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. IX.
1 Thanne of the twelfthe moneth, whom
Adar to be clepid now beforn wee seiden,
the threttenthe day, whanne to alle the
Jewis sla&yogh;ter was greithid, and enemys
waiteden to the blod of hem, the while
turned, the Jewis begunne to ben ouer
hei&yogh;ere, and hem of the aduersaries to
venge.
2 And ther ben gedered bi alle
cites, bur&yogh; tounys, and placis, that thei
shulde strecchen out hond a&yogh;en enemys
and ther pursueris; and no man was
hardi to withstonde, for thi that the fer
of the gretnesse of hem alle puplis hadde
persid.
3 For and of prouyncis the iugis,
dukis, and procuratoures, and al dignete,
that to alle placis and werkis weren beforn,
ful out enhauncide the Jewis, for
drede of Mardoche,
4 whom to be prince
of the paleis and of myche power thei
-- --
knewen; also the fame of his name wex
eche dai, and bi the mouthis of alle men
ofte flei&yogh;.
5 And so the Jewis smyten ther
enemys with a gret veniaunce, and slowen
hem, &yogh;eldende to hem that thei to them
hadden maad redi to do,
6 in so miche,
that also in Susis fiue hundrid men thei
slowen, with oute the ten sonys of Aman
Agagite, enemy of the Jewis, of whom
these ben the namys;
7 Fasondatha, Delfon,
and Esfata,
8 and Forata, and Dalia,
and Aridatha,
9 and Efermesta, and Arisai,
and Aridai, and Vaisatha.
10 Whom whan
thei hadde slain, thei wolden not pursue
praies of the substauncis of hem.
11 And
anon the noumbre of hem, that weren
slain in Susis, is told to the king.
12 The
whiche seide to the quen, In the cite of
Susis the Jewis slowen fiue hundrid men,
and othere ten sones of Aman; hou
myche sla&yogh;ter wenest thou them to enhaunten
in alle prouyncis? what more
askist thou? and what wilt thou, that I
comaunde to be don?
13 To whom she ansuerde,
If to the king it plese, be ther
&yogh;iue power to the Jewis, that as thei
diden to day in Susis, so and do thei to
morn, and the ten sones of Aman be
thei hangid in iebetis.
14 And the king
comaundide, that so it shulde be do; and
anon in Susis heeng a maundement, and
the ten sonus of Aman ben hangid.
15 The
Jewis gederede togidere, the fourtenthe
dai of the monyth of Adar, and ther
be slain in Susis thre hundrid men, ne
ther substaunce fro them is raueshid
awei.
16 But and bi alle the prouyncis,
that vnder le&yogh;en to the maundement of
the king, the Jewis stoden for ther liues,
the enemys slain and ther pursueris, in
so miche, that fiue and seuenti thousend
of slaine men weren fulfild, and no man
-- --
of ther substaunce any thing touchide.
17 Forsothe the threttenthe dai of the
monyth Adar was of o sla&yogh;ter anentis
alle, and the fourtenthe dai thei lafte to
slen; whom thei ordeyneden to be solempne,
that in that time eche &yogh;er therafter
thei shulden voiden to plenteuous
metis, and to io&yogh;e, and to festis.
18 And
these, that in the cite of Susys hadden
hauntid the sla&yogh;ter, the threttenthe and
the fourtenthe dai of the same moneth
ben ocupied in the sla&yogh;ter. The fiftenthe
forsothe dai thei laften to smyte; and
therfore the same dai thei ordeyneden
solempne of plenteuous metis and of
gladnesse.
19 These forsothe Jewis, that
in bur&yogh; tounys not wallid and tounes
duelten, the fourtenthe daie of the
moneth of Adar, of festis, and of io&yogh;e
demeden, so that thei ful out gladen in
it, and senden to hemself togidere partis
of plentes and of metis.
20 And so Mardoche
wrot alle these thingus, and comprehendid
in lettris sente to the Jewis,
that in alle the prouyncis of the king
dwelten,
21 bothe in nee&yogh;h set and afer, that
the fourtenthe and the fiftenthe dai of
the moneth of Adar thei shulden take
for festis, and euermor, the &yogh;er turnende
a&yogh;een, with solempne wrshipe thei shulden
halewe;
22 for in tho da&yogh;is the Jewis
vengide them of ther enemys, and weiling
and sorewe in to io&yogh;e and gladnesse
ben turned; and these da&yogh;es shulde ben
da&yogh;es of plenteuous metis, and of gladnesse,
and thei shulden sende to themself
partis togidere of the metis, and to
pore men thei shulden graunt litle &yogh;iftis.
23 Forsothe the Jewis token in to a solempne
custum alle thingus, that thei
hadde begunne that time to do, and that
-- --
Mardoche in lettris hadde sent to be do.
24 Aman forsothe, the sone of Amadathi,
stoc of Agag, enemy and aduersarie of
Jewis, tho&yogh;te a&yogh;en hem euel, that he
shulde sle them and don awei, and leide
fur, that in oure tunge is turned in to lot.
25 And afterward Ester wente in to the
king, besechende, that his ententis with
the lettris of the king shulden be maad
voide, and the euel, that a&yogh;en Jewis he
hadde tho&yogh;t, shulde be turned a&yogh;een in to
his hed. Afterward and hym and his
sonus thei ficcheden to the cros.
26 And
fro that time these da&yogh;is be clepid Furim,
that is, of lotis, forthi that fur, that is,
lot, in to a pot was put; and alle thingus
that ben don ben contened in the volume
of the epistil, that is, of this boc;
27 alle
thingus that thei suffreden, and that
ther after ben chaungid, Jewis and
ther sed token vp on hem, and vp on
alle that wolden to ther religioun be
couplid, that to no man it be leful these
two da&yogh;es with oute solempnete to ouerpasse,
whom scripture witnesseth, and
othere tymes asken, the &yogh;eres to themself
continueli comende aftir other.
28 These
ben the da&yogh;is, whom neuer any for&yogh;eting
shal don awei, and bi sunder ieneraciouns
alle prouyncis, that in alle the
world ben, shuln halewen; ne ther is
any cite, in the whiche da&yogh;is of Furim,
that is, of lotis, be not kept of the
Jewis, and of ther progenye, that with
these cerimoynes is oblisht.
29 And Ester,
quen, the do&yogh;tir of Abihael, and Mardoche,
Jeu, writen also the secounde
epistil, that with alle besynesse this dai
solempneli shulde ben halewid ther afterward.
30 And thei sente to the Jewis,
that in an hundrid and seuene and twenti
-- --
prouyncis of king Assuer dwelten, that
thei shulden han pes, and resceyue treuthe,
kepende wel the da&yogh;es of lotis,
31 and in
ther tyme with io&yogh;e shulden halewe; as
hadden ordeyned Mardoche and Ester,
thei to be kept hadden taken, of hemself
and of ther sed, fastingis, and clamoures,
and da&yogh;es of lotis,
32 and alle thingus that
ben contened in the storie of this boc,
that is clepid Ester.
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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