2 Timothy · Chapter 4

[ edit] I witneſſe, or preie, or coniure, bifore God and Criſt Jheſu, þat is to demynge þe quyk and deed, by þe comynge of hym, and þe kyngdom of him, preche þe word, be þou biſy couenably wiþ oute reſte, arguwe, or proue, biſeche, blame in al pacience and doctryn. Forſoþ tyme ſchal be, whanne men ſchulen not ſuſteyne, or ſuffre, hool, or holſum, teching, but at her deſyris þei ſchulen gadere to gidere maiſtris ȝitchinge, or pleſynge, to þe eeris. And treuly þei ſchulen turne awey þe heeringe fro treuþe, but to fablis þei ſchulen turne to gidere. Forſoþe wake þou, in alle þingis trauele þou, do þe work of euangeliſt, fulfille þi ſeruyſe, or office, be þou ſobre.

Forſoþ I am ſacrifyſid now, and þe tyme of my reſolucioun, or deeþ, is nyȝ. I haue ſtryuyn a good ſtryf, I haue endid þe cours, I haue kept þe feiþ. In þe toþir tyme a crowne of riȝtwyſneſſe is kept to me, þe which þe Lord ſchal ȝelde to me in þat day, iuſt domeſman; forſoþ not oonly to me, but and to þeſe þat louen his comyng. Hiȝe for to come to me ſoone. Forſoþ Demas haþ forſakyn me, louynge þis world, and wente to Teſſalonyk, Creſſens into Galaþie, Tyte into Dalmatichy; Luk aloone is wiþ me. Taak Mark, and lede to wiþ þee; forſoþ he is profitable to me into ſeruyſe. Titicus ſoþeli I ſente to Epheſi.

Penulam, þat is, cloþ of Romayns, or book, which I lefte at Troade at Carpe, þou comyng bryng wiþ þee, and þe bookis, mooſt forſoþe parchemynus. Aliſaundre, þe treſorer, ſchewide to me manye yuele þingis; þe Lord ſchal ȝelde to hym vp his workis. Whom and þou eſchewe; ful greetli forſoþ he aȝenſtood my wordis. In my firſte defence no man was to me, but alle forſoken me; be it not rettid to hem. Forſoþ þe Lord ſtood nyȝ to me, and comfortide me, þat þe preching be fulfillid by me, and þat alle folkis heere, and I am delyuered fro mouþ of þe lyoun. Forſoþ þe Lord delyuerede me fro al yuel werk, and ſchal make ſaaf into his heuenli kingdom, to whom glorie into worldis of worldis. Amen.

Greete wel Priſca, and Aquyla, and þe hows of Onoſephorus. Forſoþ Eraſtus dwelte, or lefte, at Corynþi. Forſoþ I lefte Trophymus ſyk at Mylete. Soþli hiȝe þou for to come bifore wynter. Embolus, and Prudent, and Lynus, and Claudia, and alle briþeren, greeten þee wel. Oure Lord Jheſu Criſt wiþ þi ſpirit. Þe grace of God wiþ ȝou. Amen. Here endiþ þe ſecunde piſtle to Tymoþe, and bigynneþ þe prolog to Tyte.