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| [1]In that tyme the Lord seide to me, Hewe thou twei tablis of stoon to thee, as the formere weren; and stie thou to me `in to the hil. And thou schalt make an arke, |
[1]In the same time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood, |
| [2]`ether a cofere, of tree, and Y schal write in the tablis, the wordis that weren in these tablis whiche thou brakist bifore; and thou schalt putte tho tablis in to the arke. |
[2]And I will write upon the tables the words that were upon the first tables, which thou breakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. |
| [3]Therfor Y made an ark of the trees of Sechim, and whanne Y hadde hewe twei tablis of stoon, at the licnesse of the formere tablis, Y stiede in to the hil, and hadde the tablis in the hondis. |
[3]And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mountain, and the two tables in mine hand. |
| [4]And he wroot in the tablis, bi that that he `hadde writun bifore, ten wordis, whiche the Lord spak to you in the hil, fro the myddis of the fyer, whanne the puple was gaderid, and he yaf the tablis to me. |
[4]Then he wrote upon the tables according to the first writing (the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly) and the Lord gave them unto me. |
| [5]And Y turnide ayen fro the hil, and cam doun, and puttide the tablis in to the arke which Y hadde maad, `whiche tablis ben there hidur to, as the Lord comaundide to me. |
[5]And I departed, and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made: and there they be, as the Lord commanded me. |
| [6]Forsothe the sones of Israel moueden tentis fro Beroth of the sones of Jachan in to Mosera, where Aaron was deed, and biried, for whom his sone Eleazar was set in preesthod. |
[6]And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera, where Aaron died, and was buried, and Eleazar his son became priest in his stead. |
| [7]Fro thennus thei camen in to Galgad; fro which place thei yeden forth, and settiden tentis in Jehabatha, in the lond of watris and of strondis. |
[7]From thence they departed unto Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbath a land of running waters. |
| [8]In that tyme Y departide the lynage of Leuy, that it schulde bere the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, and schulde stonde bifor hym in seruyce, and schulde blesse in his name til in to present dai. |
[8]The same time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name unto this day. |
| [9]For which thing Leuy hadde not part, nether possession with hise brithren, for the Lord hym silf is his possessioun, as thi Lord God bihiyte to hym. |
[9]Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren: for the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord thy God hath promised him. |
| [10]Forsothe Y stood in the hil as bifore, fourti daies and fourti niytis, and the Lord herde me also in this tyme, and nolde leese thee. |
[10]And I tarried in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord heard me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee. |
| [11]And he seide to me, Go thou, and go bifor this puple, that it entre, and welde the lond which Y swoor to her fadris, that Y schulde yeue to hem. |
[11]But the Lord said unto me, Arise, go forth in the journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swear unto their fathers to give unto them. |
| [12]And now, Israel, what axith thi Lord God of thee, no but that thou drede thi Lord, and go in hise weies, and that thou loue hym, and serue thi Lord God in al thin herte, and in al thi soule; |
[12]And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul? |
| [13]and that thou kepe the comaundementis of thi Lord God, and the cerymonyes of hym, whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai, that it be wel to thee. |
[13]That thou keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, for thy wealth? |
| [14]Lo! heuene is of thi Lord God, and heuene of heuene; the erthe and alle thingis that ben ther ynne ben hise; |
[14]Behold, heaven, and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is. |
| [15]and netheles the Lord was glued to thi fadris, and louede hem, and he chees her seed after hem, and you of alle folkis, as it is preued to dai. |
[15]Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delight in thy fathers to love them, and did choose their seed after them, even you above all people, as appeareth this day. |
| [16]Therfor circumcide ye the prepucie, `ethir vnclennesse, of youre herte, and no more make ye harde youre nol. |
[16]Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and harden your necks no more. |
| [17]For youre Lord God hym silf is God of goddis, and Lord of lordis, `God greet, and miyti, and feerdful, which takith not persoone, nether yiftis. |
[17]For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty and terrible, which accepteth no persons nor taketh reward: |
| [18]He makith doom to the fadirles, and modirles, and to the widewe; he loueth a pilgrym, and yyueth to hym lyiflode and clothing. |
[18]Who doeth right unto the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, giving him food and raiment. |
| [19]And therfor `loue ye pilgryms, for also ye weren comelyngis in the lond of Egipt. |
[19]Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. |
| [20]Thou schalt drede thi Lord God, and thou schalt serue hym aloone, and thou schalt cleue to hym, and thou schalt swere in his name. |
[20]Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: thou shalt serve him, and thou shalt cleave unto him, and shalt swear by his name. |
| [21]He is thi preisyng, and thi God, that made to thee these grete dedis, and ferdful, whiche thin iyen siyen. |
[21]He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. |
| [22]In seuenti men thi fadris yeden doun in to Egipt, and lo! now thi Lord God hath multiplied thee as the sterris of heuene. |
[22]Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as the stars of the heaven in multitude. |