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. VII.
1 Forsothe the sones of Israel braken `the
comaundement, and mystoken of the
halewid thing; for Achar, the son of
-- --
Charmy, sone of Zabdi, sone of Zare, of
the lynage of Juda, toke sum thing of
the halewid thing; and the Lord was
wrooth a&yogh;ens the sones of Israel.
2 And
whanne Josue sente men fro Jerico a&yogh;ens
Hai, which is bisidis Bethauen, at the
eest coost of the citee Bethel, he seide to
hem, Stie &yogh;e, and aspie &yogh;e the lond.
Whiche filliden `the comaundementis,
and aspieden Hay;
3 and thei turneden
a&yogh;en, and seiden to hym, `Not al the puple
stie, but twey ether thre thousynde
of men go, and do awei the citee; whi
schal al the puple be trauelid in veyn
a&yogh;ens feweste enemyes?
4 Therfor thre
thousynde of fi&yogh;teris stieden, whiche
turneden the backis anoon,
5 and weren
smytun of the men of Hay; and sixe and
thretti men of hem `felden doun; and
aduersaries pursueden hem fro the &yogh;ate
til to Saberym; and thei felden doun
fleynge bi lowe places. And the herte of
the puple dredde, and was maad vnstidefast
at the licnesse of watir.
6 Sotheli
Josue torente hise clothis, and felde lowe
to the erthe bifor the arke of the Lord,
`til to euentid, as wel he, as alle the elde
men of Israel; and thei castiden powdir
on her heedis.
7 And Josue seide, Alas!
alas! Lord God, what woldist thou lede
this puple ouer the flood Jordan, that thou
schuldist bitake vs in the hond of Ammorrey,
and schulde leese vs? Y wolde,
that as we bygunnen, we hadden dwellid
bi&yogh;ondis Jordan.
8 My Lord God, what
schal Y seie, seynge Israel turnynge the
backis to hise enemyes?
9 Cananeys, and
alle dwelleris of the lond schulen here,
and thei schulen be gaderid togidere, and
schulen cumpas vs, and schulen do awei
oure name fro erthe; and what schalt
thou do to thi grete name?
10 And the Lord
-- --
seide to Josue, Rise thou; whi liggist
thou low in the erthe?
11 Israel synnede,
and brak my couenaunt; and thei token
of the halewid thing, and thei han stole,
and lieden, and hidden among her vessels.
12 And Israel may not stonde bifore hise
enemyes, and Israel schal fle hem, for it
is defoulid with cursyng; Y schal no more
be with &yogh;ou, til &yogh;e al to breke hym which
is gilti of this trespas.
13 Rise thou, halewe
the puple, and seie thou to hem, Be &yogh;e halewid
a&yogh;ens to morewe; for the Lord God
of Israel seith these thingis, A! Israel!
cursyng is in the myddis of thee; thou
schalt not mowe stonde bifor thin enemyes,
til he that is defoulyd bi this trespas, be
doon awei fro thee.
14 And &yogh;e schulen come
eerli, alle men bi &yogh;oure lynagis; and whateuer
lynage the lot schal fynde, it schal
come bi hise meynees; and the meynee
schal come bi housis, and the hous schal
come bi men.
15 And whoeuer schal be takun
with this trespas, he schal be brent bi
fier with al his catel, for he brak the couenaunt
of the Lord, and dide vnleueful
thing in Israel.
16 Therfor Josue roos eerly,
and settide in ordre Israel, bi hise lynagis;
and the lynage of Juda was
foundun;
17 and whanne that lynage was
brou&yogh;t forth bi hise meynees, the meyne
of Zare was foundun. And Josue brou&yogh;te
forth it bi men, ethir housis, and foond
Zabdi;
18 whos hows he departide in to
alle men bi hemsilf; and he foond Achar,
the sone of Charmy, sone of Zabdi, sone
of Zare, of the lynage of Juda.
19 And he
seide to Achar, My sone, &yogh;yue thou glorie
to the Lord God of Israel, and knowleche
thou, and schew to me what thou hast do;
hide thou not.
20 And Achar answeryde to
Josue, and seide to hym, Verily, Y synnede
bifor the Lord God of Israel, and
-- --
Y dide `so and so;
21 for among the spuylis
Y si&yogh; a reed mentil ful good, and two hundrid
siclis of siluer, and a goldun reule of
fifti siclis; and Y coueytide, and took
awei, and hidde in the erthe, a&yogh;ens the
myddis of my tabernacle; and Y hilide
the siluer with erthe doluun.
22 Therfor
Josue sente mynystris, whyche runnen to
his tabernacle, and foundun alle thingis
hid in the same place, and the siluer togidere;
and thei token awei fro the tente,
23
and brou&yogh;ten `tho thingis to Josue, and
to alle the sones of Israel; and thei castiden
forth bifor the Lord.
24 Therfor Josue
took Achar, the sone of Zare, and the
siluer, and the mentil, and the goldun
reule, and hise sones, and dou&yogh;tris, oxun,
assis, and scheep, and the tabernacle `it
silf, and al the purtenaunce of household,
and al Israel with Josue; and thei ledden
hem to the valei of Achar;
25 where Josue
seide, For thou disturblidist vs, the Lord
schal disturble thee in this dai. And al
Israel stonyde hym note; and alle thingis that
weren hise, weren wastid bi fier.
26 And thei
gaderiden on hym a greet heep of stoonys,
whiche dwellen til in to present day.
And the strong veniaunce of the Lord was
turned awei fro hem; and the name of
that place was clepid the valey of Achar
`til to day.
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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