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EXODUS.
[Prologue on the book of Exodus.]
This book of Exodi, that is to seie, of going out, makith mencioun, that whanne
Joseph was deed, and alle hise brethren, and the sones of Israel encresseden, and weren
multiplied as buriownyng, a newe king, that knew&yogh; not Joseph, and Egipcians togidere,
oppresseden the peple of Israel with grete werkis, and hateden hem, and turmenteden,
and scorneden hem. Also how God bifore ordeynde Moises and Aaron, of the kynrede
of Leuy, to lede the peple of Israel out of the lond of Egipt, by strengthe and vertu
doon of God; in so myche that thei weren constreyned to lete hem go, lest thei
scholden alle haue perischid. And how Moises smoot the rede see with the &yogh;erde of
God, and the see stood vp as a wal, while the peple of God passide thoru&yogh;; and that
Farao and al his oost, pursuwinge hem, were drenchid in the see comynge vp on hem.
Also how the peple goinge forth bi desert gruccheden a&yogh;ens the Lord, and Moises and
Aaron, her leders, for hungur and thurst, trauaile and werynesse; and how God spak
to the peple, and thei herden his vois, and dredden greetli, and &yogh;af to hem the ten
comaundementis writen in tablis of stoon. Also Moises wroot to hem the lawe, to
iustifie alle wrongis doon bitwixe man and man. Also how Moises was comaundid to
make a tabernacle, to wurschipe therinne the Lord, and offre sacri[fi]se, and how he
scholde make the prestis clothis, and hise mynystris, and al her aray in the seruyse of
God, and the auters, and propiciatorie, candilstike and li&yogh;tis, lanternes and encens, and
alle othere ournementis of the tabernacle. Here endith the prologe, and here biginneth
the book of Exodi.
Here bygynneth Exodi.
CAP. I.
1 Thes ben the names of the sones of
Yrael, that &yogh;eden into Egipte with Jacob;
eche with her housholdes &yogh;eden yn;
Ruben,
2
3 Symeon, Leuy, Judas, Isachar,
Zabulon,
4 and Beniamyn, Dan, and Neptalym,
Gad, and Aser.
5 Thanne weren alle
the soules of hem that &yogh;eden out of the
hipe of Jacob seuenti and fyue.
6 Joseph
forsothe was in Egipte; the which deed,
and alle hys bretheren, and al his cosynage,
the sones of Yrael wexen,
7 and as
-- --
burionynge ben multiplied, and thei
strengthid fulfilliden the erthe.
8 Thanne
a newe kyng roos vpon Egipte, that
knewe not Joseph,
9 and he seide vnto his
puple, Loo! the puple of the sones of
Yrael is myche, and stronger than we;
cometh,
10 wiseli oppresse we it, lest perauenture
thei ben multiplied, and, if batayle
aryse a&yogh;ens vs, it be addid to oure
enemyes, and, we ouercomen, he go out
of the loond.
11 And so he bifore putte to
hem maystris of werkis, that thei shulden
ouertraueylen hem with birthens. And
thei bildeden to Pharao the citees of tabernacles,
Phiton, and Ramesses.
12 And
in as myche as thei oppressiden hem, so
myche more thei weren multiplied, and
wexen.
13 And the Egipciens hatiden the
sones of Yrael, and tourmentiden, scornynge
to hem, and enuyinge;
14 and to bitternes
thei brou&yogh;ten her lijf with harde
werkis of cley and tyle, and with al
seruage, thur&yogh; the which thei weren thrist
down in werkys of the erthe.
15 And the
kyng of Egipte seide to the mydwyues
of Ebrews, of the whiche oon was clepid
Sephora,
16 and `that other Fua, comaundynge
hem, Whanne &yogh;e shulen serue the
wymmen of Ebrew, to taken her children
of her wombe, and the tyme of
birthe come, if it be a maal, sleeth hym;
if a femaal, kepith.
17 Forsothe the mydwyues
dredden God, and diden not after
the heeste of the kyng of Egipte, but
kepten the males.
18 The whyche to hym
clepid, seide the kyng, What now is this
&yogh;e wolden do, that the knaue children &yogh;e
wolen kepe?
19 The whiche answerden,
Wymmen of Ebrew ben not as the wymmen
of Egipte, thei forsothe han the kunnyng
of mydwyuyng, and er we comen
to hem, thei ben delyuered.
20 Thanne
God dide wel to the mydwyues; and the
-- --
puple growide, and was coumfortid greetli.
21 And for the mydwiues dredden God, he
byldyd to hem housis.
22 Thanne Pharao
comaundide to al his puple, seiynge, What
euer of maal kynde shal be born, throwe
&yogh;e it in to the flode; what euer of femaal,
kepith.
CAP. II.
1 Aftir this &yogh;ede out a man of the hows
of Leuy, and tok a wijf of his lynage,
that conceyuede,
2 and bar a child, and,
seynge hym shaply, hydde hym thre
monethis.
3 And whanne he my&yogh;te hide
hym no lenger, he tok a ionket of resshen,
and glewide it withe glewishe cley, and
with picche, and putte the litil faunt
with ynne, and sette out hym in the
flaggi place of the brinke of the flode,
his sister stondynge afer,
4 and biholdynge
the auenture of the thing.
5 And, loo! the
dou&yogh;ter of Pharao descendide for to be
wasshid in the flode, and hir mayden seruauntis
&yogh;eden bi the brynke of the flode.
The which, whanne she hadde seen the
ionket in the growyng place of resshes,
sente oon of hir mayden seruauntis,
6 and,
it brou&yogh;te forth, opnynge and biholdynge
in it a litil child wepynge, hauynge rewth
of it, seith, Of the children of Ebrews he
is.
7 To whom the sister of the child, Wolt
thow, she seith, that Y go, and clepe to
thee a womman of Ebrew, that may norishe
the child?
8 She answerde, Go. The
mayden child &yogh;ede, and clepide hir moder.
9 To whom spak the dow&yogh;tir of Pharao,
Tak, she seide, this child, and norisch to
me, and Y shal &yogh;yue to thee thi mede.
The womman tok, and norisshide the
child, and ful waxen tok to the dow&yogh;ter
of Pharao,
10 whom she clepide to hir in
steede of a sone; and she clepide his
name Moyses, seiynge, For of the water
Y tok hym.
11 In thilke daies, after Moyses
-- --
was waxen, goon out to his bretheren, saw&yogh;
the tourmentyng of hem, and a man of
Egipte smytynge oon of the Ebrews, his
britheren.
12 And whanne he hadde beholdun
al abowt hider and thider, and no
man he hadde seen to be ny&yogh;, the Egipcien
smytun he hidde in the soonde.
13 And
goon out another day, he bihelde two
Ebrews chidynge, and he seide to hym
that dyde the wrong, Whi smytist thow
thi brother?
14 The which answerde, Who
ordeynede thee prince and domesman
vpon vs? Whether thow wole slee me,
as thow slewe &yogh;istirday the Egipcien?
Moyses dradde, and seith, What manere
is maad opyn this word?
15 And Pharao
herde this word, and sou&yogh;te to slee
Moyses, the which fleynge fro hys si&yogh;t,
dwelte in the loond of Madyan, aud sat
bisidis a pitt.
16 Forsothe there weren to
the preest of Madian seuen dou&yogh;tres, the
whiche `comen to drawe watir; and, the
water goters fillid, thei coueytiden to water
the flok of hyr fader.
17 There ouercamen
shepherdes, and threwen hem out;
and Moyses aroos, and, the mayden children
defendid, he watride her sheep.
18 The
whiche, whanne thei were turnyd a&yogh;en to
Jetro, her fader, he seide to hem, Whi
ben &yogh;e comen swifter than &yogh;e ben wonte?
19 Thei answerden, A man of Egipte hath
delyuered vs fro the hoond of the shepherdis;
also and he hath drawun water
with vs, and &yogh;yue drynke to the sheip.
20 And he, Where is he? he seith, whi han
&yogh;e laft the man? clepe &yogh;e hym, that he
eete breed.
21 Than Moyses swere, that he
shulde dwelle with hym; and he tok a
wijf, Sephoram, the dou&yogh;ter of hym.
22 The
which bar to hym a sone, that he clepide
Gersan, seiynge, A comlyng Y was in a
straunge loond. And another forsothe
she bar, whom he clepide Elie&yogh;er, seiynge,
-- --
Forsothe the God of my fader is myn
helper, and hath delyuered me fro the
hoond of Pharao.
23 After myche forsothe
of tyme died the kyng of Egipte, and inwardly
weilynge the sones of Yrael for
the werkis, crieden out, and the crye of
`hem to God of her werkis steyde vp.
24 And he herde the weilyng of hem, and
was recordid of the boond of pees, that
he couenauntide with Abraham, Ysaac,
and Jacob;
25 and he bihelde the children
of Yrael, and knewe hem.
CAP. III.
1 Moyses forsothe fedde the sheip of Jetro,
hys wyues fader, preest of Madian;
and whanne he had dreuen the flok to
the ynnermore partis of deserte, he cam
to the hil of God, Oreb.
2 And the Lord
apperide to hym in a flawme of fier fro
the mydle of a busshe, and he saw&yogh; that
the busshe was ofier, and was not brent.
3 Thanne seide Moyses, Y shal go, and se
this greet si&yogh;t, whi the busshe is not
brent.
4 And the Lord biholdynge that
he &yogh;ede to seen, clepide hym fro the
mydle of the busshe, and seith, Moyses!
Moyses! The which answerde, Y am ny&yogh;.
5 And he, Ne come thow, he seith, no nerre
hidur, but lowse thow thi shoyng fro
thi feyt; the place forsothe that thow
stondist yn is an holi loond.
6 And he
seith, Y am the God of thi fader, God of
Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God
of Jacob. Moises hidde his face, forsothe
he dorst not loke a&yogh;ens God.
7 To whom
the Lord seith, I haue seen the affliccioun
of my puple in Egipte, and Y haue herd
the crye of it, for the hardnes of hem
that ben before to the werkis.
8 And
knowynge the sorwe of it, Y descendide
to delyuere it fro the hoondis of Egipciens,
and Y shal lede out fro that loond
-- --
into a good loond and a wide, into a loond
that flowith mylk and hony, to the places
of Chananey, and Ethey, Amorrei, and
Phere&yogh;ei, Euehey, and Jebusey.
9 Thanne
the crye of the children of Yrael is comen
to me, and Y haue seen the affliccioun of
hem, with the which thei ben oppressid
of the Egipcyens.
10 But come, and Y shal
sende thee to Pharao, that thow lede my
puple, the sones of Yrael, out of Egipte.
11 And Moyses seide to God, Who am Y,
that I shulde goo to Pharao, and lede out
the sones of Yrael fro Egipte?
12 The which
seide to hym, I shal be with thee, and
this thow shalt haue to tookun, that I
haue sent thee, whanne thow shalt lede
my puple fro Egipte, thow shalt do sacryfice
to God vpon this hil.
13 Moyses
seith to God, Loo! Y shal goo to the
sones of Yrael, and Y shal seie to hem,
the God of &yogh;oure fadris hath sent me to
&yogh;ow; if thei seyn to me, what is his
name, what shal Y seye to hem?
14 The
Lord seyde to Moyses, I am the which
Y am; he seith, thus thow shalt seye to
the children of Israel, He that is hath sent
me to &yogh;ow.
15 And eftsones God seith to
Moyses, Thes thingis thow shalt seye to
the sones of Yrael, The Lord God of
&yogh;oure fadrys, God of Abraham, and God
of Ysaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me
to &yogh;ow; this is name to me withouten
ende, and this my memoriale in generacioun
and into generacioun.
16 Goo, and gedere
togidere the aldyr men of Yrael, and
thow shalt seye to hem, The Lord God of
&yogh;oure fadris hath apeeryd to me, God of
Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God
of Jacob, seiynge, Visytynge Y haue visitid
&yogh;ow, and Y haue seen alle thingis
that haue fallun to &yogh;ow in Egipte;
17 and
Y seyde, that Y shal lede &yogh;ow out fro
the affliccioun of Egipte into the loond of
Chananei, and Ethei, and Amorrei, Phere&yogh;ey,
and Euehi, and Jebusey, to the
loond flowynge mylk and hony.
18 And
-- --
thei shulen here thi voyce; and thow
shalt goon yn, and the alder men of Yrael
to the kyng of Egipte, and thow shalt
seye to hym, The Lord God of Ebrews
hath clepid us; we shulen goon a weye of
thre dayes into wildernes, that we doon
sacrifice to the Lord oure God.
19 But Y
wote, that the kyng of Egipte shal not
&yogh;yue &yogh;ow leue that &yogh;e goon, but bi strong
hoond;
20 forsothe Y shal streeche out myn
hoond, and Y shal smyte Egipte in alle
my merueyles, that Y am to do in the
mydle of hem, and after thes thingis he
shal &yogh;yue to &yogh;ow leue.
21 And Y shal &yogh;eue
grace to this puple bifore the Egipciens,
that whanne &yogh;e gon out, &yogh;e shulen not
goon out voyd;
22 but a womman shal aske
of hir nei&yogh;bore and of hir gest silueren
and goldun vessels, and clothes, and &yogh;e
shulen ligge hem vpon &yogh;oure sones, and
vpon &yogh;oure dou&yogh;tres, and &yogh;e shulen spoyle
Egipte.
CAP. IV.
1 Moyses answerde, and seith, Thei shulen
not leue me, ne here my voyce; but seyn,
The Lord apeeryde not to thee.
2 Thanne
he seide vnto hym, What is that that
thow holdist in thin hoond? He answerde,
A &yogh;erde.
3 And the Lord seide,
Throw it into the erthe; he threwe it,
and it was turned into a boske eddre, so
that Moyses flei&yogh;.
4 And the Lord seide,
Strecch out thin hoond, and tak his
tayle; he strau&yogh;te out, and helde, and it
was turned into a &yogh;erde.
5 That thei bileuen,
he seith, that God of thi fadres
aperide to thee God of Abraham, and
God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob.
6 And
the Lord seide eftsones, Putte thin hoond
into thi bosum; the which whanne he
hadde putt into his bosum, he brou&yogh;te it
forth leprows, at liknes of snow.
7 Drawe
a&yogh;en, he seith, the hoond into thi bosum:
-- --
he a&yogh;en drew&yogh;, and brou&yogh;te it forth eftsones,
and it was lijk vnto the tother
fleshe.
8 If thei leuen not, he seith, to thee,
ne here the word of the former signe,
thei shulen leue to the word of the signe
that folweth;
9 and if forsothe they leuen
not to thes twey signes, ne heren thi
voys, tak water of the floode, and heeld it
out vpon the drye loond, and what euere
thow drawist of the floode, it shal be
turned into bloode.
10 Moyses seith, Lord,
Y biseche, I am not wel spekynge fro
&yogh;isterday and fro the thridde dai hens;
and sith thow spak to thi seruaunt, Y am
of more latsum and of more slow tonge.
11 The Lorde seide to hym, Who made the
mouth of man, or who forgide the
dowmbe and the deef, the seer and the
blynde? whether not Y?
12 Goo thanne, I
shal be in thi mouth, and Y shal teche
thee what thow shalt spek.
13 And he, Y
biseche, he seith, Lord, sende whom thow
art to sende.
14 The Lord wrooth a&yogh;ens
Moyses, seith, Aaron, thi brother, Leuyte,
I wote that he is a fayr speker;
loo! he shal goo out into thin a&yogh;en goynge,
and seynge thee he shal `be glad
in herte.
15 Spek to him, and put my
wordis in his mouth, and Y shal be in
thi mouth and `in his mouth; and Y
shal shewe to &yogh;ou what &yogh;e shulen do.
16 He shal speke for thee to the puple, and
he shal be thi mouth; thow forsothe shai
be to hym in thes thinges, that pertenen
to God.
17 And this &yogh;erde tak in thin
hoond, in the which thow art to doon
signes.
18 Moyses &yogh;ede, and turned a&yogh;en to
Jetro, his wyues fader, and he seide to
hym, Y shal goo, and turn a&yogh;en to my
bretheren in to Egipte, that Y se if thei
&yogh;it lyuen. To whom seide Jetro, Goo in
pees.
19 Thanne the Lord seide to Moyses
in Madian, Goo, and turn a&yogh;en into Egipte;
-- --
forsothe alle thei ben deede, that
sou&yogh;ten thi lyf.
20 Moyses tok his wyf, and
his sones, and putte hem upon an asse,
and he is turned a&yogh;en into Egipte, berynge
the &yogh;erde of God in his hoond.
21 And the
Lord seide to hym turnynge a&yogh;en into
Egipte, Looke, that alle the signes worthi
to be shewid thow do, the whiche Y
have putte in thin hoond, before Pharao;
Y shal hardun his herte, and he shal not
leeue the puple;
22 and thow shalt seye to
hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, My
sone first getun Yrael;
23 Y seide to thee,
leeue my sone, that he serue to me; and
thow woldist not leeue hym; loo! Y shal
slee thi first gotun sone.
24 And whanne
he was in the weie, in the syde turnyng
place to reste, the Lorde &yogh;ede a&yogh;ens hym,
and wold slee hym.
25 Anoon Sephora tok
a ful sharp stoon, and kitte al aboute the
vttermore skynne of the &yogh;erde of hir sone,
and it touchide his feet; and she seith,
A spouse of blodis thow art to me.
26 And
she lafte hym, for the circumsicioun, aftir
that she hadde seid, A spouse of blodes
thou art to me.
27 The Lord forsothe seide
to Aaron, Goo into the a&yogh;en comyng to
Moises, into desert; the which &yogh;ede to
mete with hym into the hil of God, and
he kysside hym.
28 And Moyses tolde Aaron
alle the wordis of the Lord, for the
whiche he sente hym, and the toknes
that he comaundyde.
29 And thei comen togidere,
and thei gadereden togidere alle
the alder men of the sones of Yrael.
30 And
Aaron spak alle the wordis, that the
Lord hadde seyde to Moyses; and he
dide the signes beforn the puple;
31 and
the puple bileuede; and thei herden that
the Lord hadde visitid the sones of Yrael,
and that he hadde biholdun the affliccioun
of hem; and redi thei anourden.
-- --
CAP. V.
1 Aftir thes thingis &yogh;eden in Moyses and
Aaron, and seiden to Pharao, Thes thingis
seith the Lord God of Yrael, Leeue my
puple, that thei doo sacrifice to me in
desert.
2 And he answerde, Who is the
Lord, that I here his voys, and leeue
Yrael? Y knowe not the Lord, and Yrael
Y shal not leeue.
3 Thei seiden, The God
of Ebrews hath clepid vs, that we goon
the weie of thre dayes into wildernes,
and sacrifye unto the Lord oure God,
lest perauenture falle to us pestilence, or
swerd.
4 The kyng of Egipte seith to
hem, Whi, Moyses and Aaron, bisyen &yogh;e
the puple fro her werkis? Go &yogh;e to &yogh;oure
charges.
5 And Pharao seide, Mych is the
puple of the loond; &yogh;e seyn that the folk
vudur growith; myche more, if &yogh;e &yogh;yuen
hem reste fro werkis.
6 He comaundide
thanne that day to the maystris of werkis,
and to the constreyners of the puple, seiynge,
7 No more &yogh;e shal &yogh;yue chaf to the
puple, that tiles ben maad as before;
but goo thei hem siluen, and gadere stoble;
8 and the mesure of tyles that thei
before maden, &yogh;e shulen putt vpon hem,
and &yogh;e shulen not lassen eny thing; forsothe
thei ben voyd, and therfor thei
cryen out, seiynge, Goo we, and sacrifye
we to oure God;
9 be thei oppressid with
werkis, and fulfille thei hem, that thei
assenten not to lesynge wordis.
10 Thanne,
goon out, the maystris of werkis and the
constreyners seyden to the puple, Thus
seith Pharao, Y &yogh;yue &yogh;ou not chaf;
11 goth,
and gederith, where euer &yogh;e mowen fynde;
ne eny thing shal be lasse of &yogh;oure werk.
12 And the puple is scaterid thur&yogh; out al
the loond of Egipte to be gadered chaf.
13 And the maystris of werkis greetly stoden,
seiynge, Fulfilleth &yogh;oure werk eche day,
as before &yogh;e weren wont to doon, whanne
chaf was &yogh;ouun to &yogh;ou.
14 And thei ben
-- --
tourmentid, that weren maystris to the
werkis of the children of Yrael, of the
constreyners of Pharao, seiynge, Whi
han &yogh;e not fulfillid the mesure of tylis,
as bifore, nowther &yogh;istirday ne to day?
15 And the maystrys of the children of Yrael
camen, and crieden out to Pharao, seiynge,
Whi dost thow thus a&yogh;ens thi seruauntis?
16 Chaf ben not &yogh;ouun to vs, and
tiles aliche many ben comaundid. Loo!
we thi seruauntis ben betun with scourges,
and wrongfuli it is doon a&yogh;ens thi puple.
17 The which seith, &YOGH;e tenden to ydelnes;
and therfor &yogh;e seyn, Go we and sacrifye
to the Lord;
18 goth thanne and worchith;
chaf shal not be &yogh;ouun to &yogh;ow, and &yogh;e
shulen &yogh;elde the customyd noumbre of
tilys.
19 And the maystris of the sones of
Yrael seen hem seluen into yuel, for that
it was seide to hem, There shal not be
maad lasse eny thing of the tiles bi eche
daies.
20 And thei a&yogh;en wenten to Moyses
and to Aaron, that stoden euen a&yogh;ens,
goynge out fro Pharao,
21 and thei seiden
`to hem, Se the Lord, and deme, for to
stynken &yogh;e han maad oure smel before
Pharao and his seruauntis; and &yogh;e han
&yogh;ouun hym a swerd, that he slee vs.
22 And
Moyses turnede a&yogh;en to the Lord, and
seith, Lord, whi hast thow turmentid this
puple? whi hast thow sent me?
23 Fro that
tyme forsothe that Y &yogh;ede yn to Pharao
for to spek in thi name, he turmentide
thi puple, and thow hast not delyuered
hem.
CAP. VI.
1 And the Lord seide to Moyses, Now
thow shalt seen, what thingis Y am to do
to Pharao; forsothe bi a strong hoond he
shal leeue hem, and in a my&yogh;ti hoond he
shal throwe hem out of his loond.
2 And
the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Y the
-- --
Lord,
3 that aperyde to Abraham, and to
Ysaac, and to Jacob in the God Almy&yogh;ti;
and my name Adonay Y shewyde not to
hem;
4 and I couenauntide a boond of pees
with hem, that Y shulde &yogh;yue hem the
loond of Chanaan, the loond of her pilgrimage,
in the which thei weren comlyngys.
5 Y haue herd the weylyng of the
children of Yrael, in the which the Egipciens
han oppressid hem, and Y haue recordide
of my couenaunte.
6 Therfore sey
to the sones of Yrael, Y the Lord, that
shal lede &yogh;ow out of the traueilous prisoun
of Egipciens; and delyuere fro seruage;
and forbigge in an ouerpassyng arm, and
in greet domes;
7 and Y shal tak &yogh;ow to
me into a puple, and Y shal be &yogh;oure
Lord; and &yogh;e shulen knowe, that Y am
the Lord &yogh;oure God, that hath ladde &yogh;ow
out fro the traueylows prisoun of Egipciens,
and brou&yogh;te &yogh;ow into the loond,
8
vpon the which Y have lift up myn
hoond, that Y &yogh;yue it to Abraham, Ysaac,
and Jacob, and Y shal &yogh;yue it to be had
to &yogh;ow; I a Lord.
9 Thanne Moyses tolde
alle thes thingis to the sones of Yrael, the
whiche assentiden not to hym for the angwisch
of spyryt, and the moost hard
werk.
10 And the Lord spak to Moyses,
seiynge,
11 Goo yn, and spek to Pharao, the
kyng of Egipte, that he leeue the sones
of Yrael from his loond.
12 Moyses answerde
before the Lord, Loo! the sones
of Yrael heren me not, and what manere
shal Pharao here, namelich sith Y am vncircumcidid
in lippes?
13 And the Lord
spak to Moyses and Aaron, and &yogh;af a
maundement to the sones of Yrael, and
to Pharao, the kyng of Egipte, that thei
leden the sones of Yrael out of the loond
of Egipte.
14 Thes be the princis of the
housholdis bi her meynese. The sones of
Ruben, the first goten of Yrael, Enoch,
and Fallu, Esrom, and Carmy;
15 thes the
-- --
cognaciouns of Ruben. The sones of Symeon,
Jamuel, and Jamyn, and Adod, and
Jachym, and Soer, and Saul, the sone of
Chananytidis; thes the progenyes of Symeon.
16 And thes the names of the sones
of Leuy bi her cognaciouns, Gerson, and
Caath, and Merary. Forsothe the &yogh;eres
of the lijf of Leuy weren an hundred and
seuen and thretti.
17 The sones of Gerson,
Lobny and Semei, by her cognaciouns.
18 The sones of Caath, Amram, and Ysuar,
and Ebron, and Oziel; the &yogh;eris forsothe
of the lijf of Caath an hundryd and six
and thretii.
19 The sones of Merary, Mooly
and Musi. Thes the cognaciouns of Leuy
bi her meynese.
20 Amram forsothe tok a
wijf, Jochabed, the dou&yogh;ter of the brother
to hys fader, the which bar to hym Aaron,
and Moysen, and Mary; and the
&yogh;eris of the lijf of Amram weren an hundryd
and seuen and thretti.
21 And the
sones of Ysuar, Chore, and Naphes, and
Zethry.
22 The sones forsothe of Oziel, Mysael,
and Elizaphan, and Sethri.
23 Aaron
forsothe tok a wijf, Elizabeth, the dow&yogh;ter
of Amynadab, the sister of Naason, the
which bar to hym Nadab, and Abyut, and
Aleazar, and Ythamar.
24 The sones forsothe
of Chore, Aser, and Elchana, and
Abiasab; thes ben the cognaciouns of Chorytis.
25 And forsothe Eliazar, the sone of
Aaron, tok a wijf of the dow&yogh;tris of
Phatiel, the which bar to hym Phynees.
Thes ben the princis of the Leuytis
meynese bi her cognaciouns.
26 This is Aaron
and Moyses, to whom the Lord comaundide,
that thei shulden lede the
sones of Yrael out of the loond of Egipte
be her companyes;
27 thes ben that speken
to Pharao, the kyng of Egipte, that thei
leden the sones of Yrael out of Egipte;
this is Moyses and Aaron,
28 in the day that
the Lord spak to Moyses in the loond of
Egipte.
29 And the Lord spak to Moyses,
seiynge, Y the Lord; spek to Pharao,
-- --
kyng of Egipte, alle thingis that Y speke
to thee.
30 And Moyses seith bifore the
Lord, Loo! Y am vncircumcidid in lippys,
what manere shulde Pharao here me?
CAP. VII.
1 And the Lord seide to Moyses, Loo!
Y haue ordeyned thee the god of Pharao;
and Aaron, thi brother, shal be thi prophete.
2 Thow shalt spek to hym alle
thingis that Y seende to thee, and he
shal spek to Pharao, that he late the sones
of Yrael out of his loond.
3 And Y shal ful
harden his herte, and Y shal multiplie
toknes and signes worthi to be shewid in
the loond of Egipte,
4 and he shal not here
&yogh;ow; and Y shal seend yn myn hoond
upon Egipte, and Y shal lede myn oost,
and my puple, the sones of Yrael, out of
the loond of Egipte bi the grettist domes;
and the Egipciens shulen knowe,
5 that Y
am a Lord, that may strecche out myn
hoond vpon Egipte, and lede the sones of
Yrael out of the myddil of hem.
6 And so
diden Moyses and Aaron; as the Lord comaundide,
so thei diden.
7 Forsothe Moyses
was of ei&yogh;ti &yogh;eris, and Aaron of ei&yogh;ty and
thre, whanne thei spaken to Pharao.
8 And
the Lord seide to Moyses and Aaron,
Whanne Pharao shal sey to &yogh;ou,
9 Shew
to us signes, thow shalt sey to Aaron,
Tak thin &yogh;erde, and throw it bifore Pharao,
and be it turned into a bosk eddre.
10 And so Moyses and Aaron, goon yn to
Pharao, diden as the Lord comaundide;
and Aaron tok the &yogh;erde bifore Pharao
and his seruantis, that was turnyd into
a boske addre.
11 Pharao forsothe clepid
sages, and clepers of deuels to doon yuel,
and thei also diden bi Egipciens enchauntyngis,
and sum priue thingis lyik
manere;
12 and eche threwe forth her &yogh;erdes,
that weren turned into dragouns; but
the &yogh;erde of Aaron deuouride her &yogh;erdes.
-- --
13 And the herte of Pharao was myche
hardid, and he herde hem not, as the
Lord comaundide.
14 Forsothe the Lord
seide to Moyses, Engregid is the herte of
Pharao, he wole not leeue the puple;
15 go
to hym eerli; loo! he shal goon out to the
watris, and thow shalt stoond into his
a&yogh;en comyng upon the brynk of the
floode; and thow shalt tak the &yogh;erde, that
was turned into a dragoun, in thin hoond,
and thow shalt sey to hym,
16 The Lord
God of Ebrews hath sent me to thee,
seiynge, Leeue my puple, that thei sacrifye
to me in desert; and vnto now thow
woldist not heren.
17 Thanne thes wordis
the Lord seith, In that thow shalt knowe,
that Y am a Lord; loo! Y shal smyit
with the &yogh;erde, that is in myn hoond, the
water of the floode, and it shal turne into
bloode;
18 the fisshis forsothe, that ben in
the floode, shulen dye; and the water shal
stynke, and turmentid shulen be the Egipciens
drynkynge of the water of the
floode.
19 And the Lord seid to Moyses,
Sey thow to Aaron, Tak thi &yogh;erde, and
strecche thin hoond out vpon the watris
of Egipte, and vpon her floodes, and her
ryuers, and mershis, and alle lakis of watris,
that thei ben turned into bloode; and
that there be corrupte rennying bloode in
al the loond of Egipte, as wel in treen
vessel as in stony.
20 And so Moyses and
Aaron diden, as the Lord comaundide;
and arerynge the &yogh;erde, he smote the watris
of the floode before Pharao and his
seruauntis, the which was turned into
blood;
21 and the fisshes, that weren in the
floode, dieden; and the floode stonke, that
the Egipciens my&yogh;ten not drinke the water
of the flood; and there was bloode in
al the loond of Egipte.
22 And the clepers
of deuels to doon yuel of the Egipciens
diden in liyk manere in her enchauntyngis;
and the herte of Pharao was myche
hardid; and he herde hem not, as the
-- --
Lord comaundide.
23 And he turnede hym
self awey, and &yogh;ede into his hows, ne he
putte not to the herte, also this while.
24 Forsothe alle the Egipciens deluyden bi
enuyroun of the floode, that thei my&yogh;ten
drynk the water; forsothe thei mi&yogh;ten
not drynk of the water of the floode.
25 And
seuen dayes weren fulfillid, after that the
Lord hadde smyten the floode.
CAP. VIII.
1 Forsothe the Lord seide to Moyses,
Goo into Pharao, and thow shalt sey to
hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Leeue
my puple, that he sacrifye to me;
2 ellis
forsothe if thow wolt not leeue hem, loo!
Y shal smyte alle thi coostis with frogges;
and the floode shal boyl up froggis,
3 that
shulen steyn vp, and goo in to thin hows,
and into thi bedchaumbre, and vpon thi
beddynge, and into the houses of thi seruantis,
and into thi puple, and into thi
ouenes, and in to the relyues of thi metis;
and to thee,
4 and to thi puple, and to alle
thi seruauntes shulen goon yn froggis.
5 And the Lord seide to Moyses, Sey to
Aaron, Strecche out thi hoond vpon
floodes, and vpon ryuers, and mershes;
and brynge out frogges vpon the loond
of Egipte.
6 And Aaron strau&yogh;te out the
hoond vpon the watris of Egipte; and
there steyden vp frogges, and couerden
the loond of Egipte.
7 And the clepers of
deuels diden by her enchauntyngis lijk
maner; and brou&yogh;ten out frogges vpon
the loond of Egipte.
8 Forsothe Pharao
clepide Moyses and Aaron, and seiden to
hem, Preye &yogh;e the Lord, that he do awey
frogges fro me, and fro my puple; and
Y shal lat the puple, that thei sacryfye to
the Lord.
9 And Moyses seide to Pharao,
Ordeyn me a tyme, whan Y shal preye
for thee, and for thi seruantis, and for
thi puple, that the frogges ben dreuen
a wey fro thee, and fro thin hows, and
-- --
fro thy seruauntis, and fro thi puple; and
oonly in the floode thei abiden.
10 The
which answerde, To morwe. And he,
After thi word, he seith, Y shal do, that
thow knowe, for there is not a Lord as
oure God;
11 and the frogges shulen goon
awey from thee, and from thin hows, and
fro thi children, and fro thi seruantis, and
fro thi puple; and oonli in the floode thei
shulen abijd.
12 And Moyses and Aaron
&yogh;eden out fro Pharao. And Moyses criede
to the Lord, for the biheeste of froggis,
that he couenauntide to Pharao.
13 And the
Lord dide after the word of Moyses; and
the frogges weren deed of the howsis,
and of the townes, and of the feeldes;
14 and thei gedered hem togidere into greet
heepes withouten noumbre, and the erthe
stonke.
15 Pharao forsothe seynge that there
was &yogh;eue rest, his herte engredgide, and
herde not hem, as the Lord comaundide.
16 And the Lord seide to Moyses, Spek to
Aaron, Strecche out thi &yogh;erde, and smyit
the powdre of the erthe, that there ben
stynggynge gnattes in al the loond of
Egipte.
17 And he dide so; and Aaron
strau&yogh;te out the hoond, holdynge the &yogh;erde,
and he smote the powdre of the erthe;
and there weren maad stynggynge gnattes
in men, and in beestis; al the powdre of
the erthe is turnyd into stynggynge
gnattes thur&yogh; out al the loond of Egipte.
18 And liyk manere diden the clepers of
deuels in her enchauntyngis, that thei
my&yogh;ten dryue out the stynggynge gnattes,
and thei my&yogh;ten not; and stynggynge
gnattes weren bothe in men and in beestis.
19 And the clepers of deuels seiden vnto
Pharao, The fyngur of God ys here. And
the herte of Pharao was greetli hardid,
and he herde hem not, as the Lord
hadde comaundide.
20 And the Lord seide
to Moyses, Aryse eerli, and stoond before
Pharao, forsothe he shal goon out to the
watris; and thow shalt sey to hym, Thes
-- --
thingis seith the Lord, Leeue my puple,
that thei sacrifye to me;
21 and if thow late
hem not, loo! Y shal seende into thee,
and into thi seruauntis, and into thi puple,
and into thin howses, al kynde of
fli&yogh;is; and the howsis of Egipte shulen
be fulfillyd with fli&yogh;is of dyuerse kynde,
and al the loond in which thei shulen ben.
22 And Y shal mak merveylows in that day
the loond of Gessen, in the which is my
puple, that there ben not there fli&yogh;is; and
wyte thow that Y am Lord in the
myddel of the erthe;
23 and Y shal sette
partynge bitwix my puple and thi puple;
to morwe shal be this tokne.
24 And so
dide the Lord. And there cam the moost
greuows fli&yogh;e in to the hows of Pharao,
and of his seruauntis, and into al the
loond of Egipte; and the loond was corrupte
of lyche maner fli&yogh;is.
25 And Pharao
clepide Moyses and Aaron, and seith
to hem, Gooth, and sacrifieth to the Lord
&yogh;oure God in this loond.
26 And Moyses
seith, It may not be doo so; the abhomynaciouns
forsothe of Egipciens shulen
we offre to oure Lord? that if we sleen
thes thingis that Egipciens heryen beforn
hem, they shulen felle us down with
stones.
27 We shulen goon the weye of three
dayes into wildernes, and we shulen sacryfie
to the Lord oure God, as he hath
comaundid vs.
28 And Pharao seid, Y shal
leeue &yogh;ow, that &yogh;e sacrifie to the Lord
&yogh;oure God in deserte; neuertheles go &yogh;e
a wey no ferthere; preieth for me.
29 And
Moyses seith, Y goon out fro thee shal
preye the Lord; and the fli&yogh;e shal goo
a wey fro Pharao, and fro his seruauntis,
and fro his puple to morwe; neuertheles
wole thou no more desceyue me, that
thow lat not the puple sacryfie to the
Lord.
30 And Moyses goon out fro Pharao
preiede the Lord,
31 that dide aftir his word,
-- --
and he tok awey fli&yogh;es fro Pharao, and
fro the seruauntis, and fro his puple;
there ouerlafte not oon forsothe.
32 And
the herte of Pharao was engredgid, so
that &yogh;it this while he wolde not leeue the
puple.
CAP. IX.
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