Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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CAP. I.
1 The woordis of Neemye, sone of Elchie.
And it is do in the monith of
December, the twentithe &yogh;er, and I was
in the bur&yogh; toun of Susis;
2 and ther cam
to me Annam, oon of my brethern, he
and the men of Juda; and I askide hem
of Jewis, that abiden stille, and laften
ouer of the caitifte, and of Jerusalem.
3 And thei seiden to me, Thei that abiden
stille, and ben laft of the caitifte there in
the prouynce, ben in gret affliccioun, and
in repref; and the wal of Jerusalem is
scatered, and his &yogh;atis ben brend with
fijr.
4 And whan I hadde herd such maner
woordis, I sat and wepte, and weilide
manye da&yogh;es, and fastide, and pre&yogh;ede befor
the face of God of heuene;
5 and seide,
I beseche, Lord God of heuene, strong,
-- --
gret, and ferful, that kepist couenaunt
and merci with hem, that loouen thee,
and kepen thi maundemens;
6 be thi ere
maad herknende, and thi e&yogh;en opened,
that thou here the orisoun of thi seruaunt,
in the whiche I prey&yogh;e befor thee
to dai, ny&yogh;t and dai, for the sonys of
Irael, thi seruauns, and I knowleche for
the synnes of the sones of Irael, in the
whiche thei synneden to thee; and I and
the hous of my fader han synned;
7 bi
vanyte wee ben born doun, and wee han
not kept the heste, and cerimoines, and
domus, that thou comaundedest to Moises,
thi seruaunt.
8 Haue mynde of the woord,
that thou comaundedest to thi seruaunt,
seiende, Whan &yogh;ee han trespasid, I shal
scatere &yogh;ou in to puplis;
9 and if &yogh;ee be
turned a&yogh;een to me, that &yogh;ee kepe myn
hestus, and don hem, also if &yogh;ee weren
lad awei to the endis of heuene, thennus
I shal gadere &yogh;ou togidere, and leden in
to the place, that I ches, that my name
dwelle there.
10 And wee thi seruauns,
and thi puple, whom thou hast bo&yogh;t in
thi grete strengthe, and in thi stronge
hond.
11 I beseche, Lord, be thin ere takende
heede to the orisoun of thi seruaunt,
and to the orisoun of thi seruauns, that
wiln dreden thi name; and dresse thi
seruaunt to dai, and &yogh;if to hym merci
befor this man. I forsothe was the
booteler of the king.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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