Revelation · Chapter 2

[ edit] And to þe aungel of þe chirche of Efeſus wrijte þou, Þes þinges ſeiþ he, þat holdiþ ſeuen ſterres in his riȝþalf, þe which walkiþ in þe mydle of ſeuen golden candelſtickis. Y woot þi werkes, and trauel, and þi pacyence, and for þou mayſt not ſuffre yuele men; and þou haſt temptid, or aſayed, hem þat ſeien hem ſilf for to be apoſtles, and ben not, and þou haſt founden hem liȝers; and þou haſt pacience, and þou haſt ſuſtenyd for my name, and faylediſt not. But Y haue aȝen þee a fewe þinges, þat þou haſt left þi firſt charite.

And ſo be þou myndeful of whennus þou haſt falle, and do penaunce, and do þe firſte werkes; if not, I come ſoone to þee, and ſhal moue þi candelſticke of his place, no but þou ſhalt do penaunce. But þou haſt þis good þing, for þou hatediſt þe dedes of Nycholaytis, or folewers of Nychol, þe whiche and I hatede. He þat haþ eres, here, what þe ſpirit ſhal ſeie to þe chirchis. To þe ouercomynge I ſhal ȝiue for to ete of þe tree of lijf, þat is in paradiſe of my God. And to þe aungel of þe chirche of Smyrma wrijte þou, Þes þinges ſeiþ þe firſt and þe laſt, þat was deed, and lyueþ.

I woot þi tribulacioun, and þi pouert, but þou art riche; and þou art blasfemyd of hem, þat ſeien hem ſilf for to be Jewes, and ben not, but þei ben þe ſynagoge of Saþanas. Drede þou no þing of þes, whiche þou art to ſuffringe. Lo! þe deuel is to ſendinge ſumme of ȝou in to priſoun, þat ȝe be temptid; and ȝe ſhulen haue tribulacioun ten dayes. Be þou feiþful unto þe deeþ, and I ſhal ȝiue to þee a coroun of lijf. He þat haþ eres, here, what þe ſpirit ſhal ſeie to þe chirchis. He þat ſhal ouercome, ſhal not be hirt of þe ſecounde deeþ. And to þe aungel of þe chirche of Pergame wrijte þou, Þes þinges ſeiþ he, þat haþ þe ſwerd ſharp on eiþer ſijde.

I woot where þou dwelliſt, where þe ſeete of Saþanas is; and þou holdiſt my name, and denyeſt not my feiþ. And in þo dayes was Antiphas, my feiþful witneſſe, þat was ſlayn at ȝou, where Saþanas dwelliþ. But I haue aȝens þee fewe þinges; for þou haſt þere men holdinge þe teching of Balaam, þe which tauȝte Balac for to ſende ſclaundre bifor þe ſones of Yrael, þat is to ſeie, for to ete of ſacrificis of ydolis, and for to do fornycacioun; ſo and þou haſt men holdinge þe teching of Nycholaytis. Alſo do þou penaunce; if not, I ſhal ſoone come to þee, and I ſhal fiȝte wiþ hem in ſwerd of my mouþ. He þat haþ eres, here, what þe ſpirit ſhal ſeie to þe chirches.

To þe ouercomynge I ſhal ȝiue manna hid; or aungel mete, and I ſchal ȝiue to him a whijt ſtoon, and in þe ſtoon a newe name writun, þe which no man woot, no but he þat takiþ. And to þe aungel of þe chirche of Tyatira wrijte þou, Þes þinges ſeiþ þe ſone of God, þat haþ iȝen as flaume of fijr, and his feet lijk to droſſe of gold. I haue knowe þi werkes, and feiþ, and charite, and myniſterie, or ſeruice, and þi pacience, and þi laſte werkes mo þan þe formere. But I haue aȝens þee a fewe þinges; for þou ſuffriſt þe womman Jezabel, þe which ſeiþ hir for to be a propheteſſe, for to teche and deceyue my ſeruauntes, for to do leccherie, and for to ete of þingis offrid to ydolis.

And Y ȝaf to hir time, þat ſhe ſhulde do penaunce, and ſhe wole not do penaunce of hir fornicacioun. Lo! I ſende hir in to a bed, and þei þat don leccherie wiþ hir ſhulen be in mooſt tribulacioun, no but if þei do penaunce of her werkis. And I ſchal ſlee hir ſones in deeþ, and alle chirches ſhulen wite, for I am ſekinge reynes and hertes; and I ſhal ȝiue to ech man aftir his werkes. Forſoþe I ſeie to ȝou, and oþere þat ben at Tyatire, who euere han not þis teching, and þat knewen not þe hiȝneſſe of Saþanas, hou þei ſeien, I ſhal not ſende on ȝou an oþer charge; neþeles þat þat ȝe han, holdiþ til I come.

And to him þat ſhal ouercome, and ſhal kepe til in to þe ende my werkes, I ſhal ȝiue power on folkes, and he ſhal gouerne hem in an yren ȝerd; and þei ſhulen be broke to gydere, as veſſel of a potter, as and I receyuede of my fadir; and I ſhal ȝiue to him a morewe ſterre. He þat haþ eres, here, what þe ſpirit ſhal ſeie to þe chirchis.