Revelation · Chapter 5

[ edit] And I ſiȝe in þe riȝþalf of þe ſittinge vpon þe troone, a book writun wiþ inne and wiþ out, and ſeelid wiþ ſeuen ſeelis. And I ſiȝe a ſtrong aungel, preching wiþ a greet voys, Who is worþi for to opene þe boke, and for to vnbynde þe ſignetes of it? And no man miȝte in heuene, neþer in erþe, neþer vndir erþe opene þe book, ne biholde it. And I wepte miche, for no man is founden worþi for to opene þe book, neþer for to ſee it. And oon of þe eldre ſeide to me, Wepe þou not; lo! a lyoun of þe lynage of Juda, þe rote of Dauid, haþ ouercomen for to opene þe book, and for to vnbynde þe ſeuene ſignetes of it.

And I ſiȝe, and lo! in þe mydle of þe troone, and in þe mydle of þe foure beeſtes, and in þe mydle of eldre, a lomb ſtondinge as ſleyn, hauynge ſeuene hornes, and ſeuen iȝen, þe whiche ben ſeuen ſpirites of God, ſent into ech lond. And he cam, and toke of þe riȝþond of þe ſittinge in troone þe book. And whan he hadde openyd þe book, foure beeſtes and foure and twenty eldre fellen doun bifore þe lomb; hauynge ech of hem harpis, and golden fiolis ful of ſaueringis, whiche ben þe preyers of ſeyntis.

And þei ſungen a newe ſong, ſeiynge, Lord, þou art worþi for to take þe boke, and for to opene þe ſignetes of it; for þou were ſlayn, and aȝen bouȝtiſt vs to God in þi blood, of al lynage, and tunge, and puple, and nacioun; and madiſt vs to oure God kingdom, and preſtis; and we ſhulen regne vpon erþe. And I ſiȝe, and herde þe voys of many aungels in cumpas of þe trone, and of beeſtes, and of eldre. And þe nombre of hem was a þouſynd of þouſyndis, ſeiynge wiþ greet voys, Þe lomb þat is ſlayn, is worþi for to take vertu, and diuynte, or godhed, and wiſdom, and ſtrengþe, and honour, and glory, and bleſſing.

And ech creature þat is in heuene, and þat on erþe, and vnder erþe, and þe ſe, and whiche þinges ben in it, I herde alle ſeiynge, To þe ſittynge in troone, and to þe lomb, bleſſing, and honour, and glory, and power, in to worldlis of worldlis. And þe foure beeſtes ſeiden, Amen. And foure and twenty eldre men felden doun in to her facis, and worſchipeden þe lyuynge in to worldlis of worldlis.