Revelation · Chapter 11

[ edit] And a meſure lijk to a ȝerde is ȝouun to me, and it is ſeid to me, Riſe þou, and mete þe temple of God, and þe auter, and men worſchipinge in it. Forſoþe caſte out þe porche, þat is wiþ out forþe þe temple, and mete it not; for it is ȝouun to heþen men, and þei ſhulen defoule þe holy citee bi fourty moneþis and two. And I ſhal ȝiue to my two witneſſes, and þei ſhulen prophecie a þouſynd dayes two hundrid and ſixty, þei cloþid wiþ ſackis. Þes ben two olyues, and two candelſtickes, ȝeuynge liȝt, þei ſtondinge in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord of erþe. And if ony man ſhal wolen for to anoiȝe hem, fijr ſhal go out of þe mouþ of hem, and ſhal deuoure her enemyes.

And if ony ſhal wolen for to hirte hem, þus it bihoueþ him for to be ſlayn. Þes han power of ſhittinge heuen, þat it rayne not in þe dayes of her prophecie; and þei han power on watris, of turnynge hem in to blood; and for to ſmyte þe erþe wiþ al plage, and hou ofte euer þei ſhulen wole. And whan þei ſhulen ende her witneſſing, þe beeſt þat ſtiȝeþ vp þe of depneſſe, ſhal make bateyl aȝens hem, and ſhal ouercome hem, and ſhal ſlee hem. And þe bodies of hem ſhulen ligge in þe ſtreetis of þe grete citee, þat is clepid gooſtly Sodom, and Egipt, where þe Lord of hem was crucified.

And þei ſhulen ſee of lynagis, and of puplis, and of tungis, and heþen men, þe bodies of hem bi þre dayes and an half; and þe bodies of hem ſhulen not be ſuffrid for to be put in biriels. And men enhabitinge þe erþe ſhulen haue ioye vpon hem; and þei ſhulen make myry, and ſende ȝiftis to gydere, for þes two prophets tourmentiden hem þat dwellen on erþe. And aftir þre daies and an half, þe ſpirit of lijf of God entride in to hem; and þei ſtoden on her feet, and greet drede fel on hem þat ſiȝen hem. And þei herden a greet voys fro heuen, ſeiynge to hem, Stiȝe vp hidir. And þei ſtiȝeden in to heuen in a cloude, and þe enemyes of hem ſiȝen hem.

And in þat hour a greet erþe mouyng is maad, and þe tenþe paart of þe citee fel; and þer ben ſlayn in þe erþe mouyng þe names of men ſeuen þouſynd; and þe toþer ben ſent in drede, and ȝauen glorie to God of heuen. Þe ſecounde wente, and lo! þe þridde woo ſhal come ſoone. And þe ſeuenþe aungel ſong in trumpe, and greete voices ben maad in heuen, and ſeiynge, Þe reume of þis world is maad oure Lordis, and of Criſtis, his ſone; and þei ſhulen regne in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen.

And þe foure and twenty ſenyoures, or elder men, þat ſitten in her ſeetes in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord, fellen in to her facis, and worſchipiden God, ſeiynge, We don þankynges to þee, Lord God almyȝty, which art, and which was, and which art to comynge; which haſt takun þi greet vertu, and haſt regned. And folkes ben wroþe, and þi wraþe cam, and tyme of deede men for to be demyd, and for to ȝelde hijre to þi ſeruauntis, and prophetis, and halewis, and dredinge þi name, to ſmale and litle, and of deſtriynge hem þat corrumpeden þe erþe. And þe temple of God in heuene is openyd, and þe ark of his teſtament is ſeyn in his temple; and leytingis ben maad, and voyces, and erþe mouyng, and greet hayl.