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| [1]And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, |
[1]Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens: |
| [2]that thei take to me the firste fruytis; of ech man that offrith wilfuli, ye schulen take tho. |
[2]Loquere filiis Israël, ut tollant mihi primitias: ab omni homine qui offeret ultroneus, accipietis eas. |
| [3]Forsothe these thingis it ben, whiche ye schulen take, gold, and siluer, and bras, iacynt, |
[3]Hæc sunt autem quæ accipere debeatis: aurum, et argentum, et æs, |
| [4]and purpur, and reed silk twies died, and bijs, heeris of geet, and `skynnes of wetheris maad reed, |
[4]hyacinthum et purpuram, coccumque bis tinctum, et byssum, pilos caprarum, |
| [5]and skynnes of iacynt, |
[5]et pelles arietum rubricatas, pellesque janthinas, et ligna setim: |
| [6]and trees of Sechym, and oile to liytis to be ordeyned, swete smellynge spiceries in to oynement, and encensis of good odour, |
[6]oleum ad luminaria concinnanda: aromata in unguentum, et thymiamata boni odoris: |
| [7]onochym stoonys, and gemmes to ourne ephod, and the racional. |
[7]lapides onychinos, et gemmas ad ornandum ephod, ac rationale. |
| [8]And thei schulen make a seyntuarie to me, and Y schal dwelle in the myddis of hem, bi al the licnesse of the tabernacle, |
[8]Facientque mihi sanctuarium, et habitabo in medio eorum: |
| [9]which Y schal schewe to thee, and of alle the vessels of ournyng therof. |
[9]juxta omnem similitudinem tabernaculi quod ostendam tibi, et omnium vasorum in cultum ejus. Sicque facietis illud: |
| [10]And thus ye schulen make it; ioyne ye to gidere an arke of the trees of Sechym, whos lengthe haue twey cubitis and an half, the broodnesse haue a cubit and half, the hiynesse haue `in lijk maner a cubit and half. |
[10]arcam de lignis setim compingite, cujus longitudo habeat duos et semis cubitos: latitudo, cubitum et dimidium: altitudo, cubitum similiter ac semissem. |
| [11]And thou schalt ouergilde it with clenneste gold with ynne and with out forth; and thou schalt make a goldun crowne aboue `bi cumpas, |
[11]Et deaurabis eam auro mundissimo intus et foris: faciesque supra, coronam auream per circuitum: |
| [12]and foure goldun cerclis, whiche thou schalt sette bi foure corneris of the arke; twei ceerclis be in o syde, and twei cerclis in the tother side. |
[12]et quatuor circulos aureos, quos pones per quatuor arcæ angulos: duo circuli sint in latere uno, et duo in altero. |
| [13]Also thou schalt make barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt hile tho with gold, |
[13]Facies quoque vectes de lignis setim, et operies eos auro. |
| [14]and thou schalt brynge yn bi the cerclis that ben in the sidis of the arke, |
[14]Inducesque per circulos qui sunt in arcæ lateribus, ut portetur in eis: |
| [15]that it be borun in tho, whiche schulen euere be in the ceerclis, nether schulen ony tyme be drawun out of thoo. |
[15]qui semper erunt in circulis, nec umquam extrahentur ab eis. |
| [16]And thou schalt putte in to the arke the witnessing, which Y schal yyue to thee. |
[16]Ponesque in arca testificationem quam dabo tibi. |
| [17]And thou schalt make a propiciatorie of clenneste gold; `that is a table hilinge the arke; the lengthe therof schal holde twei cubitis and an half, the broodnesse schal holde a cubit and half. |
[17]Facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo: duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo ejus, et cubitum ac semissem latitudo. |
| [18]Also thou schalt make on euer eithir side of `Goddis answeryng place twei cherubyns of gold, and betun out with hamer; |
[18]Duos quoque cherubim aureos et productiles facies, ex utraque parte oraculi. |
| [19]o cherub be in o syde of `Goddis answeryng place, and the tother in the tother side; |
[19]Cherub unus sit in latere uno, et alter in altero. |
| [20]hele thei euer either side of the propiciatorie, and holde thei forth wyngis, and hile thei `Goddis answeryng place; and biholde thei hem silf to gidere, while the faces ben turned in to the propiciatorie, with which the arke of the Lord schal be hilid, |
[20]Utrumque latus propitiatorii tegant expandentes alas, et operientes oraculum, respiciantque se mutuo versis vultibus in propitiatorium quo operienda est arca, |
| [21]in which arke thou schalt putte the `witnessyng, which Y schal yyue to thee. |
[21]in qua pones testimonium quod dabo tibi. |
| [22]Fro thennus Y schal comaunde, and schal speke to thee aboue the propiciatorie, that is, fro the myddis of twei cherubyns, that schulen be on the arke of witnessyng, alle thingis whiche Y schal comaunde `bi thee to the sones of Israel. |
[22]Inde præcipiam, et loquar ad te supra propitiatorium, ac de medio duorum cherubim, qui erunt super arcam testimonii, cuncta quæ mandabo per te filiis Israël. |
| [23]Also thou schalt make a boord of the trees of Sechym, hauinge twei cubitis of lengthe, and a cubit in broodnesse, and a cubit and half in hiyenesse. |
[23]Facies et mensam de lignis setim, habentem duos cubitos longitudinis, et in latitudine cubitum, et in altitudine cubitum et semissem. |
| [24]And thou schalt ouergilde the bord with purest gold, and thou schalt make to it a goldun brynke `bi cumpas; |
[24]Et inaurabis eam auro purissimo: faciesque illi labium aureum per circuitum, |
| [25]and `thou schalt make to that brynke a coroun rasid bitwixe foure fyngris hiy, and `thou schalt make on that another lytil goldun coroun. |
[25]et ipsi labio coronam interrasilem altam quatuor digitis: et super illam, alteram coronam aureolam. |
| [26]And thou schalt make redi foure goldun cerclis, and thou schalt put thoo in foure corners of the same boord, bi alle feet. |
[26]Quatuor quoque circulos aureos præparabis, et pones eis in quatuor angulis ejusdem mensæ per singulos pedes. |
| [27]Vndur the coroun schulen be goldun cerclis, that the barris be put thorou tho, and that the boord may be borun. |
[27]Subter coronam erunt circuli aurei, ut mittantur vectes per eos, et possit mensa portari. |
| [28]Thou schalt make tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt cumpas with gold to bere the boord. |
[28]Ipsos quoque vectes facies de lignis setim, et circumdabis auro ad subvehendam mensam. |
| [29]And thou schalt make redi vessels of vynegre, and viols, cenceris, and cuppis of pureste gold, in whiche fletynge sacrifices schulen be offrid. |
[29]Parabis et acetabula, ac phialas, thuribula, et cyathos, in quibus offerenda sunt libamina, ex auro purissimo. |
| [30]And thou schalt sette on the boord looues of proposicioun, in my siyt euere. |
[30]Et pones super mensam panes propositionis in conspectu meo semper. |
| [31]And thou schalt make a candilstike `betun forth with hamer, of clenneste gold, and thou schalt make the schaft therof, and yerdis, cuppis, and litle rundelis, and lilies comynge forth therof. |
[31]Facies et candelabrum ductile de auro mundissimo, hastile ejus, et calamos, scyphos, et sphærulas, ac lilia ex ipso procedentia. |
| [32]Sixe yerdis schulen go out of the sidis, thre of o side, and thre of the tother. |
[32]Sex calami egredientur de lateribus, tres ex uno latere, et tres ex altero. |
| [33]Thre cuppis as in the maner of a note bi ech yerde, and litle rundelis to gidere, and a lilie, and in lijk maner thre cuppis at the licnesse of a note in the tother, and litle rundelis togidere, and a lilie; this schal be the werk of sixe yerdis, that schulen be brouyt forth of the schaft. |
[33]Tres scyphi quasi in nucis modum per calamos singulos, sphærulaque simul, et lilium: et tres similiter scyphi instar nucis in calamo altero, sphærulaque simul et lilium. Hoc erit opus sex calamorum, qui producendi sunt de hastili: |
| [34]Forsothe in thilke candilstik e schulen be foure cuppis in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies by ech cuppe; |
[34]in ipso autem candelabro erunt quatuor scyphi in nucis modum, sphærulæque per singulos, et lilia. |
| [35]and litle rundelis schulen be vndir twey yerdis bi thre places, whiche yerdis to gidere ben maad sixe, comynge forth of o schaft; and therfor the litle rundelis and yerdis |
[35]Sphærulæ sub duobus calamis per tria loca, qui simul sex fiunt procedentes de hastili uno. |
| [36]therof schulen be alle betun out with hamer, of clenneste gold. |
[36]Et sphærulæ igitur et calami ex ipso erunt, universa ductilia de auro purissimo. |
| [37]And thou schalt make seuene lanternes, and thou schalt sette tho on the candilstike, that tho schyne euene ayens. |
[37]Facies et lucernas septem, et pones eas super candelabrum, ut luceant ex adverso. |
| [38]Also tongis to `do out the snottis, and where tho thingis, that ben snottid out, ben quenchid, be maad of clenneste gold. |
[38]Emunctoria quoque, et ubi quæ emuncta sunt extinguantur, fiant de auro purissimo. |
| [39]Al the weiyt of the candilstike with alle hise vesselis schal haue a talent of clennest gold. |
[39]Omne pondus candelabri cum universis vasis suis habebit talentum auri purissimi. |
| [40]Biholde thou, and make bi the saumpler, which ys schewide to thee in the hil. |
[40]Inspice, et fac secundum exemplar quod tibi in monte monstratum est. |