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. X.
1 Hereth the wrd that the Lord spac
vp on &yogh;ou, the hous of Irael.
2 These
thingus seith the Lord, Aftir the weies
of Jentiles wileth not lerne, and fro the
signes of heuene wileth not drede, that
dreden Jentiles,
3 for the lawis of puples
ben veyne. For the tree of the wilde wode
kut of the werc of the hondus of the
craftes man in an hachet;
4 with siluer
and gold he enourneth it; with nailes
and hameres ioynede it, that it `be not
losid atwynne.
5 In licnesse of a formed
ymage thei ben forgid, and thei shul
not speke; born thei shul be taken awey,
for thei moun not go; wileth not thanne
-- --
drede them, for neither euele thei moun
do, ne wel.
6 Ther is not lic of thee,
Lord; gret thou, and gret thi name in
strengthe.
7 Who shal not drede thee, O!
thou king of Jentilis? thin is forsothe
wrshipe among alle the wise men of Jentilis,
and in alle the reumes of hem noen
is lic of thee.
8 Togidere vnwise men and
foolis shul be preued, the doctrine of the
9 vanyte of them a tree is with siluer enwrappid.
Fro Tarsis it is bro&yogh;t, and the
gold fro Ofir; the werc of the craftus
man, and the hond of the metal werkere;
`iacynct, or as men seyn, violet blyw silc
and purpre the clothing of them; the werc
of craftus men alle these thingus.
10 The
Lord forsothe is verre God; he is God lyuende,
and king euermor lastende; of his
indignacioun shal be moued the erthe, and
suffren shul not Jentiles his threting.
11 Thus
thanne &yogh;ee shul sey to them, The goddis
that `maden not heuene and erthe, pershe
thei fro the erthe, and fro these thingus
that ben vnder heuene.
12 That maketh
the erthe in his strengthe, maketh redi
biforn the world in his wisdam, and in
his prudence streccheth out heuenus.
13 At
his vois he &yogh;yueth multitude of watris in
heuene, and rereth vp litle cloudus fro
the vtmostus of erthe; leitus in to reyn
he maketh, and bringeth out wind of his
tresores.
14 Fool mad is eche man of his
kunnyng, confoundid is eche craftes man
in his grauen thing; for fals is that he
&yogh;etede, and ther is not spirit in hem.
15 Veyn thei ben, and the werc wrthi la&yogh;hing;
in tyme of ther visiting thei shul
pershe.
16 Lic is not to these the part of
Jacob, who forsothe formede alle thingus
he is, and Irael the &yogh;erde of his eritage;
Lord of ostus name is to hym.
17 Gedere
fro the erthe thi confusion, that dwellist
in seging;
18 for these thingus seith the
Lord, Lo! Y ferr shal throwe the dwelleris
-- --
of the lond in this while; and troblen
hem, so that thei be not founden.
19 Wo to me vp on my to-treding, my werst
veniaunce; I forsothe seide, Pleynli this
myn infirmyte is, and Y shal bern it.
20 My
tabernacle is wastid, alle my litle cordis
ben to-broke; my sonus wenten out fro
me, and stonde not stille; ther is not
that strecche out more my tent, and rere
vp my skynnes.
21 For folili diden shepperdis,
and the Lord thei so&yogh;ten not;
therfor thei vnderstode not, and eche floc
of hem is scatered.
22 Vois of heering lo!
is comen, and gret stiring fro the lond of
the north, that thei sette the cites of
Juda in to wildernesse, and a dwelling
place of dragounus.
23 I wot, Lord, for of
man is not his weie, ne of man is that
he go, and ri&yogh;t reule hys goingus.
24 Chastise
me, Lord; ner the latere in dom
and not in thi wodnesse, lest par auenture
to no&yogh;t thou bringe me.
25 Heeld out
thin indignacioun vp on Jentyles that
knewen not thee, and vp on prouynces
that thi name inwardli clepeden not;
for thei eeten Jacob, and deuoureden
hym, and wasteden hym, and his worshepe
destro&yogh;eden.
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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