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| [1]If a prophete risith in the myddis of thee, ethir he that seith hym silf to haue seyn a dreem, and he biforseith a signe and a wondur to comynge aftir, |
[1]All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. |
| [2]and this that he spak bifallith, and he seith to thee, Go we, and sue alien goddis, whiche thou knowist not, and serue we hem, |
[2]If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams—and he give thee a sign or a wonder, |
| [3]thou schalt not here the wordis of that prophete, ether of dremere; for youre Lord God assaieth you, that he wite opynli whether ye louen hym ether nay, in al youre herte, and in al youre soule. |
[3]And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee—saying: 'Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them'; |
| [4]Sue ye youre Lord, and `drede ye hym; kepe ye his comaundementis, and here ye `the vois of hym; ye schulen serue hym, and ye schulen cleue to hym. |
[4]Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams; for 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 your God putteth you to proof, to know whether ye do love 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 your God with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| [5]Forsothe thilke prophete, ether the feynere of dremes, schal be slayn; for he spak that he schulde turne you awei fro youre Lord God, that ladde you out of the lond of Egipt, and ayenbouyte you fro the hous of seruage, that `thilke prophete schulde make thee to erre fro the weie which thi Lord God comaundide to thee; and thou schalt do awey yuel fro the myddis of thee. |
[5]After 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 your God shall ye walk, and Him shall ye fear, and His commandments shall ye keep, and unto His voice shall ye hearken, and Him shall ye serve, and unto Him shall ye cleave. |
| [6]If thi brothir, the sone of thi modir, ether thi sone, ethir thi douyter, ether the wijf which is in thi bosum, ethir thi freend whom thou louest as thi soule, wole counsele thee, and seith priueli, Go we and serue alien goddis, whiche thou knowist not, |
[6]And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spo perversion against 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. |
| [7]and thi fadris, of alle the folkis `in cumpas, that ben niy ether fer, fro the bigynnyng `til to the ende of the lond, |
[7]If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which thou hast not known, thou, nor the fathers; |
| [8]assente thou not to hym, nether here thou, nether thin iyen spare hym, that thou haue mercy, |
[8]Of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; |
| [9]and hide hym, but anoon thou schalt sle hym. Thin hond be fyrst on him and aftir thee al the puple putte to hond. |
[9]Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him; |
| [10]He schal be oppressid with stoonus, and `schal be slayn; for he wolde drawe thee awei fro thi Lord God, that ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage, |
[10]But thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. |
| [11]that al Israel here and drede, and do no more ony thing lijk this thing. |
[11]And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to draw thee away from 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. |
| [12]If thou herist ony men seiynge in oon of thi citees, whiche thi Lord God schal yyue to thee to enhabite, |
[12]And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee. |
| [13]The sones of Belial yeden out fro the myddis of thee, and turneden awei the dwelleris of the citee, and seiden, Go we, and serue alien goddis whiche ye knowen not, |
[13]If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying: |
| [14]enquere thou bisili, and whanne the treuthe of the thing is biholdun diligentli, if thou fyndist that this thing is certeyn, which is seid, and that this abhominacioun is doon in werk, |
[14]'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known'; |
| [15]anoon thou schalt smyte the dwelleris of that citee bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and thou schalt `do it awey, and alle thingis that ben ther ynne, `til to beestis. |
[15]Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee; |
| [16]Also what euer thing of purtenaunce of houshold is, thou schalt gadere in the myddis of the stretis therof, and thou schalt brenne with that citee, so that thou waste alle thingis to thi Lord God, and it be a biriel euerlastynge; it schal no more be bildid. |
[16]Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. |
| [17]And no thing of that cursyng schal cleue in thin hond, that the Lord be turned awei fro the yre of his strong veniaunce, and haue mercy on thee, and multiplie thee, as he swoor to thi fadris. |
[17]And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the broad place thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again. |
| [18]Whanne thou hast herd the vois of thi Lord God, thou schalt kepe alle hise heestis whiche Y comaunde to thee to day, that thou do that that is plesaunt in the siyt of thi Lord God. |
[18]And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand, that 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers; |
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[19]When thou shalt hearken to the voice of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God, to keep all His commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God. |