It hada greatand highwall,with twelvegates,and at the gatestwelveangels;and names[were] writtenon them, whichare [the names] of the twelvetribesof the sonsof Israel.
Twelvelionswere standingthereon the sixstepson the onesideand on the other;nothinglike[it] was madefor any[other] kingdom.
"For we are slaves;yet in our bondageour Godhas not forsakenus, but has extendedlovingkindnessto us in the sightof the kingsof Persia,to giveus revivingto raiseup the houseof our God,to restoreits ruinsand to giveus a wallin Judahand Jerusalem.
Now at the dedicationof the wallof Jerusalemthey soughtout the Levitesfrom alltheir places,to bringthem to Jerusalemso that they might celebratethe dedicationwith gladness,with hymnsof thanksgivingand with songs[to the accompaniment] of cymbals,harpsand lyres.
"May peacebe within your walls,And prosperitywithin your palaces."
By Your favordogoodto Zion;Buildthe wallsof Jerusalem.
"The stonesshall be accordingto the namesof the sonsof Israel:twelve,accordingto their names;they shall be [like] the engravingsof a seal,eachaccordingto his namefor the twelvetribes.
"Moreover, I will makeyour battlementsof rubies,And your gatesof crystal,And your entirewallof preciousstones.
"Violencewill not be heardagainin your land,Nordevastationor destructionwithin your borders;But you will callyour wallssalvation,and your gatespraise.
"Seethat you do not despiseoneof theselittle ones,for I sayto you that their angelsin heavencontinuallyseethe faceof My Fatherwho is in heaven.
"In the same way,I tellyou, there is joyin the presenceof the angelsof Godoveronesinnerwho repents."
"Nowthe poor mandiedand was carried awayby the angelsto Abraham'sbosom;and the rich manalsodiedand was buried.
[the promise] to whichour twelve tribeshopeto attain,as they earnestlyserve[God] nightand day.And for thishope,O King,I am being accusedby Jews.
Are they not allministeringspirits,sentout to render servicefor the sakeof thosewho willinheritsalvation?
[There were] threegateson the eastand threegateson the northand threegateson the southand threegateson the west.
The one who spokewith me hada goldmeasuring rodto measurethe city,and its gatesand its wall.
In the daytime(for there will be nonightthere)its gateswill neverbe closed;
Blessedare thosewho washtheir robes,sothat they may have the rightto the treeof life,and may enterby the gatesinto the city.
