啟示錄第21章
新天新地
1我又看見一個新天新地;因為先前的天地已經過去了,海也不再有了。
2我又看見聖城新耶路撒冷由 神那裡從天而降,預備好了,就如新婦妝飾整齊,等候丈夫。

Aristarkh Lentulov – Churches. New Jerusalem(1917)Russian Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.201v New Jerusalem as a bride(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
3我聽見有大聲音從寶座出來說:「看哪, 神的帳幕在人間。他要與人同住,他們要作他的子民。 神要親自與他們同在,作他們的 神。

吉恩·邦道,尼古拉·巴塔耶 – 天啟掛毯之新耶路撒冷(1373~7)法國昂熱城堡掛毯博物館。Jean Bondol, Nicholas Bataille – The New Jerusalem, Apocalypse Tapestry(1377~82)Musée de la Tapisserie, Château d’Angers, Angers, France.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by Kimon Berlin, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Cloisters Apocalypse – New Jerusalem(circa 1330)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – f. 28v: The Holy City comes down and John is instructed to write(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Apocalypsis S. Johannis cum glossis et Vita S. Johannis; Ars Moriendi, etc. – The new Jerusalem, an angel describes it to St John(c.1420~30)(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)
De Ricci – Eighth vision- John watches as the new Jerusalem is sent by God from heaven; an angel has carried John to a mountain where he shows John the holy city. (Apoc. 21-1-11)(1425)New York Public Library’s Digital Library(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
4 神要擦去他們一切的眼淚;不再有死亡,也不再有悲哀、哭號、疼痛,因為以前的事都過去了。」

Henry John Stock – God shall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes.(1912)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
5坐寶座的說:「看哪,我將一切都更新了!」又說:「你要寫上;因這些話是可信的,是真實的。」

Apocalypse 41. A new heaven and new earth. Revelation 21 v 2. Borcht. Phillip Medhurst Collection(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Царство Небесное(Первая половина XIX в.)Государственный музей истории религии, Санкт-Петербург(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous Greek painter – The Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse (Goodspeed Manuscript Collection, gms-0931-22) in Chicago, illustrates 69 subjects of an early 17th-century translation of the Apocalypse into vernacular Greek.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
6他又對我說:「都成了!我是阿拉法,我是俄梅戛;我是初,我是終。我要將生命泉的水白白賜給那口渴的人喝。

Pupil of Jan van Eyck – The Fountain of Life(c.1445~50)Museo del Prado(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Hochaltarretabel der Dominikanerklosterkirche St.Johannis Rostock.
Kulturhistorisches Museum Rostock(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)

Jean Duvet – The Angel shows Saint John the Fountain of Living Water, from the Apocalypse(before 1561)Metropolitan Museum of Art (Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)

S. Michelspacher, Cabala, speculum artis et naturae – the “Fountain of life”(1654)(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)

Antonie Wierix – The Christ Child as Fountain of Life stands in the heart of the believer, with blood streaming from his hands and feet and being collected by angels.(c.1600)(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The fountain of life.(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The fountain of life.(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – The fountain of life.(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)

Master of the Fountain of Life – Fontaine de vie, Galerie nationale de Prague.(c.1511)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Maîtresse-vitre de la cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes (44). Fragments d’une Fontaine de Vie ou Pressoir Mystique. Lancette centrale.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by GO69, Wikimedia Commons)

anonymous: Mano Poderosa (The All-Powerful Hand), or Las Cinco Personas (The Five Persons)(19th century)Brooklyn Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

La fontaine de vie, miniature des évangiles de Saint-Médard de Soissons.(c.827)Bibliothèque nationale de France(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Stained glass window of the Fountain of Life – Santa Maria del Mar – Barcelona(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
7得勝的,必承受這些為業:我要作他的 神,他要作我的兒子。
8惟有膽怯的、不信的、可憎的、殺人的、淫亂的、行邪術的、拜偶像的,和一切說謊話的,他們的分就在燒著硫磺的火湖裡;這是第二次的死。」

Georgios Klontzas – The Second Coming detail The Hell(the end of 16th century)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by P. Vasiliadis., Wikimedia Commons)
新耶路撒冷
9拿著七個金碗、盛滿末後七災的七位天使中,有一位來對我說:「你到這裡來,我要將新婦,就是羔羊的妻,指給你看。」

Alonso Cano – Saint John the Evangelist’s Vision of Jerusalem(1636~7)The Wallace Collection(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

John Martin: The Celestial City and the River of Bliss(1841)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
10我被聖靈感動,天使就帶我到一座高大的山,將那由 神那裡、從天而降的聖城耶路撒冷指示我。

Apocalypse 39. A new heaven and new earth. Revelation cap 21 v 2. Merian. Phillip Medhurst Collection(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – f. 29r: John is shown the New Jerusalem by the Angel(13th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Cloisters Apocalypse – New Jerusalem and angel(1330)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Hans Brosamer: Apocalypsis S. Ioannis/ Die Offenbarung S. Johannis(1553)Metropolitan Museum of Art(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)

Gustave Doré – engraving of the New Jerusalem(1890)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Hans Holbein d. Ä. – Die Zwinglibibel von 1531(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Satan thrown into Hell, last judgement of the dead(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
11城中有 神的榮耀;城的光輝如同極貴的寶石,好像碧玉,明如水晶。

Apocalypse 38. A new heaven and new earth. Revelation cap 21. Mortier’s Bible. Phillip Medhurst Collection(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
12有高大的牆,有十二個門,門上有十二位天使,門上又寫著以色列十二個支派的名字。
13東邊有三門,北邊有三門,南邊有三門,西邊有三門。

Apocalypse 36. A new heaven and new earth. Revelation cap 21. De Vos. Phillip Medhurst Collection(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Drittes Fenster der Südseite, die die Erlebnisse der Flüchtlinge des 2. Weltkriegs erzählen: Das himmlische Jerusalem. Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirchengemeinde Neunburg vorm Wald(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Kirche in Dorndorf, einem Stadtteil von Laucha an der Unstrut im Burgenlandkreis in Sachsen-Anhalt/Deutschland, doppelte Hufeisenempore aus der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts mit barocker Bemalung, Ausschnitt mit der Darstellung des Himmlischen Jerusalem(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by GFreihalter, Wikimedia Commons)
14城牆有十二根基,根基上有羔羊十二使徒的名字。

Larkin, Clarence – Holy Jerusalem(1919)The Book of Revelation; a study of the last prophetic book of Holy Scripture(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
15對我說話的,拿著金葦子當尺,要量那城和城門城牆。
Gerard de Jode. After: Jan Snellinck – Thesaurus Novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula do[mi] ni nostri Iesu Christ Icones Revelationum S Iho[anne]s Evangeliste in Pathmo(1585)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous Greek painter – The Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse (Goodspeed Manuscript Collection, gms-0931-22) in Chicago, illustrates 69 subjects of an early 17th-century translation of the Apocalypse into vernacular Greek.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Otto III. oder Heinrich II. – The New Jerusalem(c.1000)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

atelier de Nicolas Bataille sur cartons de Hennequin de Bruges. – Tenture de l’Apocalypse(1373~7)Château d’Angers; Angers; Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire; France;(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Standing opposite to St John is an angel with a golden reed with which to measure the city and the gates and the walls thereof. St Michael and All Angels Church, Beckwithshaw, North Yorkshire, England(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. by Storye book, Wikimedia Commons)

Powell and Sons – The Golden Gates Are Lifted Up” with the scene of the holy city, new Jerusalem, in heaven with open gates.(1913)St Columb’s Cathedral, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license., Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Świdnica – Church of Peace(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by Andrzej Otrębski, Wikimedia Commons)

Georg David Nessenthaler – Ulrichbibel – Apocalypse 09 Das neue Jerusalem(1755)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Jean Duvet: The Angel shows Saint John the New Jerusalem, from the Apocalypse(before 1561)Metropolitan Museum of Art(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)

France, Central (Paris and Clairefontaine) – scenes from the book of Apocalypse(1411)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Matthias Gerung – Page 303v: The Heavenly Jerusalem / The Bound Devil, Revelation 20:1-3 and 21:9-27(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
16城是四方的,長寬一樣。天使用葦子量那城,共有四千里,長、寬、高都是一樣;

Stephanus Garsia (and other unnamed) – Saint-Sever Beatus f. 207v-208r – New Jerusalem(11th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha – La Jérusalem nouvelle. Apoc. XXI(1047)Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Ms Vit.14.2, f°253v(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Depiction of Fleuve de Vie, the “River of Life”, from the of Revelation, Beatus, (f°198v-199)(10th century)Archives de la Seu d’Urgell(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 182v – New Jerusalem(970)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Maius – Beatus de Morgan, commantaire sur l’apocalypse de Beatus de Liébana(940~945)The Morgan Library & Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Coventry glazier John Thornton – New Jerusalem(1405~8)York Minster, Great East Window(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
17又量了城牆,按著人的尺寸,就是天使的尺寸,共有一百四十四肘。

Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
18牆是碧玉造的;城是精金的,如同明淨的玻璃。
19城牆的根基是用各樣寶石修飾的:第一根基是碧玉;第二是藍寶石;第三是綠瑪瑙;第四是綠寶石;
20第五是紅瑪瑙;第六是紅寶石;第七是黃璧璽;第八是水蒼玉;第九是紅璧璽;第十是翡翠;第十一是紫瑪瑙;第十二是紫晶。

新耶路撒冷城牆根基的修飾寶石(2020)(Public Domain, 公園教會聖經畫盒)
21十二個門是十二顆珍珠,每門是一顆珍珠。城內的街道是精金,好像明透的玻璃。

Anonymous – Apocalipsis Figurado de los Duques de Saboya (S. XV)(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Mosaico della cappella di s. teodoro, 650 ca, restaurati nel 1826-28, 07 gerusalemme celeste(Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. by Sailko, Wikimedia Commons)

Ravenna, basilica di San Vitale (084)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by Gianni Careddu, Wikimedia Commons)
22我未見城內有殿,因主 神─全能者和羔羊為城的殿。

Jacobello Alberegno – The Heavenly Jerusalem(1375-1397)State Hermitage Museum, Sanct Petersburg(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Giusto de Menabuoi – Frescos in the Baptistry (Padua) by Giusto de’ Menabuoi (Apocalypse)(14th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Christ in Majesty and the Heavenly Jerusalem(c.1120)Église Saint-Theudère de Saint-Chef(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Christ in the Heavenly Jerusalem(c.1090)Abbey of San Pietro al Monte(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Brunswick Cathedral St. Blasii, painting in the Crossing.(13th century)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by PtrQs, Wikimedia Commons)

Coventry glazier John Thornton – New Heaven(1405~8)York Minster, Great East Window(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Tanja Kraus, Rosenrot Photography, Neunburg vorm Wald – Drittes Fenster der Südseite, die die Erlebnisse der Flüchtlinge des 2. Weltkriegs erzählen: Das himmlische Jerusalem(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
23那城內又不用日月光照;因有 神的榮耀光照,又有羔羊為城的燈。

Petrus van der Borcht – Apocalypse 42. A new heaven and new earth. Revelation 21 v 29. Borcht. Phillip Medhurst Collection(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – New Jerusalem; Fresco; Kastorkirche in Koblenz, Germany(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by Warburg, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Chiesa di Roncello – controfacciata – La santa Gerusalemme Celeste(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. by Alessandro Maggioni, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Mosaics in Mount of Beatitudes: QUAE SURSUM EST IERUSALEM “The Jerusalem above” (Gal 4:26)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. by Deror Avi, Wikimedia Commons)

Ehemalige Abteikirche Saint-Theudère in Saint-Chef, einer Gemeinde im Département Isère in der französischen Region Rhône-Alpes, romanisches Fresko an der Decke der Chapelle des Anges, Darstellung: Himmlisches Jerusalem(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by GFreihalter, Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous Russian Old Believer – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.206v New Jerusalem as bride of the lamb(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
24列國要在城的光裡行走;地上的君王必將自己的榮耀歸與那城。

Anonymous – Apocalypse flamande – BNF Néerl3 f.19r New Jerusalem(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
25城門白晝總不關閉,在那裡原沒有黑夜。

Gebhard Fugel – Apocalypse by Gebhard Fugel 25 – Kap. 21 Das neue Jerusalem(1933)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
26人必將列國的榮耀、尊貴歸與那城。
27凡不潔淨的,並那行可憎與虛謊之事的,總不得進那城;只有名字寫在羔羊生命冊上的才得進去。

Hieronymus Bosch – The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things – Paradise(1500~1525)Museo del Prado, Madrid, (Spain)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

La Tour – Chapelle des Pénitents blancs – Chevet : Jugement dernier. Saint Pierre ouvre la porte de la Jérusalem céleste. Les élus sont guidés par des anges. Un saint Antoine ermite a été ajouté plus tardivement( Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by MOSSOT, Wikimedia Commons)

St-Pierre, tenant la clé, accueille les âmes élues à la porte de la “Jérusalem céleste”. Aumale (Seine-Maritime, France) – Fresque dans l’église.(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license., Wikimedia Commons)

Jean-Pierre Dalbéra – L’ascension vers l’Empyrée (Ascesa all’empireo)(1500~03)(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license., Wikimedia Commons)

Anonymous – Pilgrims making their way to heavenly Jerusalem through a hazardous landscape.(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. by Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons)

Coventry glazier John Thornton – Saved souls. York Minster, Great East Window(1405~8)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)