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| [1]And Y say an aungel comynge doun fro heuene, hauynge the keie of depnesse, and a greet chayne in his hoond. |
[1]AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand. |
| [2]And he cauyte the dragoun, the elde serpent, that is the deuel and Sathanas; and he boonde hym bi a thousynde yeeris. |
[2]And he seized the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Tempter and Satan, who deceived the whole world, and bound him a thousand years, |
| [3]And he sente hym `in to depnesse, and closide on hym, that he disseyue no more the folkis, til a thousynde yeeris be fillid. Aftir these thingis it bihoueth hym to be vnboundun a litil tyme. |
[3]And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up and set a seal over him, that he should no more deceive the nations until the thousand years should be fulfilled: after that he will be loosed for a short time. |
| [4]And Y say seetis, and thei saten on hem, and doom was youun to hem. And the soulis of men biheedid for the witnessyng of Jhesu, and for the word of God, and hem that worschipiden not the beeste, nether the ymage of it, nethir token the carect of it in her forheedis, nethir in her hoondis. And thei lyueden, and regneden with Crist a thousynde yeeris. |
[4]And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them: and the souls of those who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshipped the wild beast, neither his image, nor had received his mark upon their foreheads or on their hand, lived and reigned with their Christ these thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. |
| [5]Othere of deed men lyueden not, til a thousynde yeeris ben endid. This is the first ayen risynge. |
[5]This is the first resurrection. |
| [6]Blessid and hooli is he, that hath part in the firste ayenrysyng. In these men the secunde deth hath not power; but thei schulen be prestis of God, and of Crist, and thei schulen regne with hym a thousynde yeeris. |
[6]Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection: over them the second death has no power, but they shall be the priests of God and of his Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years. |
| [7]And whanne a thousynde yeeris schulen be endid, Sathanas schal be vnboundun of his prisoun; and he schal go out, and schal disseyue folkis, that ben on foure corners of the erthe, Gog and Magog. And he schal gadere hem in to batel, whos noumbre is as the grauel of the see. |
[7]And when the thousand years come to an end. Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, |
| [8]And thei stieden vp on the broodnesse of erthe, and enuyrounede the castels of seyntis, and the louyd citee. |
[8]And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, even to China and Mongolia, to gather them together for war: the number of them is as the sand of the sea. |
| [9]And fier cam doun `of God fro heuene, and deuourede hem. And the deuel, that disseyuede hem, was sent in to the pool of fier and of brymston, |
[9]And they went up on a broad plain, and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven and consumed them. |
| [10]where bothe the beeste and fals prophetis schulen be turmentid dai and niyt, in to worldis of worldis. |
[10]And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also are the beast and the false prophet; and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. |
| [11]Amen. And Y say a greet white trone, and oon sittynge on it, fro whos siyt erthe fled and heuene; and the place is not foundun `of hem. |
[11]And I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose presence the earth and the heavens fled away; and there was no place found for them. |
| [12]And Y sai deed men, grete and smale, stondynge in the siyt of the trone; and bookis weren opened, and deed men weren demed of these thingis that weren writun in the bookis, aftir the werkis of hem. |
[12]Then I saw the dead, small and great, stand before the throne; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works. |
| [13]And the see yaf his deed men, that weren in it; and deth and helle yauen her deed men, that weren in hem. And it was demed of ech, aftir the werkis of hem. |
[13]And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell gave up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to his works. |
| [14]And helle and deth weren sent in to a poole of fier. `This is the secunde deth. |
[14]And death and Sheol were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, which is the burning fire. |
| [15]And he that was not foundun writun in the book of lijf, was sent in to the pool of fier. |
[15]And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. |