¹ 巴比伦王伯沙撒元年，但以理在床上做梦，见了脑中的异象，就记录这梦，述说其中的大意。

² 但以理说：我夜里见异象，看见天的四风陡起，刮在大海之上。

³ 有四个大兽从海中上来，形状各有不同：

⁴ 头一个像狮子，有鹰的翅膀；我正观看的时候，兽的翅膀被拔去，兽从地上得立起来，用两脚站立，像人一样，又得了人心。

⁵ 又有一兽如熊，就是第二兽，旁跨而坐，口齿内衔着三根肋骨。有吩咐这兽的说：起来吞吃多肉。

⁶ 此後我观看，又有一兽如豹，背上有鸟的四个翅膀；这兽有四个头，又得了权柄。

⁷ 其後我在夜间的异象中观看，见第四兽甚是可怕，极其强壮，大有力量，有大铁牙，吞吃嚼碎，所剩下的用脚践踏。这兽与前三兽大不相同，头有十角。

⁸ 我正观看这些角，见其中又长起一个小角；先前的角中有三角在这角前，连根被他拔出来。这角有眼，像人的眼，有口说夸大的话。

⁹ 我观看，见有宝座设立，上头坐着亘古常在者。他的衣服洁白如雪，头发如纯净的羊毛。宝座乃火焰，其轮乃烈火。

¹⁰ 从他面前有火，像河发出；事奉他的有千千，在他面前侍立的有万万；他坐着要行审判，案卷都展开了。

¹¹ 那时我观看，见那兽因小角说夸大话的声音被杀，身体损坏，扔在火中焚烧。

¹² 其馀的兽，权柄都被夺去，生命却仍存留，直到所定的时候和日期。

¹³ 我在夜间的异象中观看，见有一位像人子的，驾着天云而来，被领到亘古常在者面前，

¹⁴ 得了权柄、荣耀、国度，使各方、各国、各族的人都事奉他。他的权柄是永远的，不能废去；他的国必不败坏。

¹⁵ 至於我─但以理，我的灵在我里面愁烦，我脑中的异象使我惊惶。

¹⁶ 我就近一位侍立者，问他这一切的真情。他就告诉我，将那事的讲解给我说明。

¹⁷ 这四个大兽就是四王将要在世上兴起。

¹⁸ 然而，至高者的圣民，必要得国享受，直到永永远远。

¹⁹ 那时我愿知道第四兽的真情，他为何与那三兽的真情大不相同，甚是可怕，有铁牙铜爪，吞吃嚼碎，所剩下的用脚践踏；

²⁰ 头有十角和那另长的一角，在这角前有三角被他打落。这角有眼，有说夸大话的口，形状强横，过於他的同类。

²¹ 我观看，见这角与圣民争战，胜了他们。

²² 直到亘古常在者来给至高者的圣民伸冤，圣民得国的时候就到了。

²³ 那侍立者这样说：第四兽就是世上必有的第四国，与一切国大不相同，必吞吃全地，并且践踏嚼碎。

²⁴ 至於那十角，就是从这国中必兴起的十王，後来又兴起一王，与先前的不同；他必制伏三王。

²⁵ 他必向至高者说夸大的话，必折磨至高者的圣民，必想改变节期和律法。圣民必交付他手一载、二载、半载。

²⁶ 然而，审判者必坐着行审判；他的权柄必被夺去，毁坏，灭绝，一直到底。

²⁷ 国度、权柄，和天下诸国的大权必赐给至高者的圣民。他的国是永远的；一切掌权的都必事奉他，顺从他。

²⁸ 那事至此完毕。至於我─但以理，心中甚是惊惶，脸色也改变了，却将那事存记在心。

¹ I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

² I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

³ I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

⁴ He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."

⁵ He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."

⁶ He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

⁷ He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

⁸ But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

⁹ One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride."

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

¹¹ having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

¹² having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

¹³ On the east were 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 foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.

¹⁶ The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand Twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

¹⁷ Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

¹⁸ The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

¹⁹ The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

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

²¹ The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

²² I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.

²³ The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

²⁴ The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

²⁵ Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),

²⁶ and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.

²⁷ There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.