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. III.
1 And Eliasif, the grete prest, ros, and
his brethern, and prestus, and thei bilden
vp the &yogh;atis of the floc; thei halewiden
it, and setten the &yogh;ate leuys of it, and
vn to the tour of an hundrid cubitus thei
halewiden it, vn to the tour of Ananehel.
2 And beside hym the men of Jericho
bilden; and biside hem bilde Zaccur, the
sone of Amri.
3 The &yogh;ate forsothe of
fisshis bilden vp the sonus of Azanaa;
thei couereden it, and setten his &yogh;ate
leues, and lokis, and heengis. And biside
hem bilde Marimuth, the sone of Vri,
sone of Accus.
4 And biside hym bilde
Mosolla, the sone of Barachie, sone of
Mesezebeel. And biside hym bilde Sadoc,
the sone of Baana.
5 And biside hym
bilden Thecuenus; forsothe the more wirshipeful
men of hem vnder putten not
ther neckis in the werc of the Lord
ther God.
6 And the olde &yogh;ate bilden vp
Joiada, the sone of Fasia, and Mosollam,
the sone of Besoida; and thei couereden
it, and setten his &yogh;ate leuis, and lokis,
and heengis.
7 And biside hem bilden
Melchia Gabonite, and Jaddon Methonothite,
men of Gabaon and Masfa, for
the duk that was in the regioun be&yogh;onde
the flod.
8 And biside hym bilde Eziel,
the sone of Aria, goldsmith; and biside
hym bilde Annany, the sone of a piment
makere; and thei laften Jerusalem vnto
the wal of the braddere strete.
9 And biside
hym bilde Rafaia, the sone of Hahul,
prince of a toun of Jerusalem.
10 And biside
hym bilde Jeieda, the sone of Ramath,
-- --
a&yogh;en his hous; and biside hym
bilde Accus, the sone of Azebonie.
11 The
myddel forsothe part of the toun bilde
Melchias, the sone of Herem, and Asub,
the sone of Feth Moab; and the tour of
ouenus.
12 Biside hym bilde Sellum, the
sone of Aloes, prince of the myddel part
of a toun of Jerusalem, and he and his
sonus.
13 And the &yogh;ate of the valei bilde
Annun, and the dwelleris of Sanoe; thei
bilden it, and setten his &yogh;ate leuis, and
lokis, and henglis, and a thousend cubitus
in the wal vnto the &yogh;ate of the
dunge hil.
14 And the &yogh;ate of the dunge
hil bilde Melchias, the sone of Recab,
prince of the toun of Bethacharem; he
bilde it, and sette his &yogh;ate leues, and
lokis, and henglis.
15 And the &yogh;ate of the
welle bilde Sellum, the sone of Colosai,
prince of the toun of Masfa; he bilde it,
and couerede, and sette his &yogh;ate leuis,
and lockis, and heengis; and the wallis
of the fish pond of Siloe in to the &yogh;erd
of the king, and vn to the grees of the
king, that comen doun fro the cite of
Dauid.
16 After hym bilde Neemyas, the
sone of Asboc, the prince of the half
part of the toun of Bethsuri, vnto a&yogh;en
the sepulcre of Dauid, and vnto the fish
pond, that bi gret werc is maad, and vnto
the hous of stronge men.
17 After hym
bilden Leuitus; and after hem Reum,
the sone of Benny. After hym bilde
Azebias, prince of the half part of the
toun of Cheile, in his toun.
18 After hym
bilden the brethern of hem, Bethin, the
sone of Enadad, prince of the half part
of Cheila.
19 And Aser, the sonn of Josue,
prince of Masfa, bilde beside hym the
secunde mesure a&yogh;en the ste&yogh;ing vp of
the most fast corner.
20 After hym in the
hil bilde Baruch, the sone of Sachaie, the
-- --
secunde mesure fro the corner vnto the
&yogh;ate of the hous of Eliazif, grete prest.
21 After hym bilde Marimuth, the sone of
Vrie, sone of Accur, the secunde mesure
fro the &yogh;ate of the hous of Eliasif, to the
time that the hous of Eliasif were stra&yogh;t
out.
22 And aftir hym bildeden the prestus,
men of the wilde feldis of Jordan.
23 After
hym bilden Beniamyn and Asub a&yogh;en
ther hous; and after hym bilde Asarias,
the sone of Moosie, sone of Ananye, a&yogh;en
his hous.
24 Aftir hym bilde Benni, the
sone of Senadad, the secunde mesure fro
the hous of Azarie vnto the bowing and
vnto the corner.
25 Falel, the sone of Osi,
a&yogh;en the bowing, and the tour that stant
aboue, fro the he&yogh;e hous of the king, that
is in the porche of the prisoun; and after
hym Fadaia, the sone of Feros.
26 Gabonites,
water bereris forsothe dwelten in
Ofel a&yogh;en the &yogh;ate of watris at the est,
and the tour that aboue semede.
27 After
hym bilden Thecuynes the secunde mesure
forn a&yogh;en, fro the grete tour and
stondende aboue vnto the wal of the
temple.
28 Aboue forsothe at the horse
&yogh;ate bildeden the prestus, eche a&yogh;en his
hous. Aftir hem bilde Seddo, the sone
of Enner, a&yogh;en his hous.
29 After hym bilde
Semeia, the sone of Sechenye, kepere of
the est &yogh;ate.
30 After hym bilde Ananye,
the sone of Selemye, and Anon, the sone
of Selon, the sixte, the secunde mesure.
After hym bilde Mosollam, the sone of
Barachie, a&yogh;en his tresorie. After hym
bilde Melchias, the sone of a goldsmith,
vnto the hous of sodeknys, and of the
men sellende sheldis a&yogh;en the judicial
&yogh;ate, and vnto the supping place of the
corner.
31 And withinne the supping place
of the corner in to the &yogh;ate of the king
bilden craftusmen and marchandus.
1 It
-- --
is do forsothe, whan Sanaballath hadde
herd, that we schulden bilde the wal, he
wrathide gretli, and, moued ful myche,
scornede the Jewis.
2 And he seide beforn
his brethern, and the court of Samaritanys,
What do the Jewis ful feble?
Whether shuln leuen hem the Jentilis?
Whether shul thei sacrifien and fulfillen
in o dai? Whether thei shuln moun
bilden vp stonis of the hillokis of pouder,
that ben brent?
3 But and Tobias Amonite
seith to his ne&yogh;hebores, Bilde thei;
if ther ste&yogh;e vp a fox, he shal lepe ouer
ther ston wal.
4 And Neemie seide, Here
thou, oure God, for we ben maad despit;
turne the repref vp on the hed of hem,
and &yogh;if hem in to despising in the lond
of caitifte;
5 ne couere thou the wickenesse
of hem, and the synnus of hem befor thi
face be not don awei; for thei scorneden
the bilders.
6 And so we bilden the wal,
and al we ioyneden togidere vnto the
half part, and the herte of the puple is
stirid to werken.
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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