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. III.
1 Therfore whanne the holy citee was
enhabited in al pees, lawis also &yogh;it weren
best kept, for ordynaunce and pite of
Onye, prest, and for soulis hauynge in
hate yuel thingus,
2 it was maad, that and
thei kyngis and princis ledden the place
worthi heeist honour, and li&yogh;teneden the
temple with grettist &yogh;iftis;
3 so that Seleucus,
kyng of Asie, &yogh;aue of his rentis
alle spensis perteynynge to the seruice
of sacrifices.
4 Forsothe Symont, of the
lynage of Beniamyn, ordeynyd prepost
of the temple, the prince of prestis a&yogh;einstondynge
hym, strofe for to caste sum
wickid thing in the cytee.
5 Bot whan
he mi&yogh;te not ouercume Onye, he came to
Appollonye, sone of Tharsie, that in that
tyme was duyk of Celessirie and Fenyce;
6 and tolde to hym the tresorie in Jerusalem
for to be ful with moneys vnnoumbreable;
and commoun plentees, or richessis,
for to be grete, whiche perteynen
not to resoun of sacrifices; forsothe for
to be possible, alle thingus for to falle
vndir power of the kyng.
7 And whanne
Appollonye hadde tolde to the kyng of
moneys that weren born ynne, he sente
Heleodore clepid, that was on his needis,
with maundementus for to bere out the
forsaid money.
8 And anoon Heleodore
takynge the waye, sothely by fourme as
he were to passynge by Celescirie and
Fenyce cytees, sothely in trewe thing,
to parfourmynge the kyngus purpose.
9 Bot when he came to Jerusalem, and
benyngly of the hee&yogh;ist prest in the cite
was resceyued, he tolde of dom &yogh;ouen of
moneys, and opnyde for grace, or cause,
-- --
of what thing he came; forsothe he axide
`&yogh;if verrely these thingus weren so.
10 Thanne
the hee&yogh;ist prest shewide, these thingus for
to be kept to the lyuelodis of widues, and
faderlesse and moderlesse children;
11 sum
sothely for to be of Hircam Tobye, man
ful noble in these thingus, that vnpitous
Symont hadde teelde; forsothe
alle the talentis of syluer for to be foure
hundrid, and of gold two hundrid;
12 forsothe
for to be inpossible on al manere,
hem for to be disceyued, that bileuyden,
or bitoken, to the place and temple, that
bi al the world is honourid for his wirshipyng,
and holynesse.
13 And for these
thingus `that he hadde in maundementis
of the kyng, he saide, in al kynde hem
for to be born to the kyng.
14 Forsothe in
the day ordeynyde Heleodore entride, to
ordeynynge of these thingis; forsothe
there was not a lytil tremblyng by al
the citee.
15 Forsothe prestis castiden hem
self byfore the auter, with prestis stolys,
and ynclepiden fro heuen hym that &yogh;aue
lawe of thingus put in keepyng, that he
shulde keepe hem saaf to these that hadden
putte hem in keepyng.
16 Nowe forsothe
he that see&yogh; the chier of the hee&yogh;ist
prest, was woundid in sowle; forsothe
the face and colour inchaungid, declaride
the ynward sorewe of soule, or ynwitt.
17 Forsothe sum sorewfulnesse was shed
about to the man, and hydousnesse of
body, by whiche the sorewe of herte was
maad knowen to men byholdynge.
18 Also
other men by gadring to gidre camen out
of housis, bysechynge with open bysechyng,
for that that the place was to cummynge
in to dispit.
19 And wymmen gyrd
the brest with heyris, flowiden togidre by
streetis; bot and virgynes, that weren
closid togidre, runnen fully to Onye;
other forsothe to the wallis, summe
sothely byheelden by wyndowis.
20 Forsothe
alle holdynge forth hondis in to
heuen bisou&yogh;ten;
21 sothely there was a
-- --
wretchid abyding of the multitude meynt,
and of the hee&yogh;ist prest ordeyned in
strijf, or anguyshe.
22 And these sothely
inclepide almi&yogh;ti God, that thingus taken
in keepyng weren kept in al hoolnesse, to
these that hadden putte hem in keepynge.
23 Forsothe Heleodore parfourmyde that
thing, that he hadde demyde, he presente
with his kny&yogh;tis in the same place aboute
the tresorie.
24 Bot the spirit of almi&yogh;ty
God made grete euydence of his shewyng,
so that alle that weren hardye for
to obeye to hym, fallyng doun by the
vertu of God, weren `togidre turnyd in
to vnbyndynge, or vnstrengthe, and inward
dreed.
25 Forsothe sum hors apeeride
to hem, hauynge a dreedful sitter, ournyd
with best hillyngus; and he with feersnesse,
or bire, rushide the former feet to
Heleodore; forsothe he that sate on hym,
was seen for to haue golden armers.
26 Also
other two &yogh;unge apperiden, faire in vertu,
best in glorie, and fair in clothinge, that
stoden aboute hym, and on eche sijd
scourgiden hym with outen ceesyng, with
many woundis betynge.
27 Sodeynly forsothe
Heleodore felle in to erthe, and thei
rauyshiden hym shed about with myche
derknesse, and castiden hym out, put in
a `sadil of beere.
28 And this that with
many rynners and kni&yogh;tis entride in to
the forsaide tresorie, was born, no man
berynge help to hym, the opyn vertu of
God knowen;
29 and forsothe by Goddis
vertu he lay doumbe, and pryued of al
hope and helthe.
30 Forsothe these blessiden
the Lord, for he magnyfied his
place; and the temple, that a lytil byfore
was ful of dreed and noyse, the
Lord almi&yogh;ty appeerynge, is fulfillid with
ioye and gladnesse.
31 Thanne forsothe
sume of Heliodoris frendis preyeden
anoon Onye, for to inclepe the Hee&yogh;ist,
and for to &yogh;eue lyf to hym, for he was
sette in the last spirit.
32 Sothely the
-- --
hee&yogh;ist prest biholdinge, lest par auenture
the kyng supposide eny malice of Jewis
fully done a&yogh;einus Helyodore, he offride
for helthe of the man an helthful sacrifice.
33 And whan the heeist prest preyede,
the same &yogh;unglyngus, clothid in the
same clothis, stondynge ni&yogh; to Heliodore,
saiden, Do thou thankyngys to Onye,
the prest; for whi for hym the Lord
hath &yogh;ouen lyf to thee;
34 thou sothely,
scourgid of God, telle to alle men the
greete doyngus of God, and power. And
these thingis said, thei apperiden not.
35 Helyodore sothely, a sacrifice offrid to
God, and grete auowis bihi&yogh;te to hym,
that grauntide to hym for to lyue, and
doynge thankyngis to Onye, his oost resceyued,
wente a&yogh;ein to the king.
36 Sothely
he witnesside to alle men the
werkis of grete God, whiche he see&yogh; vnder
his ee&yogh;en.
37 Forsothe whan the kyng
axide Helyodore, who was able &yogh;it oonys
for to be sente to Jerusalem,
38 he saith, &YOGH;if
thou hast eny enmye, or aspier, or traitour,
of thi rewme, sende thider, and
thou shalt resceyue hym betun, &yogh;if netheles
he schal scape; for that in the
place is verrely sum vertu of God.
39 For
whi he that in heuens hath dwellyng, is
visiter and helper of that place; and he
smyteth and leesith men cummynge to
mysdo. Therfore of Heliodore, and kepyng
of the tresorie, thus the thyng hath
hym.
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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