¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

¹Kisha nikaona mbingu mpya na dunia mpya. Mbingu ile ya kwanza na dunia ile ya kwanza vilikuwa vimetoweka, nayo bahari pia haikuweko tena.

²and I, John, saw the holy city — new Jerusalem — coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;

²Nikaona mji mtakatifu, Yerusalemu mpya, ukishuka kutoka kwa Mungu mbinguni. Ulikuwa umetayarishwa vizuri kama bibi arusi aliyepambwa tayari kukutana na mumewe.

³and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them — their God,

³Kisha nikasikia sauti kubwa kutoka katika kiti cha enzi ikisema, "Tazama! Mungu amefanya makao yake kati ya watu. Atakaa kati yao, nao watakuwa watu wake, naye atakuwa Mungu wao.

⁴and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.`

⁴Yeye atayafuta machozi yao yote; maana hakutakuwako tena na kifo, wala uchungu, wala kilio, wala maumivu; maana ile hali ya kale imepita!"

⁵And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;`

⁵Kisha yule aliyeketi juu ya kiti cha enzi akasema, "Tazama, nafanya yote mapya." Tena akaniambia, "Andika hili, maana maneno haya ni ya kuaminika na ya kweli!"

⁶and He said to me, `It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;

⁶Kisha akaniambia, "Yametimia! Mimi ni Alfa na Omega, Mwanzo na Mwisho. Aliye na kiu nitampa kinywaji cha bure kutoka katika chemchemi ya maji ya uzima.

⁷he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him — a God, and he shall be to me — the son,

⁷Yeyote atakayeshinda atapokea hiki, nami nitakuwa Mungu wake, naye atakuwa mwanangu.

⁸and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part [is] in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.`

⁸Lakini watu waoga, wasioamini, wapotovu, wauaji, wazinzi, wachawi, waabudu sanamu, na waongo wote, mahali pao patakuwa ndani ya lile ziwa linalowaka moto na kiberiti; hicho ndicho kifo cha pili."

⁹And there came unto me one of the seven messengers, who have the seven vials that are full of the seven last plagues, and he spake with me, saying, `Come, I will shew thee the bride of the Lamb — the wife,`

⁹Kisha mmoja wa wale malaika saba waliokuwa na yale mabakuli saba yaliyokuwa yamejaa mabaa saba ya mwisho, akaja na kuniambia, "Njoo! Mimi nitakuonyesha bibi arusi, mkewe Mwanakondoo!"

¹⁰and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,

¹⁰Basi, Roho akanikumba, naye malaika akanipeleka juu ya mlima mrefu sana. Akanionyesha mji mtakatifu, ukishuka kutoka kwa Mungu mbinguni,

¹¹having the glory of God, and her light [is] like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,

¹¹uking'aa kwa utukufu wa Mungu. Mwangaza wake ulikuwa kama wa jiwe la thamani kubwa kama yaspi, angavu kama kioo.

¹²having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are [those] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,

¹²Ulikuwa na ukuta mrefu na mkubwa, wenye milango kumi na miwili, na malaika wanangojea kumi na wawili. Majina ya wangoja milango kumi na mawili ya Israeli yalikuwa yameandikwa juu ya milango hiyo.

¹³at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;

¹³Kila upande ulikuwa na milango mitatu: upande wa mashariki, milango mitatu, kaskazini milango mitatu, kusini milango mitatu na magharibi milango mitatu.

¹⁴and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁴Kuta za mji huo zilikuwa zimejengwa juu ya mawe ya msingi kumi na mawili, na juu ya mawe hayo yalikuwa yameandikwa majina na mitume kumi na wawili wa Mwanakondoo.

¹⁵And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;

¹⁵Basi, yule malaika aliyekuwa anasema nami alikuwa na kijiti cha dhahabu cha kupimia, kwa ajili ya kuupima huo mji, milango yake na kuta zake.

¹⁶and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed — furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;

¹⁶Mji wenyewe ulikuwa wa mraba, upana na urefu wake sawa. Basi, malaika akaupima mji huo kwa kijiti chake: ulikuwa na urefu, upana na urefu wa kwenda juu, kama kilomita elfu mbili na mia nne.

¹⁷and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

¹⁷Kisha akaupima ukuta wake pia; nao ulikuwa mita sitini kwa kipimo cha macho cha kibinadamu ambacho malaika alitumia.

¹⁸and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city [is] pure gold — like to pure glass;

¹⁸Ukuta huo ulikuwa umejengwa kwa mawe mekundu ya thamani, na mji wenyewe ulikuwa umejengwa kwa dhahabu safi, angavu kama kioo.

¹⁹and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

¹⁹Mawe ya msingi wa ukuta huo yalikuwa yamepambwa kwa kila aina ya mawe ya thamani. Jiwe la kwanza la msingi lilikuwa jiwe la thamani jekundu, la pili yakuti samawati, la tatu kalkedoni, la nne zamaradi,

²⁰the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

²⁰la tano sardoniki, la sita akiki, la saba krisolito, la nane zabarijadi, la tisa topazi, la kumi krisopraso, la kumi na moja yasinto, na la kumi na mbili amethisto.

²¹And the twelve gates [are] twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city [is] pure gold — as transparent glass.

²¹Na ile milango kumi na miwili ilikuwa lulu kumi na mbili; kila mlango ulikuwa umetengenezwa kwa lulu moja. Barabara kuu ya mji ilikuwa imetengenezwa kwa dhahabu safi, angavu kama kioo.

²²And a sanctuary I did not see in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its sanctuary, and the Lamb,

²²Sikuona hekalu katika mji huo, maana Bwana Mungu Mwenye Uwezo na yule Mwanakondoo ndio Hekalu lake.

²³and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it [is] the Lamb;

²³Mji huo hauhitaji jua wala mwezi kuangazia, maana utukufu wa Mungu huuangazia, na taa yake ni yule Mwanakondoo.

²⁴and the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it,

²⁴Watu wa mataifa watatembea katika mwanga wake, na wafalme wa dunia watauletea utajiri wao.

²⁵and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;

²⁵Milango ya mji huo itakuwa wazi mchana wote; maana hakutakuwa na usiku humo.

²⁶and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it;

²⁶Fahari na utajiri wa watu wa mataifa utaletwa humo ndani.

²⁷and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but — those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

²⁷Lakini hakuna chochote kilicho najisi kitakachoingia humo; wala mtu yeyote atendaye mambo ya kuchukiza au ya uongo hataingia humo. Ni wale tu walioandikwa katika kitabu cha uzima cha Mwanakondoo ndio watakaoingia ndani.