Niwenglisc/Þie Bibel/Þat Godspell æfter Johannes

Kapitel 1

 * 1) In þer Frymþ was þat Word, and þat Word was mid Godd, and þat Word was Godd.
 * 2) He was mid Godd in þer Frymþ.
 * 3) Þurȝh hin wurden alle Þinge geworȝht; buten him warþ nan Þing geworȝht þe is geworȝht worden.
 * 4) In him was Leif, and þat Leif was þat Liȝht alles Mannkynnes.
 * 5) And þat Liȝht scheinþ in Þiestre; and þie Þiestre understod it noȝht.
 * 6) Þær was an Mann fram God asendt, þes Name Johannes was.
 * 7) Þis kam to Gewitnes, þat he Gewitnes be þem Liȝht kyþde, þat alle Menne þurh hin geliefen wyrden.