Revelation · Chapter 14

[ edit] And I ſiȝe, and lo! þe lomb ſtood on þe mount Syon, and wiþ hym an hundrid and foure and fourty þouſynd, hauynge his name, and þe name of his fadir writun in her forhedis. And I herde a voys fro heuen, as þe voys of many watris, and as þe voys of greet þundre; and þe voys which I herde, as of harpers harpinge in her harpis. And þei ſungen as a newe ſong bifore þe ſeete of God, and bifore þe foure beeſtes, and þe eldre men. And no man miȝte ſeie þe ſong, no but þei an hundrid and foure and fourty þouſynd, þat ben bouȝt of þe erþe. Þes it ben, þat ben not defoulid wiþ wymmen; ſoþeli þei ben virgyns.

Þes ſuen þe lomb, whidir euer he ſhal go; þes ben bouȝt of alle, primycies, or firſte fruytis, to God, and to þe lomb; and in þe mouþ of hem leſyng is not found; ſoþeli þei ben wiþ outen wem bifore þe troone of God. And I ſiȝe an oþer aungel, fleynge bi mydle heuen, hauynge þe euerlaſting goſpel, þat he ſhulde euangelize to men ſittynge on erþe, and on al folk, and lynage, and langage, and puple; ſeiynge wiþ greet voys, Drede ȝe þe Lord, and ȝiue ȝe to him honour, for þe hour of his doom comeþ; and worſchipe ȝe him, þat made heuen and erþe, þe ſe, and alle þinges þat ben in hem, and þe welles of watris.

And an oþer aungel ſuede, ſeiynge, Þe ilke greet citee Babilon felde, felde, þe which ȝaf drinke to alle folkis of þe wijn of wraþþe of hir fornicacioun. And þe þridde aungel ſuede hem, ſeiynge wiþ greet voys, If ony man ſhal worſchipe þe beeſte, and þe ymage of it, and take þe tokne in his forhed, or in his hond, and þis ſhal drinke of þe wijn of Goddis wraþ, þat is meynd wiþ cleer wijn in þe cuppe of his wraþþe, and ſhal be tourmentid wiþ fijr and brunſton, in þe ſiȝt of holy aungelis, and bifore þe ſiȝt of þe lomb.

And þe ſmoke of her tourmentis ſhal ſtiȝe vp in to worldlis of worldlis; neþer þei han reſte day and niȝt, þe whiche worſchipiden þe beeſt, and his ymage, and if ony man toke þe carecte of his name. Þis is þe pacience of ſeyntis, and whiche kepen þe maundementis of him, and þe feiþ of Jheſu. And I herde a voys fro heuen, ſeiynge to me, Wrijte þou, Bleſſid þe deede men, þat dien in þe Lord; fro hennus forþ now þe ſpirit ſeiþ, þat þei reſte of her traueilis; forſoþe þe werkes of hem ſuen hem. And I ſiȝe, and lo! a whijt cloude, and aboue þe cloude a ſittinge, lijk to þe ſone of man, hauynge in his heed a golden coroun, and in his hond a ſharp ſikel.

And an oþer aungel wente out of þe temple, criynge wiþ greet voys to þe ſittynge vpon þe cloude, Sende þi ſikel, and repe, for hour comeþ, þat it be ropen; for þe rijpe corn of erþe driede. And he þat ſat vpon þe cloude, ſente his ſikel in to erþe, and repide in to erþe. And an oþer aungel wente out of þe temple, þat is in heuen, hauynge and he a ſharp ſikel. And an oþer aungel wente out of þe auter, þat hadde power on fijr; and he criede wiþ greet voys to him þat hadde a ſharp ſikel, ſeiynge, Sende þi ſharp ſikel, and kutte of þe cluſtres of þe vijnȝerd of erþe, for þe grapes of it ben rijpe.

And þe aungel ſente his ſikel in to þe erþe, and kutte of þe vijnȝerd of erþe, and ſente in to þe greet lake of Goddis wraþþe. And þe lake is defoulid wiþ oute þe citee, and þe blood wente out of þe lake vn to þe brijdels of horſis, bi furlonges a þouſynd and two hundrid.