CAP. XL.
1 The wrd that ys maade to Jeremye
fro the Lord, aftir that he is laft of Nabusardan,
maister of the chyualrie, fro
Rama, whan he toc hym bounde with
cheynes, in the myddel of alle that passeden
fro Jerusalem, and fro Juda, and
thei weren lad in to Babiloyne.
2 Thanne
the prince of the chyualrie, takende Jeremye,
seide to hym, The Lord thi God
spac this euel vp on this place,
3 and the
Lord bro&yogh;te to, and dide, as he spac; for
&yogh;ee synneden to the Lord, and herden not
the voys of hym, and don is to &yogh;ou this
wrd.
4 Now thanne lo! Y haue loosid thee
to dai of the cheynes that ben in thin
hondis; yf it plese to thee that thou come
with me in to Babiloyne, cum, and Y
shal putte myn e&yogh;en vp on thee; yf forsothe
it displese to thee to come with me
in to Babiloyne, sit stille heer; lo! al the
lond in thi si&yogh;te is, that thou shalt cheese,
and whider shal plese to thee that thou
go,
5 thider go, and with me wile thou not
come. But dwel anent Godoliam, sone
of Aicham, sone of Safan, whom beforsette
the king of Babyloyne to the cites
of Juda; dwel therfore with hym in the
myddel of the puple, or whider euer it
-- --
shal plese to thee that thou go, go. The
maister of the chyualrie &yogh;af also to hym
metus, and litil &yogh;iftus, and lafte hym.
6 Jeremye forsothe cam to Godolie, sone of
Aicham, in to Masfa, and dwelte with
hym, in the myddel of the puple that
was laft in the lond.
7 And whan herd
hadden alle the princes of the ost, that
weren scatered bi regiownus, thei and
ther felawis, that the king of Babiloyne
hadde bifor maad Godolie, sone of Aicham,
to the lond, and that hadde bitake
to hym men, and wymmen, and litil childer,
and of the pore men of the lond,
that weren not translatid in to Babiloyne,
camen to Godolie in to Masfa;
8 and Ismael,
the sone of Nathanye, and Johannan,
the sone of Caraie, and Jonathan,
and Sareas, the sone of Thenoemeth, and
the sonus of Offi, that weren of Nethofati,
and Jeconye, the sone of Mechati, and
thei and the men of hem.
9 And swor to
them Godolie, the sone of Aicham, sone of
Safan, and to the felawes of hem, seiende,
Wileth not drede to serue to the Caldeis;
dwelleth in the lond, and serueth to the
king of Babiloyne, and weel shal be to
&yogh;ou.
10 Lo! Y dwelle in Masfath, that Y
answere to the heste of the Caldeis, that
ben sent to vs; &yogh;ee forsothe gedereth vyndage,
and rep, and oile, and leith vp in
&yogh;oure vesselis, and dwelleth in &yogh;oure cites
that &yogh;ee holden.
11 But and alle the Jewis,
that weren in Moab, and in the sonus of
Amon, and in Ydume, and in alle the regiouns,
herd that the king of Babiloyne
hadde &yogh;oue the remnaunt in Jewerie, and
that he hadde mad prouost vp on hem
Godoliam, sone of Aicham, sone of Safan,
12 turneden a&yogh;een forsothe alle the Jewis of
all the places, to whiche thei hadde floun,
and camen to the lond of Juda, to Godolie
in to Masfath, and gedereden wyn
and rep ful myche.
13 Johanna forsothe,
the sone of Charaie, and alle the princes
of the ost, that weren scatered in the regiouns,
-- --
camen to Godolie in to Masfa,
and seiden to hym,
14 Wite thou, for Bahalis,
king of the sonus of Amon, sente Ysmael,
the sone of Nathanye, to smyte thi lif.
And Godolie, sone of Aicham, trowede
not to them.
15 Johannan forsothe, sone
of Chare, seide to Godolie, aside in Masfath
spekende, I shal go, and smyte Ismael,
the sone of Nathanye, no man
witende, lest he sle thi lif, and be scatered
alle the Jewes, that ben gedered to thee,
and pershe shul the relikes of Juda.
16 And Godolie, the sone of Aicham, seith
to Johannan, the sone of Chare, Wile
thou not do this wrd, fals forsothe thou
spekist of Ismael.
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].
