2 Thessalonians 2

1 Now we beg you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,

But, britheren, we preien you bi the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and of oure congregacioun in to the same comyng,

2 that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as [if it were] by us, as that the day of the Lord is present.

that ye be not mouyd soone fro youre witt, nether be aferd, nether bi spirit, nether bi word, nether bi epistle as sent bi vs, as if the dai of the Lord be nyy.

3 Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because [it will not be] unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;

No man disseyue you in ony manere. For but dissencioun come first, and the man of synne be schewid, the sonne of perdicioun,

4 who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

that is aduersarie, and is enhaunsid ouer `al thing that is seid God, or that is worschipid, so that he sitte in the temple of God, and schewe hym silf as if he were God.

5 Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, I said these things to you?

Whether ye holden not, that yit whanne Y was at you, Y seide these thingis to you?

6 And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.

And now what withholdith, ye witen, that he be schewid in his tyme.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only [there is] he who restrains now until he be gone,

For the priuete of wickidnesse worchith now; oneli that he that holdith now, holde, til he be do awei.

8 and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming;

And thanne thilke wickid man schal be schewid, whom the Lord Jhesu schal sle with the spirit of his mouth, and schal distrie with liytnyng of his comyng;

9 whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

hym, whos comyng is bi the worching of Sathanas, in al vertu, and signes,

10 and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.

and grete wondris, false, and in al disseit of wickidnesse, to hem that perischen. For that thei resseyueden not the charite of treuthe, that thei schulden be maad saaf.

11 And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false,

And therfor God schal sende to hem a worching of errour, that thei bileue to leesing,

12 that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.

that alle be demed, whiche bileueden not to treuthe, but consentiden to wickidnesse.

13 But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God has chosen you from [the] beginning to salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth:

But, britheren louyd of God, we owen to do thankyngis euermore to God for you, that God chees vs the firste fruytis in to heelthe, in halewing of spirit and in feith of treuthe;

14 whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to [the] obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

in which also he clepide you bi oure gospel, in to geting of the glorie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.

15 So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

Therfor, britheren, stonde ye, and holde ye the tradiciouns, that ye han lerud, ethir bi word, ethir bi oure pistle.

16 But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given [us] eternal consolation and good hope by grace, (aiōnios g166)

And oure Lord Jhesu Crist him silf, and God oure fadir, which louyde vs, and yaf euerlastinge coumfort and good hope in grace, (aiōnios g166)

17 encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.

stire youre hertis, and conferme in al good werk and word.