On ðisum dæge, þe is Pentecostes gecweden, com færlice micel sweg of heofonum, and gefylde ealle ða upferlinge mid fyre. And wæs æteowed bufon heora ælcum swylce fyrene tungan; and hi wurdon ða ealle gefyllede mid þam Halgum Gaste, and ongunnon to sprecenne mid mislicum gereordum, þe ðam þe se Halga Gast him tæhte. Þa wæron gegaderode binnan ðære byrig Hierusalem eawfæste weras of ælcere ðeode ðe under heofonum eardiað; and þa apostoli spræcon to ðæs folces gegaderunge, and heora ælc oncneow his agen gereord. Ða wærð seo menigu swiðe ablicged, and mid wundrunge cwædon: La, hu ne sind þas ðe her sprecað Galileisce? And ure ælc gehyrde hu hi spræcon urum gereordum, on ðam ðe we acennede wæron!
There are no dead languages among believers. Every voice shall be raised in its own mother tongue in the kingdom of heaven.