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. XVIII.
1 And whanne Jethro, the preest of Madian,
cosyn to Moyses, hadde herd alle
thingis that God dide to Moyses, and to
Yrael his puple, forthi that the Lord
hadde ladde Yrael out of Egipte,
2 he tok
Sephoram, the wijf of Moyses, whom he
sente a&yogh;en,
3 and the two sones of hym, of
whom oon was clepid Gersan, seiynge the
fader, a comlyng Y was in an alien loond,
the tother forsothe Eliezar,
4 God forsothe,
seith, myn helper of my fader, and he
hath delyuered me fro the swerd of Pharao.
5 Thanne cam Jetro, cosyne to Moyses,
-- --
and the sones of hym and his wijf, to
Moyses in desert, where he hadde sett
tentis biside the hil of God.
6 And he
sente to Moyses, seiynge, I, thi cosyn
Jethro, come to thee, and thi wijf, and
thi two children with hir.
7 The which,
goon out into the a&yogh;encomyng of his
cosyn, lowtide, and kisside hym, and thei
salutiden hem silf togidris with pesible
wordis.
8 And whanne he was goon into
the tabernacle, Moyses tolde to his cosyn
alle thingis that God hadde doon to Pharao,
and to the Egipciens, for Yrael, and
al the traueyle that hadde fallun to hem
in the weye, fro the which the Lord
hadde delyuered hem.
9 And Gethro was
glad vpon alle the goodis that the Lord
dide to Yrael, forthi that he hadde delyuered
hym fro the hoondis of the Egipciens;
and seith,
10 Blissid be the Lord
God that hath delyuered &yogh;ou fro `the
hondes of the Egipciens, and fro the
hoond of Pharao, that hath drawun out
his puple fro the hoond of Egipte;
11 now
I haue knowun for greet is the Lord
aboue alle goddis, forthi that thei prowdli
diden a&yogh;ens hem.
12 Thanne Jethro, the
cosyn to Moyses, offrede to God brent
sacrifices, and oostes; and Aaron, and
alle the aldren of Yrael, camen, that thei
my&yogh;ten eete breed with hym before God.
13 Another forsothe day Moyses sat for to
deme the puple, the which stood ni&yogh; to
Moyses, fro morwe to euen.
14 The which
thing whanne his cosyn hadde seen, that
is, alle thingis that he dide in the puple,
seith, What is this that thow dost in the
puple? whi alone sittist thow, and al the
puple abidith fro morwetide vnto euen?
15 To whom answerde Moyses, To me
cometh the puple, sechynge the sentence
of God;
16 and whanne there fallith to hem
-- --
eny strijf, thei comen to me, that Y
deme betwix hem, that Y shewe the
heestis of God, and his lawe.
17 And he,
Not good thing, he seith, thow dost,
thow art consumyd with foli labour,
18 and
thow and thi puple that is with thee;
ouer thi strengthes is this doyng of
causis, alone `that thow shalt not mowe
susteyne.
19 But here my wordis and counsels,
and the Lord shal be with thee; be
thow to the puple in thes thingis that
perteynen to God, that thow telle to hem
that ben seyd;
20 and thow shewe to the
puple the serymonyes, and the ryte of
heriyng, and the weie bi the whych thei
owen to goon yn, and the werk that thei
owen to doon.
21 And puruey of al the
puple men my&yogh;ti, and dredinge God, in
whom be trewthe, and the whiche haten
aueryse; and ordeyne of hem rewlers
vpon thowsaundes, and rewlers vpon hundrethes,
and rewlers vpon fifti, and rewlers
vpon ten,
22 that mowen deme the puple al
tyme; and what euer `shal be more, telle
thei it to thee, and deme thei the lasse
thingis oonli, that li&yogh;ter it be to thee, the
charge partid vnto othere.
23 And if thow
dost thus, thow shalt fulfil the comaundement
of God, and his heestis thow may
susteyne; and al this puple shal turne
with pees to her places.
24 The whiche
thingis herd, Moyses dide alle thingis
that he meuyde to.
25 And dow&yogh;ti men,
chosun of al Yrael, he ordeyned hem
princes of the puple, rewlers vpon thowsandes,
and rewlers vpon hundrethis, and
rewlers upon fifti, and rewlers vpon ten,
that demeden the puple al tyme;
26 what
euer forsothe were harder, thei tolden to
hym, oonli the li&yogh;ter thingis demynge.
27 And he lafte his cosyn, the which turnyd
a&yogh;en, &yogh;ede into his loond.
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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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