Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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CAP. XVI.
1 In the seuententhe &yogh;eer of Phacee, sone
of Romelie, Achaz, the sone of Joathan,
kyng of Juda, regnyde.
2 Achaz was of
twenti &yogh;eer, whanne he bigan to regne,
and he regnyde sixtene &yogh;eer in Jerusalem;
he dide not that, that was plesaunt in the
si&yogh;t of his Lord God, as Dauid, his fadir
dide, but he &yogh;ede in the weie of the kyngis
of Israel.
3 Ferthermore and he halewide
his sone, and bar thorou&yogh; the fier, bi the
idols of hethene men, whiche the Lord
distriede bifore the sones of Israel.
4 And
he offride sacrifices, and brente encense
in hi&yogh; placis, and in hillis, and vndur ech
tree ful of bowis.
5 Thanne Rasyn, kyng
of Sirye, and Phacee, sone of Romelie,
kyng of Israel, stiede in to Jerusalem to
fi&yogh;te; and whanne thei bisegide Achaz,
thei mi&yogh;ten not ouercome hym.
6 In that
tyme Rasyn, kyng of Sirie, restoride Ahila
to Sirie, and castide out Jewis fro Ahila;
and Ydumeis and men of Sirie camen into
Ahila, and dwelliden there til in to this
dai.
7 Forsothe Achaz sente messangeris
to Teglat Phalasar, kyng of Assiriens, and
seide, Y am thi seruaunt and thi sone;
stie thou, and make me saaf fro the hond
of the kyng of Sirie, and fro the hond
of the kyng of Israel, that han rise togidere
a&yogh;ens me.
8 And whanne Achaz hadde gaderide
togidere siluer and gold, that my&yogh;te
be foundun in the hows of the Lord, and
in the tresours of the kyng, he sente &yogh;iftis
to the kyng of Assiriens;
9 whiche assentide
to his wille. Sotheli the kyng of
Asseriens stiede in to Damask, and wastide
-- --
it, and translatide the dwelleris therof
to Sirenen; sotheli he killide Rasyn.
10 And
kyng Achaz &yogh;ede in to metyng to Teglat
Phalasaar, kyng of Assiriens; and whanne
kyng Achaz hadde seyn the auter of Damask,
he sent to Vrie, the preest, the
saumpler and licnesse therof, bi al the
werk therof.
11 And Vrie, the preest, bildide
an auter bi alle thingis whiche king
Achaz hadde comaundid fro Damask, so
dide the preest Vrie, til kyng Achaz cam
fro Damask.
12 And whanne the king cam
fro Damask, he si&yogh; the auter, and worschipide
it; and he stiede, and offride
brent sacrifices, and his sacrifice;
13 and he
offride moist sacrifices, and he schedde
the blood of pesible thingis, which he
hadde offrid on the auter.
14 Forsothe he
dide awei the brasun auter, that was bifor
the Lord, fro the face of the temple, and
fro the place of the auter, and fro the
place of the temple of the Lord; and settide
it on the side of the auter `at the
north.
15 Also kyng Achaz comaundide to
Vrie, the preest, and seide, Offre thou on
the more auter note the brent sacrifice of the
morewtid, and the sacrifice of euentid,
and the brent sacrifice of the king, and
the sacrifice of hym, and the brent sacrifice
of al the puple of the lond, and the
sacrifices of hem, and the moist sacrifices
of hem; and thou schalt schede out on
that al the blood of brent sacrifice, and al
the blood of slayn sacrifice; sotheli the
brasun auter schal be redi at my wille.
16 Therfor Vrie, the preest, dide bi alle
thingis whiche kyng Achaz hadde comaundid
to hym.
17 Forsothe kyng Achaz
took the peyntid foundementis, and the
waischyng vessel, that was aboue, and he
puttide doun the see, that is, the waischung
vessel `for preestis, fro the brasun
oxis, that susteyneden it, and he settide
-- --
on the pawment araied with stoon.
18 Also
he turnede the tresorie of sabat, which
he hadde bildid in the temple, and `he
turnede the entryng of the kyng with
outforth, in to the temple of the Lord for
the kyng note of Assiriens.
19 Forsothe the residue
of wordis of Achaz, and alle thingis
whiche he dide, whether these ben not
writun in the book of wordis of daies of
the kyngis of Juda?
20 And Achaz slepte
with hise fadris, and was biried with hem
in the citee of Dauid; and Ezechie, his
sone, regnede for hym.
Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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