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1 et vidi caelum novum et terram novam primum enim caelum et prima terra abiit et mare iam non est
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Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
2 et civitatem sanctam Hierusalem novam vidi descendentem de caelo a Deo paratam sicut sponsam ornatam viro suo
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Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 et audivi vocem magnam de throno dicentem ecce tabernaculum Dei cum hominibus et habitabit cum eis et ipsi populus eius erunt et ipse Deus cum eis erit eorum Deus
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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
4 et absterget Deus omnem lacrimam ab oculis eorum et mors ultra non erit neque luctus neque clamor neque dolor erit ultra quae prima abierunt
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And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
5 et dixit qui sedebat in throno ecce nova facio omnia et dicit scribe quia haec verba fidelissima sunt et vera
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Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."
6 et dixit mihi factum est ego sum Alpha et Omega initium et finis ego sitienti dabo de fonte aquae vivae gratis
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And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
7 qui vicerit possidebit haec et ero illi Deus et ille erit mihi filius
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He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
8 timidis autem et incredulis et execratis et homicidis et fornicatoribus et veneficis et idolatris et omnibus mendacibus pars illorum erit in stagno ardenti igne et sulphure quod est mors secunda
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But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
9 et venit unus de septem angelis habentibus fialas plenas septem plagis novissimis et locutus est mecum dicens veni ostendam tibi sponsam uxorem agni
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Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."
10 et sustulit me in spiritu in montem magnum et altum et ostendit mihi civitatem sanctam Hierusalem descendentem de caelo a Deo
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And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 habentem claritatem Dei lumen eius simile lapidi pretioso tamquam lapidi iaspidis sicut cristallum
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having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
12 et habebat murum magnum et altum habens portas duodecim et in portis angelos duodecim et nomina inscripta quae sunt nomina duodecim tribuum filiorum Israhel
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Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 ab oriente portae tres et ab aquilone portae tres et ab austro portae tres et ab occasu portae tres
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three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.
14 et murus civitatis habens fundamenta duodecim et in ipsis duodecim nomina duodecim apostolorum agni
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Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 et qui loquebatur mecum habebat mensuram harundinem auream ut metiretur civitatem et portas eius et murum
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And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
16 et civitas in quadro posita est et longitudo eius tanta est quanta et latitudo et mensus est civitatem de harundine per stadia duodecim milia longitudo et latitudo et altitudo eius aequalia sunt
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The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.
17 et mensus est murus eius centum quadraginta quattuor cubitorum mensura hominis quae est angeli
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Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
18 et erat structura muri eius ex lapide iaspide ipsa vero civitas auro mundo simile vitro mundo
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The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
19 fundamenta muri civitatis omni lapide pretioso ornata fundamentum primum iaspis secundus sapphyrus tertius carcedonius quartus zmaragdus
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The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
20 quintus sardonix sextus sardinus septimus chrysolitus octavus berillus nonus topazius decimus chrysoprassus undecimus hyacinthus duodecimus amethistus
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the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21 et duodecim portae duodecim margaritae sunt per singulas et singulae portae erant ex singulis margaritis et platea civitatis aurum mundum tamquam vitrum perlucidum
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 et templum non vidi in ea Dominus enim Deus omnipotens templum illius est et agnus
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But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 et civitas non eget sole neque luna ut luceant in ea nam claritas Dei inluminavit eam et lucerna eius est agnus
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The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
24 et ambulabunt gentes per lumen eius et reges terrae adferent gloriam suam et honorem in illam
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And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.
25 et portae eius non cludentur per diem nox enim non erit illic
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Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there).
26 et adferent gloriam et honorem gentium in illam
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And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.
27 nec intrabit in ea aliquid coinquinatum et faciens abominationem et mendacium nisi qui scripti sunt in libro vitae agni
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But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
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