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| [1]Be ye the sones of youre Lord God; ye schulen not kitte you, nether ye schulen make ballidnesse, |
[1]Ye are the childre of the Lord your God: Ye shall not cut your selues, nor make you any baldnes betwene your eyes for ye dead man |
| [2]on a deed man, for thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkis that ben on erthe. |
[2]For thou art an holye people vnto the Lorde thy God, and the Lorde hath chosen thee to be a seuerall people vnto hym selfe, aboue all the nations that are vpon the earth |
| [3]Ete ye not tho thingis that ben vncleene. |
[3]Thou shalt eate no maner of abhomination |
| [4]This is a beeste which ye schulen ete; an oxe, and a scheep, and a goet, an hert, |
[4]These are the beastes which ye shall eate of, Oxen, Sheepe, and Goates |
| [5]a capret, a `wielde oxe, tregelafun, `that is, a beeste in parti lijk `a buk of geet, and in parti liik an hert, a figarde, an ostrich, a camelioun, `that is, a beeste lijk in the heed to a camel, and hath white spottis in the bodi as a parde, and `is lijk an hors in the necke, and in the feet is lijc a `wilde oxe, and a parde. |
[5]Roe, Bucke, and Bugle, wilde Goate, Unicorne, wylde Oxen and Camoise |
| [6]Ye schulen ete ech beeste that departith the clee `in to twei partis, and chewith code. |
[6]And all beastes that cleaue the hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and chewe the cud, them ye shall eate |
| [7]Sotheli ye schulen not ete these beestis, of these that chewen code, and departen not the clee; a camel, an hare, and a cirogrille, `that is, a beeste ful of prickis, and is more than an irchoun; for tho chewen code, and departen not the clee, tho schulen be vncleene to you; |
[7]Neuerthelesse, these ye shall not eate of them that chewe cud & of them that deuide and cleaue the hoofe only, the Camel, the Hare, and the Conie: for they chewe the cud, but deuide not the hoofe: therfore they are vncleane vnto you |
| [8]also a swyn, for it departith the clee, and chewith not code, schal be vncleene; ye schulen not ete the fleischis of tho, and ye schulen not touche the deed bodies. |
[8]And also the Swine, though he deuide the hoofe, yet he cheweth not cud, therefore is he vncleane vnto you: ye shall not eate of the fleshe of suche, nor touche the dead carkasse of them |
| [9]Ye schulen ete these thingis, of alle that dwellen in watris; ete ye tho thingis that han fynnes and scalis; |
[9]These ye shall eate of all that are in the waters: All that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate |
| [10]ete ye not tho thingis that ben with out fynnes and scalis, for tho ben vncleene. |
[10]And whatsoeuer hath not finnes and scales, of that ye may not eate, but it is vncleane vnto you |
| [11]Ete ye alle clene briddis; |
[11]Of all cleane byrdes ye shall eate |
| [12]ete ye not vncleene briddis, that is, an egle, and a gripe, |
[12]But these are they of whiche ye shall not eate: the Egle, the Goshauke, and the Ospray |
| [13]and an aliete, ixon, `that is, a whijt brid lesse than a vultur, and is of the `kynde of vultris, and a vultur, and a kite bi his kynde, |
[13]The Glede, the Kite, and the Uulture after their kinde |
| [14]and al thing of rauenys kynde, |
[14]And all kinde of Rauens |
| [15]and a strucioun, and a nyyt crowe, and a lare, |
[15]The Estritch, the Nightcrowe, the Cockowe, and the Sparowehauke after their kinde |
| [16]and an hauk bi his kynde, a fawcun, |
[16]The litle Owle, the great Owle, nor the Redshanke |
| [17]and a swan, and a siconye, and a dippere, a pursirioun, and a reremous, a cormeraunt, |
[17]The Pellicane, the Swanne, nor the Cormorant |
| [18]and a caladrie, alle in her kynde; also a lapwynke and a backe. |
[18]The Storke, the Heron in his kinde, the Lapwing, the Backe |
| [19]And al thing that crepith, and hath fynnes, schal be vncleene, and schal not be etun. |
[19]And let euery creeping thing that fleeth, be vncleane vnto you, and not be eaten of |
| [20]Ete ye al thing that is cleene; sotheli what euer thing is deed bi it silf, ete ye not therof. |
[20]But of all cleane foules ye may eate |
| [21]Yyue thou to the pilgrym which is with ynne thi yatis, that he ete, ether sille thou to hym, for thou art the hooli puple of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not sethe a kyde in `the mylk of his modir. |
[21]Ye shall eate of nothyng that dyeth alone: But thou shalt geue it vnto the straunger that is in thy citie, that he eate it, or thou mayest sell it vnto a straunger: For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milke |
| [22]Thou schalt departe the tenthe part of alle thi fruytis that comen forth in the lond bi ech yeer; |
[22]Thou shalt tythe all the increase of thy seede, that the fielde bringeth foorth yere by yere |
| [23]and thou schal ete in the siyt of thi Lord God, in the place which he chees, that his name be clepid therynne; thou schalt offre the tithe of thi wheete, wyn, and oile, and the firste gendryd thingis of thi droues, and scheep, that thou lerne to drede thi Lord God in al tyme. |
[23]And thou shalt eate before the Lorde thy God, in the place whiche he hath chosen & where he hath put his name, the tithe of thy corne, and of thy wine, and of thyne oyle, and the first borne of thy kine, and of thy sheepe: that thou mayest learne to feare the Lorde thy God alwayes |
| [24]Sotheli whanne the wei is lengere, and the place which thi Lord God chees is fer, and he hath blessid thee, and thou maist not bere alle these thingis to that place, |
[24]If the way be to long for thee, so that thou art not able to carie it, and if the place be farre from thee, whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to set his name there, and the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee |
| [25]thou schalt sille alle thingis, and schalt turne in to prijs, and thou schalt bere in thin hond, and thou schalt go to the place which thi Lord God chees; |
[25]Then shalt thou make it in money, and take the money in thine hande, and go vnto the place which the Lorde thy God shall chose |
| [26]and thou schalt bie of the same money what euer thing plesith to thee, ethir of droues, ether of scheep; also thou schalt bie wyn, and sidur, and al thing that thi soule desirith; and thou schalt ete bifor thi Lord God, and thou schalt make feeste, |
[26]And thou shalt bestowe that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after, for oxen and sheepe, wine and strong drinke, and for whatsoeuer thy soule desireth: and thou shalt eate there before the Lorde thy God, and be merie, both thou and thyne housholde |
| [27]thou, and thin hows, and the dekene which is withynne thi yatis; be thou war lest thou forsake hym, for he hath not other part in possessioun. |
[27]And the Leuite that is within thy gates, shalt thou not forsake, for he hath neither part nor inheritaunce with thee |
| [28]In the thridde yeer thou schalt departe another dyme of alle thingis that growen to thee in that yeer, and thou schalt kepe withynne thi yatis. |
[28]At the ende of three yeres thou shalt bryng foorth all the tythes of thyne encrease the same yere, and lay it vp within thyne owne gates |
| [29]And the dekene schal come, whych hath noon other part nether possessioun with thee, and the pilgrym, and the fadirles, ether modirles child, and widue, that ben withynne thi yatis, `schulen come, and schulen ete, and be fillid, that thi Lord God blesse thee, in alle werkis of thin hondis whiche thou schalt do. |
[29]And the Leuite whiche hath no part nor inheritaunce with thee, shal come, and the straunger, the fatherlesse, & the widowe whiche are within thy gates shall eate and be filled, that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in al ye workes of thyne hande whiche thou doest |