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. II.
1 And now, O! prestis, to &yogh;ou this maundement,
&yogh;if &yogh;e woln heere.
2 And &yogh;if &yogh;e
-- --
woln not putte on the herte, that &yogh;e &yogh;eue
glorie to my name, saith the Lord of
oostis, Y shal sende in &yogh;ou nedynesse,
and Y shal curse to &yogh;our blessyngis; and
Y shal curse hem, for &yogh;e han not putte
on the herte.
3 Loo! Y shal caste to &yogh;ou
arme, and Y shal scatere on &yogh;our cheere
the dritt of &yogh;oure solempnytees, and it
shal take &yogh;ou with it.
4 And &yogh;e shuln wite,
for Y sente to &yogh;ou this maundement, that
my couenaunt were with Leuy, saith the
Lord of oostis.
5 My couenaunt was with
hym of lijf and pees; and Y &yogh;aue to hym
a dreed, and he dredde me, and he dredde
of the face of my name.
6 The lawe of
trewthe was in his mouth, and wickidnesse
is not founden in his lippis; in pees
and in equitee he walkide with me, and
many men he turnyde awey fro wickidnesse.
7 Forsothe lippis of the prest kepen
science, or kunnyng, and thei shuln
seeke a&yogh;ein the lawe of the mouth of
hem, for he is an aungel of the Lord of
oostis.
8 Forsothe &yogh;e wenten awey fro the
weye, and sclaundren ful many men in
the lawe; &yogh;e maden voide the couenaunt
of Leuy, these thingus saith the Lord of
oostis.
9 For whiche thing and Y &yogh;aue
&yogh;ou worthi to be dispisid, and meeke, or
lowe, to alle peplis, as &yogh;e kepten not my
wayes, and token folc in the lawe.
10 Wher
not oo fadir of alle &yogh;ou? wher oo God
made &yogh;ou not of nou&yogh;t? Whi therfore
ech of &yogh;ou dispisith his brother, defoulynge
the couenaunt of &yogh;our faders?
11 Judas
trespaside, and abomynacioun is maad
in Yrael, and in Jerusalem; for Judas
defoulide the halewing of the Lord,
whiche he louyde, and aliens hadden
the dou&yogh;ter of the Lord.
12 The Lord shal
-- --
distruye the man that dide this thinge,
the maystir and disciple, of tabernaclis of
Jacob, and the offryng a &yogh;ift to the Lord
of oostis.
13 And eftsoone &yogh;e diden this
thing; &yogh;e hilliden with teris the auter of
the Lord, with weepyng and mournyng,
so that Y biholde namore to sacrifice,
nether resceyue eny thing plesaunt of
&yogh;our hond.
14 And &yogh;e saiden, For what
cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe
thee and the wijf of thi pubertee, that
is, tyme of mariage, whiche thou dispisidist,
and this thi parcener, and wijf
of thi couenaunt.
15 Wher oon dide not,
and the residue of his spirit is? and what
seekith oon, no bot the seed of God?
Therfore kepe &yogh;e &yogh;oure spirit, and nyl
thou dispise the wijf of thi &yogh;ongthe;
whanne thou shalt haue hir in hate,
16
leue thou hir, saith the Lord God of
Yrael. Forsothe wickidnesse keuere the
closyng of hir, saith the Lord of oostis;
kepe &yogh;e &yogh;oure spirit, and nyl &yogh;e dispise.
17 &YOGH;e maden the Lord for to traueile in
&yogh;our wordis, and &yogh;e saiden, Wheryn
made we hym for to traueile? In that
that &yogh;e sayen, Eche man that doth yuel,
is good in the si&yogh;t of the Lord, and siche
plesen to hym; or certis wher is God
of dom?
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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