Zjv 19,20; Zjv 20,6; Zjv 20,14; Zjv 22,15)
The New Jerusalem
9Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” (Zjv 15,1; Zjv 17,1; Zjv 21,2)10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, (Ž 87,1; Ez 40,2; Ez 43,5; Zjv 17,3)11having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. (Ž 84,11; Ez 43,2; Ez 43,4; Mt 5,14; Flp 2,15; Zjv 4,3; Zjv 4,6; Zjv 21,23; Zjv 22,5)12It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— (Ez 48,31)13on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Mt 16,18; 1 Kor 3,11; Ef 2,20; Hebr 11,10)15And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. (Zjv 11,1)16The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.[4] Its length and width and height are equal.17He also measured its wall, 144 cubits[5] by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. (Dt 3,11; Zjv 13,18; Zjv 21,9)18The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass. (Zjv 21,11)19The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, (Iz 54,11)20the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. (Zjv 22,2)22And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. (Jn 4,23)23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. (Iz 60,19; Zjv 21,11; Zjv 21,25; Zjv 22,5)24By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, (Iz 60,3; Iz 60,5; Iz 60,16; Zjv 21,26; Zjv 22,2)25and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. (Iz 60,11; Zjv 21,23)26They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life. (Iz 35,8; Iz 52,1; Ez 44,9; Joel 3,17; Zach 14,21; Zjv 3,5; Zjv 22,14)