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 Forsothe it was don in tho dayes, a
maundement went out fro Cesar August,
`or noble, that al the world schulde be
discryued.
2 This firste discryuyng was
maad of Cyryne, iustice of Cirye.
3 And
alle men wenten, that thei schulde make
profescioun, `or knowleching, ech by
him self in to his cite.
4 Sothly and Josep
sti&yogh;ede vp fro Galilee, of the cite of
Nazareth, in to Jude, in to a cite of Dauith,
that is clepid Bedleem, for that he
was of the hous and meyne of Dauith,
that he schulde knowleche with Marie,
5
`with child spousid wyf to him.
6 Sothli it
was don, whanne thei weren there, the
dayes weren fulfillid, that she schulde
bere child.
7 And sche childide her firste
born sone, and wlappide him in clothis,
and puttide him in a cracche, for ther
was not place to hym in the comyn stable.
8 And schepherdis weren in the same
cuntre, wakinge and kepinge the watchis
of the ny&yogh;t on her flok.
9 And loo! the
aungel of the Lord stood by sydis hem,
and the clerenesse of God schynede aboute
hem; and thei dredden with greet drede.
10 And the aungel seide to hem, Nyle &yogh;e
drede; lo! sothli I euangelise to &yogh;ou a
grete ioye, that schal be to al peple.
11 For
a sauyour is borun to day to vs, that is
Crist the Lord, in the cite of Dauith.
12 And this a tokene to &yogh;ou; &yogh;e schulen
-- --
fynde a &yogh;ong child wlappid in clothis,
and put in a cracche.
13 And sudenly ther
is maad with the aungel a multitude of
heuenly kny&yogh;thod, heriynge God, and seyinge,
14 Glorie be in the hi&yogh;este thingis to
God, and in erthe pees be to men of good
wille.
15 And it was don, that whanne the
aungelis passiden a wey fro hem in to
heuene, the schepherdis spaken to gidere,
seiynge, Passe we ouer til to Bedleem,
and `se we this word that is maad, the
`whiche the Lorde maad, and schewid to
vs.
16 And thei hy&yogh;inge camen, and founden
Marie and Joseph, and a &yogh;ong child put
in a cracche.
17 Sothli thei seinge, knewen
of the word that was seid to hem of this
child.
18 And alle men that hadden herd
wondriden, and of thes thingis that weren
seide to hem of the schepherdis.
19 Forsoth
Marie kepte alle thes wordis, beringe to
gidere in hir herte.
20 And the schepherdis
turneden a&yogh;en, glorifiynge and heriynge
God in alle thingis that thei hadden herd
and seyn, as it is seyd to hem.
21 And
aftir that ei&yogh;te dayes weren endid, that
the child schulde be circumsidid, his
name was clepid Jhesus, which was
clepid of the aungel, bifore he was conseyued
in wombe.
22 And aftir that the
dayes of purgacioun of Marie weren fulfild,
vp Moyses lawe, thei token him in
to Jerusalem, that thei schulden offre him
to the Lord,
23 as it is writun in the lawe
of the Lord, For ech male kynde openynge
the wombe `to go out, schal be
clepid hooly to the Lord;
24 and that thei
schulen &yogh;yue an offrynge, vp that it is
seid in the lawe of the Lord, A peyre of
turtris, or twey culuere briddis.
25 And
lo! a man was in Jerusalem, to whom the
name Symeon; and this man was iust
-- --
and dredful, abidinge the comfort of Israel;
and the Hooly Gost was in him.
26 And he hadde taken answere of the Hooly
Gost, `that he schal not se deeth, no but
he sai&yogh; first the Crist of the Lord.
27 And
he cam in spirit in to the temple. And
whenne his `fadir and modir ledden in
the child Jhesu, that thei schulden do vp
the custom of lawe for him,
28 and he took
him in to his armes, and he blesside God,
and seide,
29 Lord, now thou leeuyst thi
seruaunt vp thi word in pees;
30 for myn
y&yogh;en han seyn thin helthe,
31 the which
thou hast maad redy bifore the face of
alle peplis;
32 li&yogh;t to the schewing of hethene,
and glorie of thi peple of Israel.
33 And his fadir and his modir weren wondringe
on thes thingis, that weren seid of
him.
34 And Symeon blesside hem, and
seide to Marie, his modir, Lo! this is put
in to the fallinge and in to the rysinge
a&yogh;en of many men in Israel, and in to a
tokene, to whom it schal be a&yogh;einseid.
35 And a swerd schal passe thorw thin owne
soule, that thou&yogh;tis be schewid of manye
hertis.
36 And Anna was a prophetisse, the
dou&yogh;tir of Fanuel, of the lynage of Aser.
And sche hadde gon forth in many dayes,
and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuen
&yogh;eer fro hir maydenhed.
37 And this was a
widowe `til to foure score &yogh;eer and foure;
which departide not fro the temple,
seruynge ny&yogh;t and day to fastingis and
bisechingis.
38 And this in thilke our
aboue comynge, knowlechide to the Lord,
and spak of him to alle that abiden the
redempcioun of Israel.
39 And as thei hadden
perfytli doon alle thingis, by the lawe
of the Lord, thei turnyden a&yogh;en in to
Galilee, in to her citee Nazareth.
40 Sothli
-- --
the child wax, and was coumfortid, ful
of wysdom; and the grace of God was in
him.
41 And `his fadir and modir wenten
by alle &yogh;eeris in to Jerusalem, in the solempne
day of paske.
42 And whanne Jhesus
was maad of twelue &yogh;eeris, hem sti&yogh;ynge
vp in to Jerusalem, by custom
of the feeste day,
43 and the dayes endid,
whanne thei turneden a&yogh;en, the child
dwelte in Jerusalem, and his fadir and
modir knewen not.
44 Forsothe thei gessinge
him to be in the felowschipe,
camen the wey of a day, and sou&yogh;ten
him a mong his cosyns and knowen.
45 And thei not fyndinge, wenten a&yogh;en in to
Jerusalem, sekynge him.
46 And it was
don, aftir the thridde day thei founden
him in the temple, sittinge in the myddil
of doctours, heeringe hem and axinge
hem.
47 Sothli alle men that herden him,
wondriden on the prudence and answeris
of him.
48 And thei seynge wondriden.
And his modir seide to him, Sone, what
hast thou don to vs thus? Lo! thi fadir
and I sorwynge han sou&yogh;t thee.
49 And he
seith to hem, What is it that &yogh;e sou&yogh;ten
me? wisten &yogh;e not, for in tho thingis
that ben `of my fadir, it bihoueth me
to be?
50 And thei vndirstoden not the
word, which he spak to hem.
51 And he
cam doun with hem, and cam to Nazareth,
and was suget to hem. And his
modir kepte to gidere alle thes wordis,
beringe to gidere in hir herte.
52 And Jhesu
profitide in wysdom, age, and grace,
anemptis God and men.
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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