1Et vidi cælum novum et terram novam.I saw the new heaven and the new earth.Primum enim cælum, et prima terra abiit,For the first heaven and the first earth passed away,et mare jam non est.and the sea is no more.
2Et ego Joannes vidi sanctam civitatem Jerusalem novam descendentem de cælo a Deo, paratam sicut sponsam ornatam viro suo.And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3Et audivi vocem magnam de throno dicentem:And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying:Ecce tabernaculum Dei cum hominibus,“Behold the tabernacle of God with men.et habitabit cum eis.And he will dwell with them,Et ipsi populus ejus erunt,and they will be his people.et ipse Deus cum eis erit eorum Deus:And God himself will be their God with them.
4et absterget Deus omnem lacrimam ab oculis eorum:And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.et mors ultra non erit,And death shall be no more.neque luctus,And neither mourning,neque clamor,nor crying out,neque dolor erit ultra,nor grief shall be anymore.quia prima abierunt.For the first things have passed away.”
5Et dixit qui sedebat in throno:And the One who was sitting upon the throne, said,Ecce nova facio omnia.“Behold, I make all things new.”Et dixit mihi:And he said to me,Scribe,“Write,quia hæc verba fidelissima sunt, et vera.for these words are entirely faithful and true.”
6Et dixit mihi:And he said to me:Factum est:“It is done.ego sum alpha et omega,I am the Alpha and the Omega,initium et finis.the Beginning and the End.Ego sitienti dabo de fonte aquæ vitæ,To those who thirst,gratis.I will give freely from the fountain of the water of life.
7Qui vicerit, possidebit hæc:Whoever prevails shall possess these things.et ero illi Deus,And I will be his God,et ille erit mihi filius.and he shall be my son.
8Timidis autem,But the fearful,et incredulis,and the unbelieving,et execratis,and the abominable,et homicidis,and murderers,et fornicatoribus,and fornicators,et veneficis,and drug users,et idolatris,and idolaters,et omnibus mendacibus,and all liars,pars illorum erit in stagno ardenti igne et sulphure:these shall be a part of the pool burning with fire and sulphur,quod est mors secunda.which is the second death.”
9Et venit unus de septem angelis habentibus phialas plenas septem plagis novissimis,And one of the seven Angels, those holding the bowls filled with the seven last afflictions,et locutus est mecum,approached and spoke with me,dicens:saying:Veni,“Come,et ostendam tibi sponsam,and I will show you the bride,uxorem Agni.the wife of the Lamb.”
10Et sustulit me in spiritu in montem magnumAnd he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain.et altum,And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem,et ostendit mihi civitatem sanctam Jerusalem descendentem de cælo a Deo,descending out of heaven from God,
11habentem claritatem Dei:having the glory of God.et lumen ejus simile lapidi pretioso tamquam lapidi jaspidis,And its light was like that of a precious stone,sicut crystallum.even like that of the jasper stone or like crystal.
12Et habebat murum magnum,And it had a wall,et altum,great and high,habentem portas duodecim:having twelve gates.et in portis angelos duodecim,And at the gates were twelve Angels.et nomina inscripta,And names were written upon them,quæ sunt nomina duodecim tribuum filiorum Israël:which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
13ab oriente portæ tres,On the East were three gates,et ab aquilone portæ tres,and on the North were three gates,et ab austro portæ tres,and on the South were three gates,et ab occasu portæ tres.and on the West were three gates.
14Et murus civitatis habens fundamenta duodecim,And the wall of the City had twelve foundations.et in ipsis duodecim nomina duodecim apostolorum Agni.And upon them were the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
15Et qui loquebatur mecum, habebat mensuram arundineam auream,And he who was speaking with me was holding a golden measuring reed,ut metiretur civitatem,in order to measure the City,et portas ejus, et murum.and its gates and wall.
16Et civitas in quadro posita est,And the city is laid out as a square,et longitudo ejus tanta est quanta et latitudo:and so its length is as great as the width.et mensus est civitatem de arundine aurea per stadia duodecim millia:And he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand stadia,et longitudo,and its lengthet altitudo,and heightet latitudo ejus æqualia sunt.and breadth were equal.
17Et mensus est murum ejus centum quadraginta quatuor cubitorum,And he measured its wall as one hundred and forty-four cubits,mensura hominis,the measure of a man,quæ est angeli.which is of an Angel.
18Et erat structura muri ejus ex lapide jaspide:And the structure of its wall was of jasper stone. Yet truly,ipsa vero civitas aurum mundum simile vitro mundo.the city itself was of pure gold, similar to pure glass.
19Et fundamenta muri civitatis omni lapide pretioso ornata.And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone.Fundamentum primum, jaspis:The first foundation was of jasper,secundum, sapphirus:the second was of sapphire,tertium, calcedonius:the third was of chalcedony,quartum, smaragdus:the fourth was of emerald,
20quintum, sardonyx:the fifth was of sardonyx,sextum, sardius:the sixth was of sardius,septimum, chrysolithus:the seventh was of chrysolite,octavum, beryllus:the eighth was of beryl,nonum, topazius:the ninth was of topaz,decimum, chrysoprasus:the tenth was of chrysoprasus,undecimum, hyacinthus:the eleventh was of jacinth,duodecimum, amethystus.the twelfth was of amethyst.
21Et duodecim portæ, duodecim margaritæ sunt,And the twelve gates are twelve pearls,per singulas:one for each,et singulæ portæ erant ex singulis margaritis:so that each gate was made from a single pearl.et platea civitatis aurum mundum,And the main street of the city was of pure gold,tamquam vitrum perlucidum.similar to transparent glass.
22Et templum non vidi in ea:And I saw no temple in it.Dominus enim Deus omnipotens templum illius est,For the Lord God Almighty is its temple,et Agnus.and the Lamb.
23Et civitas non eget sole neque luna ut luceant in ea,And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine in it.nam claritas Dei illuminavit eam,For the glory of God has illuminated it,et lucerna ejus est Agnus.and the Lamb is its lamp.
24Et ambulabunt gentes in lumine ejus:And the nations shall walk by its light.et reges terræ afferent gloriam suam et honorem in illam.And the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor into it.
25Et portæ ejus non claudentur per diem:And its gates shall not be closed throughout the day,nox enim non erit illic.for there shall be no night in that place.
26Et afferent gloriam et honorem gentium in illam.And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
27Non intrabit in eam aliquod coinquinatum,There shall not enter into it anything defiled,aut abominationem faciensnor anything causing an abomination,et mendacium,nor anything false,nisi qui scripti sunt in libro vitæ Agni.but only those who have been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb.