Revelation 21

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.	1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone, and the sea is now no more.
2 I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.	2 And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them (as their God).	3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people; and God himself with them shall be their God.
4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, (for) the old order has passed away."	4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.
5 The one who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." Then he said, "Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true."	5 And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write, for these words are most faithful and true.
6 He said to me, "They are accomplished. I (am) the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.	6 And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely.
7 The victor will inherit these gifts, and I shall be his God, and he will be my son.	7 He that shall overcome shall possess these things, and I will be his God; and he shall be my son.
8 But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death."	8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
9 One of the seven angels who held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come here. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."	9 And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come, and I will shew thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
10 He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.	10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
11 It gleamed with the splendor of God. Its radiance was like that of a precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.	11 Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious stone, as to the jasper stone, even as crystal.
12 It had a massive, high wall, with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed and on which names were inscribed, (the names) of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.	12 And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
13 There were three gates facing east, three north, three south, and three west.	13 On the east, three gates: and on the north, three gates: and on the south, three gates: and on the west, three gates.
14 The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation, on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.	14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them, the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The one who spoke to me held a gold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.	15 And he that spoke with me, had a measure of a reed of gold, to measure the city and the gates thereof, and the wall.
16 The city was square, its length the same as (also) its width. He measured the city with the rod and found it fifteen hundred miles in length and width and height.	16 And the city lieth in a foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs, and the length and the height and the breadth thereof are equal.
17 He also measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits according to the standard unit of measurement the angel used.	17 And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel.
18 The wall was constructed of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass.	18 And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper stone: but the city itself pure gold, like to clear glass.
19 The foundations of the city wall were decorated with every precious stone; the first course of stones was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,	19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper: the second, sapphire: the third, a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald:
20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh hyacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.	20 The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, chrysolite: the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the eleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made from a single pearl; and the street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.	21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, one to each: and every several gate was of one several pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.	22 And I saw no temple therein. For the Lord God Almighty is the temple thereof, and the Lamb.
23 The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.	23 And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.
24 The nations will walk by its light, and to it the kings of the earth will bring their treasure.	24 And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honour into it.
25 During the day its gates will never be shut, and there will be no night there.	25 And the gates thereof shall not be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 The treasure and wealth of the nations will be brought there,	26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 but nothing unclean will enter it, nor any (one) who does abominable things or tells lies. Only those will enter whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.	27 There shall not enter into it any thing defiled, or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie, but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.