Revelation · Chapter 21

[ edit] And I ſiȝe newe heuen and newe erþe; forſoþe þe firſte heuen and þe firſte erþe wenten awey, and now is not þe ſe. And I Joon ſiȝe þe holy citee Jeruſalem, newe, comynge doun fro heuen, of God, maad redy as a wijf ourned to hir huſbonde. And I herde a greet voys of þe trone, ſeiynge, Lo! þe tabernacle of God wiþ men, and he ſhal dwelle wiþ hem; and þei ſhulen be his puple, and he God wiþ hem ſhal be her God. And God ſhal wijpe awey ech teer fro iȝen of ſeyntis; and deeþ ſhal no more be, neþer moornyng, neþer criyng, neþer ſorowe ſhal be ouer; þe whiche firſte þinges wenten awey. And he ſeide, þat ſat in þe trone, Lo! I make alle þinges newe.

And he ſeide to me, Wrijte þou, for þes wordes ben mooſt feiþful and trewe. And he ſeide to me, It is don; I am alpha and oo, þe bigynnyng and ende. I ſhal ȝiue frely to þe þirſtinge of þe welle of quyk watir. He þat ſhal ouercome, ſhal weelde þes þinges; and I ſhal be God to him, and he ſhal be ſone to me. Forſoþe to proude men, and vnbileueful, and curſid, and manquellers, and fornicatours, and to men doynge venym, or ſleynge men by venym, and worſchipers of ydolis, and to alle liȝeris, þe paart of hem ſhal be in þe pool brennynge wiþ fijr and brunſton, þat is þe ſecounde deeþ. And one cam of þe ſeuen aungels, hauynge violes ful of ſeuen þe laſte plagis.

And he ſpake wiþ me, ſeiynge, Come þou, I ſhal ſchewe to þee þe ſpouſe, wijf of þe lomb. And he toke me vp in ſpirit in to a greet hil and hiȝ; and he ſhewide to me þe holy citee Jeruſalem, comynge doun fro heuene of God, hauynge þe cleerte of God; and þe liȝt of it lijk to a precious ſtoon, as to þe ſtoon iaſpis, as criſtal. And it hadde a wal greet and hiȝ, hauynge twelue ȝates, and in þe ȝatis of it twelue aungels, and names writun in, þat ben þe names of þe twelue lynagis of þe ſones of Yrael; fro þe eeſt þre ȝates, and fro þe norþ þre ȝates, and fro þe ſouþ þre ȝates, and fro þe weſt þre ȝates.

And þe wal of þe citee hauynge twelue foundementes, and in hem þe names of þe twelue apoſtlis, and of þe lomb. And he þat ſpake wiþ me, hadde a golden meſure of a reed, þat he ſhulde mete þe citee, and þe ȝates of it, and þe wal. And þe citee is put in ſquare; and þe lengþe of it is ſo miche, hou miche and þe breede. And he mat þe citee of þe reed, bi furlongis twelue þouſyndes. And þe hiȝþe, and lengþe and breede of it, ben euen. And he mat þe walles of it, of an hundrid and foure and fourty cubytis, bi meſure of man, þat is, of aungel. And þe bildyng of þe wal was of ſtoon iaſpis. Soþeli þe citee it ſilf was of cleene gold, lijk to cleene glas.

And þe foundementes of þe wal of þe citee ourned wiþ al precious ſtoon. Þe firſt foundement, iaſpis; þe ſecounde, ſafirus; þe þridde, calcedonyus; þe fourþe, ſmaragdus; þe fyueþe, ſardonix; þe ſixte, ſardius; þe ſeuenþe, criſolitus; þe eiȝtþe, berillus; þe nynþe, topaſius; þe tenþe, criſopaſſus; þe eleuenþe, iacinctus; þe tweluþe, ametiſtus. And twelue ȝates twelue margarites ben, by ech; and eche ȝates weren of eche margaritis. And þe ſtretes of þe citee clene gold, as glas ful ſhijnynge. And I ſiȝe no temple in it, forſoþe Lord God almiȝty is temple of it, and þe lomb.

And þe citee haþ no nede of ſunne, neþer moone, þat þei ſhijne in it; forwhi þe cleerte of God ſhal liȝtne it; and þe lomb is þe lantern of it. And folkes ſhulen walke in liȝt of it; and þe kinges of þe erþe ſhulen bringe to her glory and honour in to it. And þe ȝates of it ſhulen not be cloſid bi daye; ſoþeli niȝt ſhal not be þere. And þei ſhulen bringe to þe glory and honour of folkis in to it. Neþir ony þing defoulid ſhal entre in to it, and doynge abhomynacioun and leſyng; no but þei þat ben writun in þe book of lijf of þe lomb.