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. I.
1 In the days of oon iuge, whanne the
iugis weren before in power, there is
maad greet hungre in the erthe; and o
man of Bethlem Juda wente for to pilgrimage
in the regioun of Moabitide,
with his wijf and his two free children.
2 And he was clepid Elemalech, and the
wijf of hym Noemye, and the two sones,
the toon Maalon, and the tother Chelion,
Effratee of Bethlem Juda; and thei goon
into the regioun of Moabitide, dwelliden
there.
3 And Elemalech, the housboond of
Noemie, is deed, and she lafte with the
sones;
4 the whiche token Moabyte wyues,
of whom oon was clepid Orpha, and the
tother Ruth. And thei dwelliden ten &yogh;eer
there,
5 and both been deed, Maalon that
is, and Chelyon; and the womman laft
priued two free children and housboond.
6 And she roos for to goo into the cuntre
with hir either dou&yogh;ter in lawe fro
Moabitis regioun; forsothe she hadde
-- --
herd, that the Lord hadde biholden hir
puple, and hadde &yogh;ouun hem metis.
7 And
so she wente out fro the place of hir pylgrimage
with either dou&yogh;ter in lawe; and
nowe in the weie set of turnynge a&yogh;en
into the loond of Juda,
8 she seide to hem,
Goth in to the hows of &yogh;oure moder; the
Lord do with &yogh;ou mercy, as &yogh;e han do
with the deed, and with me;
9 &yogh;if he to
&yogh;ow to fynde rest in the howses of the
men, `the whiche &yogh;e ben to take. And
she kisside hem.
10 The whiche with arerid
vois bigunne to wepe, and seyn, With
thee we shulen goo to thi puple.
11 To
whom she answerde, Turneth a&yogh;en, my
dou&yogh;tren, whi comen &yogh;e with me? Y
haue no mo sonys in my wombe, that
men of me &yogh;e mowen hope;
12 turneth
a&yogh;en, my Moabitis dou&yogh;tren, and goth;
forsothe nowe I am waastid bi eeld, ne
able to the boond of matrymonye; also
if Y my&yogh;t this ny&yogh;t conceyue, and bere
sones,
13 thou&yogh; &yogh;e wolden abide to the tyme
that thei wexen, and fulfillen the &yogh;eeris
of mannus age, before that &yogh;e wedden &yogh;e
shulen be oold wymmen; wolith not, Y
biseche, my dou&yogh;tren, for &yogh;oure angwish
greuith me more, and the hoond of the
Lord is goon out a&yogh;ens me.
14 Thanne
arerid the voice, eft thei bigunne to
wepe. Orpha kisside her moder in lawe,
and turnede a&yogh;en, Ruth cleuede to hir
moder in lawe.
15 To whom seide Noemye,
Loo! thi cosyn is turned a&yogh;en to hir puple,
and to hir goddis; go thou with hir.
16 The which answerde, Ne contrarye thou
me, that Y forsake thee, and goo a wey;
whidir euere thou gost, I shal goo, and
where thow abidist, and I togidre shal
abyde; thi puple my puple, and thi God
my God;
17 what erthe the takith diynge,
-- --
in it I shal die, and there I shal take
place of biriynge; thes thingis God do
to me, and thes thingis adde, if not oonly
deth me and thee seuere.
18 Seynge thanne
Noemye, that with stedfast inwit Ruth
hadde demed to goo with hir, wold not
contrarye, ne more mouynge the turnynge
a&yogh;en to hyrs.
19 And thei wenten forth
to gidre, and thei camen into Bethlem;
the whiche goon into the cytee, swift loos
anentis alle men wex opyn, and the wymmen
seiden, This is `the ilk Noemy.
20 To
whom she seith, Ne clepe &yogh;e me Noemy,
that is to seye, fayr, but clepith me Mara,
that is, bittir; for with bitternes mych
the Almy&yogh;ti hath fulfillid me.
21 Ful I wente
out, and voyd the Lord hath brou&yogh;t me
a&yogh;en; whi thanne clepe &yogh;e me Noemy,
whom the Lord hath mekyd, and the
Almity hath tourmentid?
22 Thanne cam
Noemy with Ruth Moabite, hir dou&yogh;ter
in lawe, fro the loond of hir pilgrimage,
and is turned a&yogh;en into Bethleem,
whanne first men repiden barly.
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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