Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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The first Chapter.
A My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne,
and forsake not the lawe
of þi; mother: for that shal brynge
grace vnto thy heade, ∧ shalbe
a cheyne aboute thy necke. noteMy sonne, c&obar;sente
not vnto synners, yf they entyse the, and
saye: come wyth us, let us laye wayte for
bloude, ∧ lurke preuely for the innoc&ebar;t wythout
a cause: note let us swalowe th&ebar; vp like þe; hell,
let us deuoure th&ebar; quycke and whole, as those
that go downe in to the pytt. So shal we
fynde all maner of costly riches, and fyll oure
houses wyth spoyles. Cast in thy lott amonge
us, we shal haue all one purse.
noteMy sonne, walke not thou &wt; them, refrayne
þi; fote fr&obar; their wayes. For their fete r&ubar;ne
to euell, ∧ are haistie to shed bloude.
B But in
vayne is þe; net layed forth before the byrdes
eyes. Yee they th&ebar; selues laye wayte one for
anothers bloude, and one of th&ebar; wolde slaye
another. These are the wayes of all soch
as be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers
life.
noteWy&esset;dome crieth without, ∧ putteth forth
hir voyce in the stretes. She calleth before þe;
congregacion in þe; open gates, and sheweth
hir wordes thorow þe; cite, sayenge: O ye childr&ebar;,
how l&obar;ge wil ye loue childyshnesse? how
longe wil þe; scorners delyte in scornynge, ∧ þe;
vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege? O turne
you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my
mynde vnto you, and make you vnderst&obar;de
my wordes. note
C Seinge then that I haue called,
and ye refused it: I haue stretched out my
honde, and no m&abar; regarded it, but all my co&ubar;cels
haue ye despysed, and set my correcci&obar;s
at naught. Therfore shal I also laugh in
yo&highr; destruccion, and mocke you, when þe; thinge
that ye feare c&obar;meth vpon you: euen wh&ebar;
þe; thinge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly
like a storme, and yo&highr; misery like a tempest:
yee wh&abar; trouble and heuynesse c&obar;meth
vpon you. Then shal they call vp&obar; me, but
I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but
they shal not fynde me: And þt; because they
hated knowlege, and receaued not þe; feare of
þe; LORDE, but abhorred my councell, and
despysed my correccion. Therfore shal they
eate þe; frutes of their owne waye, and be fylled
&wt; their owne councels: for þe; turnynge awaye
of þe; vnwyse shal slaye th&ebar;, ∧ þe; prosperi
of fooles shalbe their owne destrucci&obar;. But
who so harkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely,
and haue ynough without eny feare of
euell. note
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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