CAP. XLIII.
1 Don is forsothe, whan fulfild hadde
Jeremye spekende to the puple alle the
wrdus of the Lord God of hem, for whiche
sente hadde hym the Lord God of hem
to them,
2 alle these wrdis, seide Azarye,
sone of Josie, and Johanna, sone of Carae,
and alle the proude men, seiende to
Jeremye, Lesing thou spekest; sente not
thee the Lord oure God, seiende, Ne go
&yogh;ee in to Egipt, that &yogh;ee dwelle there;
but Baruch,
3 the sone of Neri, stireth
thee a&yogh;en vs, that he take vs in the
hondus of Caldeis, that thei sle vs, and
make to ben ouerlad into Babiloyne.
4 And
herde not Johanna, sone of Carae, and
alle the princes of fi&yogh;teres, and al the
puple, the vois of the Lord, that thei
shulden dwelle in the lond of Juda.
5 But
takende Johanna, sone of Carae, and
alle the princes of fi&yogh;teres, alle the men
of the remnauntis of Juda, that weren
turned a&yogh;een fro alle Jentiles, to whiche
thei weren befor scatered, that thei shulde
-- --
dwelle in the lond of Juda;
6 men, and
wymmen, and litil childer, and the do&yogh;tris
of the king, and eche soule, that laft
hadde Nabusardan, prince of the chyualrie,
with Godolie, sone of Aicham, sone
of Safan; and toc Jeremye, the profete,
and Baruch,
7 the sone of Neri, and wenten
in to the lond of Egipt; for thei obeshiden
not to the vois of the Lord, and
camen `in to Tapnys.
8 Don is the wrd
of the Lord to Jeremye in Tapnys, seiende,
9 Tac to thee in thin hond grete
stones, and hyd hem in the caue, that is
vnder the tily wal, in the &yogh;ate of the
hous of Farao, in Tapnys, byholdende the
men Jewis.
10 And thou shalt sei to them,
These thingus seith the Lord of ostus,
God of Irael, Lo! Y shal sende, and take
Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, my
seruaunt, and setten his trone vp on
these stonus, that Y haue hid; and he shal
sette his see vp on hem.
11 And comende
he shal smyte the lond of Egipt, whom
in deth in to deth, and whom in caitifte
in to caitifte, and whom in swerd
in to swerd.
12 And he shal teende fyr
in the washing templis of the godus of
Egipt, and to-brenne them, and caitif he
shal lede them; and shal ben coouered
the lond of Egipt, as is coouered a shepherde
with his mantil; and he shal gon
oute thennus in pes.
13 And he shal altobrose
the ymages of the hous of the
sunne, that ben in the lond of Egipt;
and the wasshing templis of the godus of
Egipt he shal to-brenne with fyr.
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].
