CAP. XXXVI.
1 And it was don, in the fourthe &yogh;eer of
Joachym, sone of Josie, kyng of Juda,
this word was maad of the Lord to Jeremye,
and seide,
2 Take thou the volym of
a book, and thou schalt write therynne
alle the wordis, whiche Y spake to thee
a&yogh;ens Israel and Juda, and a&yogh;ens alle
folkis, fro the dai in whiche Y spak to
thee, fro the daies of Josie `til to this dai.
3 If perauenture whanne the hous of Juda
herith alle the yuels whiche Y thenke to
-- --
do to hem, ech man turne a&yogh;en fro his
worste weye, and Y schal be merciful to
the wickidnesse and synne of hem.
4 Therfor
Jeremye clepide Baruk, the sone of
Nerye; and Baruk wroot of the mouth of
Jeremye in the volym of a book alle the
wordis of the Lord, whiche he spak to
hym.
5 And Jeremye comaundide to Baruk,
and seide, Y am closid, and Y may
not entre in to the hous of the Lord.
6 Therfor entre thou, and rede of the book,
in which thou hast write of my mouth
the wordis of the Lord, in hering of the
puple, in the hous of the Lord, in the dai
of fastyng; ferthermore and in heryng of
al Juda, that comen fro her citees, thou
schalt rede to hem;
7 if perauenture the
preier of hem falle in the si&yogh;t of the Lord,
and eche man turne a&yogh;en fro his worste
weie; for whi the strong veniaunce and
indignacioun is greet, which the Lord
spak a&yogh;ens this puple.
8 And Baruk, the
sone of Nerie, dide aftir alle thingis,
which Jeremye, the prophete, comaundide
to hym; and he redde of the book the
wordis of the Lord, in the hous of the
Lord.
9 Forsothe it was doon, in the fyueth
&yogh;eer of Joachym, sone of Josie, kyng
of Juda, in the nynthe monethe, thei
prechiden fastynge in the si&yogh;t of the
Lord, to al the puple in Jerusalem, and
to al the multitude, that cam togidere fro
the citees of Juda in to Jerusalem.
10 And
Baruc redde of the volym the wordis of
Jeremye, in the hous of the Lord, in the
treserie of Gamarie, sone of Saphan,
scryuen, in the hi&yogh;ere porche, in the entring
of the newe &yogh;ate of the hous of the
Lord, in audience of al the puple.
11 And
whanne Mychie, the sone of Gamarie,
sone of Saphan, hadde herd alle the wordis
of the Lord,
12 of the book, he &yogh;ede doun in
to the hous of the kyng, to the treserye
of the scryuen. And lo! alle the princes
saten there, Elisama, the scryuen, and
Dalaie, the sone of Semeye, and Elnathan,
-- --
the sone of Achabor, and Gamarie, the
sone of Saphan, and Sedechie, the sone of
Ananye, and alle princes.
13 And Mychee
telde to hem alle the wordis, whiche he
herde Baruc redynge of the book, in the
eeris of the puple.
14 Therfor alle the
princes senten to Baruc Judi, the sone of
Nathathie, sone of Selemye, sone of Chusi,
and seiden, Take in thin hond the book,
of which thou reddist in audience of the
puple, and come thou. Therfor Baruc,
the sone of Nereie, took the book in his
hoond, and cam to hem.
15 And thei seiden
to hym, Sitte thou, and rede these thingis
in oure eeris; and Baruc redde in the
eeris of hem.
16 Therfor whanne thei hadden
herd alle the wordis, thei wondriden
ech man to his nei&yogh;bore, and thei seiden
to Baruc, Owen we to telle to the kyng
alle these wordis?
17 And thei axiden hym,
and seiden, Schewe thou to vs, hou thou
hast write alle these wordis of his mouth.
18 Forsothe Baruc seide to hem, Of his mouth
he spak, as redynge to me, alle these
wordis; and Y wroot in a book with enke.
19 And alle the princes seiden to Baruc, Go,
be thou hid, thou and Jeremye; and no
man wite where &yogh;e ben.
20 And thei entriden
to the kyng, in to the halle; forsothe
thei bitoken the book to be kept in
to the treserie of Elisame, the scryuen.
And thei telden alle the wordis, in audience
of the kyng.
21 Therfor the kyng sente
Judi, that he schulde take the book.
Which took the book fro the treserie of
Elysame, the scryuen, and redde in audience
of the kyng, and of alle the princes,
that stoden aboute the kyng.
22 Forsothe
the kyng sat in the wyntir hous, in the
nynthe monethe; and a panne ful of coolis
was set bifore hym.
23 And whanne Judi
hadde red thre pagyns, ethir foure, he
kittide it with the knyf of a scryueyn,
and castide in to the fier, `that was in
the panne, til al the book was wastid bi
-- --
the fier, that was on the panne.
24 And
the kyng and alle hise seruauntis, that
herden alle these wordis, dredden not, nethir
to-renten her clothis.
25 Netheles Elnathan,
and Dalaie, and Gamarie a&yogh;enseiden
the kyng, that he schulde not
brenne the book; and he herde not hem.
26 And the kyng comaundide to Jeremyel,
sone of Amalech, and to Saraie, sone of
Esreel, and to Selemye, sone of Abdehel,
that thei schulden take Baruc, the writer,
and Jeremye, the profete; forsothe the
Lord hidde hem.
27 And the word of the
Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete,
aftir that the kyng hadde brent the book
and wordis, whiche Baruc hadde write
of Jeremyes mouth;
28 and he seid, Eft take
thou another book, and write therynne
alle the former wordis, that weren in the
firste book, which Joachym, the kyng of
Juda, brente.
29 And thou schalt seie to
Joachym, kyng of Juda, The Lord seith
these thingis, Thou brentist that book,
and seidist, What hast thou write therynne,
tellynge, The kyng of Babiloyne
schal come hastynge, and schal distrie this
lond, and schal make man and beeste to
ceesse therof?
30 Therfor the Lord seith
these thingis a&yogh;ens Joachym, king of Juda,
Noon schal be of hym, that schal sitte on
the seete of Dauid; and his careyn schal
be cast forth to the heete bi dai, and to
the forst bi ni&yogh;t.
31 And Y schal visite a&yogh;ens
hym, and a&yogh;ens his seed, and a&yogh;ens hise
seruauntis, her wickidnessis. And Y schal
bryng on hem, and on the dwelleris of
Jerusalem, and on the men of Juda, al
the yuel which Y spak to hem, and thei
herden not.
32 Forsothe Jeremye took an
other book, and &yogh;af it to Baruc, the writer,
the sone of Nerie, which wroot therynne
of Jeremyes mouth alle the wordis of the
book, which book Joachym, the kyng of
Juda, hadde brent bi fier; and ferthermore
many mo wordis weren addid than
weren bifore.
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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].
