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譯本是參照 AFV (A Faithful Version) 2009

1. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea.
2. And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3. And I heard a great voice from heaven say, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men; and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people; and God Himself shall be with them and be their God.
4. And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall not be any more death, or sorrow, or crying; neither shall there be any more pain, because the former things have passed away.”
5. And He Who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
6. And He said to me, “It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one who thirsts, I will give freely of the fountain of the water of life.
7. The one who overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.
8. But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.” (A Faithful Version)

1. 就在此時,看見一個新天新地,先前那個天地過去了,海也不再出現。

2. 我約翰,看到看到新城耶路撒冷,從屬神的天空中降下,仿如新娘把一切都作好準備,等候迎接那位將要到來迎娶的新郎。

3. 同時間,聽見有響聲從天而來,說:看哪,神的會幕到人間,要在人的當中,這些人成了神的子民,神與他們同在,也成為他們的神。

4. 神會從他們眼中抹去淚水,再沒有死亡,悲涼,止住了傷痛,痛苦不再,因為舊事已過都變成新。

5. 那位坐在寶座上說:你看,這一切變成新的。隨即對我說:記下,這一切是真實而且可信。

6. 續說:事就這樣成了。我是阿爾法和歐米茄,是開始,是終結。口渴的人,會白白給他們生命泉水。

7. 當中若是得勝的,每人都具備繼承權,作我的兒子,我是他們的神。

8. 至於那些怯懦的、不信的、可憎的、殺人的、淫亂的、行邪術的、拜偶像的和所有說謊的,他們應得的份,就是掉進燒著硫磺的火湖里,接受第二次的死亡審判。

這書卷描述,似乎是從猶太人/以色列人的歷史去看整個有關神應許他們先祖是如何落實,當中有一個可以追索的必須條件:信。在歷史當中在約翰回顧這一段,是以巴比倫終結了猶太人/以色列的一段舊約起述。由巴比倫到羅馬政權這一段時間是轉變,約有一千年,是準備新約來臨的預備期,當中將猶太人/以色列人的信仰由族群的承傳,轉變為以信心為承傳的起點。

事實,在亞伯拉罕那時,按摩西對舊約的記述,沒有忘記的重點是亞伯拉罕的信。摩西自己可能明白,只是有許多人不明白,是可以理解,因為從頭到尾都有這二種情況出現:有信有不信,最早的表現就是該隱和亞伯事件,當時殺了兄弟,今日何嘗不是?這個可以用今日中東事件作為證明,因為在巴勒斯旦地的,都是亞伯拉罕之後。

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