Revelation · Chapter 20

[ edit] And I ſiȝe an aungel comynge doun fro heuene, hauynge þe keye of depneſſe, and a greet cheyne in his hond. And he cauȝte þe dragoun, þe olde ſerpent, þat is þe deuel and Saþanas; and he boonde him bi a þouſynd ȝeeris. And he ſente him in to depneſſe, and cloſide, and ſignede, or ſelide, on him, þat he deceyue no more folkes, til a þouſynd ȝeeris be fulfillid. After þes þinges it bihoueþ him for to be vnbounde a litel tyme. And I ſiȝe ſeetes, and þei ſaten on hem, and doom is ȝouun to hem.

And þe ſoules of bihedid men for þe witneſſing of Jheſu, and for þe word of God, and hem þat worſchepiden not þe beeſt, neþer þe ymage of it, neþer token þe carect of it in her forhedis, or in her hondis. And þei lyueden, and regneden wiþ Criſt a þouſynd ȝeer. Þe oþere of deede men lyueden not, til a þouſynd ȝeeres be endid. Þis is þe firſt aȝen riſyng. Bleſſid and holy he, þat haþ paart in þe firſt aȝen riſyng. In þes men þe ſecounde deeþ haþ not power; but þei ſhulen be preſtis of God, and of Criſt, and þei ſhulen regne wiþ him a þouſynd ȝeeris.

And whan a þouſynd ȝeeres ſhulen be endid, Saþanas ſhal be vnbounde of his priſoun; and he ſhal go out, and he ſhal deceyue folkes, þat ben on foure corners of þe erþe, Gog and Magog. And he ſhal gedere hem in to bateyl, whois noumbre is as þe grauel of þe ſe. And þei ſtiȝeden vp, on þe broodneſſe of erþe, and enuyrounden þe caſtels of ſeyntis, and þe loued citee. And fijr cam doun of God fro heuen, and deuourede hem. And þe deuel, þat deceyuede hem, is ſent in to þe pool of fijr and brunſton, where and þe beeſt and falſe prophetes ſhulen be tourmentid day and niȝt, in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen.

And I ſiȝe a greet white trone, and þe ſittynge on it, fro whois ſiȝt erþe fleiȝ and heuen; and place is not founden of hem. And I ſiȝe deede men, greete and ſmale, ſtondinge in þe ſiȝt of þe trone; and bookes ben openyd; and an oþir book is openyd, þat is þe book of lijf; and deede men ben demyd of þes þingis þat weren write in þe bookis, aftir þe werkis of hem. And þe ſe ȝaf his deede men, þat weren in it; and deeþ and helle ȝauen her deede men, þat weren in hem. And it is demyd of alle, vp þe werkes of hem. And helle and deeþ ben ſent in to þe pool of fijr. Þis is þe ſecounde deeþ. And he þat is not founde writun in þe book of lijf, is ſent in to þe pool of fijr.