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| [1]Sei ye to youre britheren, Thei ben my puple; and to youre sister that hath gete merci, |
[1]Say unto your brethren, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah, |
| [2]Deme ye youre modir, deme ye, for sche is not my wijf, and Y am not hir hosebonde. Do sche awey hir fornicaciouns fro hir face, and hir auowtries fro the myddis of hir brestis; |
[2]Plead with your mother: plead with her: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: but let her take away her fornications out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts. |
| [3]lest perauenture Y spuyle hir nakid, and sette hir nakid bi the dai of hir natyuyte. And Y schal sette hir as a wildirnesse, and Y schal ordeyne hir as a lond with out weie, and Y schal sle hir in thirst. |
[3]Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and leave her like a dry land, and slay her for thirst. |
| [4]And Y schal not haue merci on the sones of hir, for thei ben sones of fornicaciouns; |
[4]And I will have no pity upon her children: for they be the children of fornications. |
| [5]for the modir of hem dide fornicacioun, sche is schent that conseyuede hem, for sche seide, Y schal go after my louyeris that yeuen looues to me, and my watris, and my wolle, and my flex, and myn oile, and my drynke. |
[5]For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them, hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. |
| [6]For this thing lo! Y schal hegge thi weie with thornes, and Y schal hegge it with a wal, and sche schal not fynde hir pathis. |
[6]Therefore behold, I will stoop thy way with thorns, and make an hedge, that she shall not find her paths. |
| [7]And sche schal sue hir louyeris, and schal not take hem, and sche schal seke hem, and schal not fynde; and sche schal seie, Y schal go, and turne ayen to my formere hosebonde, for it was wel to me thanne more than now. |
[7]Though she follow after her lovers, yet shall she not come at them: though she seek them, yet shall she not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband: for at that time was I better than now. |
| [8]And this Jerusalem wiste not, that Y yaf to hir wheete, wyn, and oile; and Y multiplied siluer and gold to hir, whiche thei maden to Baal. |
[8]Now she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they bestowed upon Baal. |
| [9]Therfor Y schal turne, and take my wheete in his tyme, and my wiyn in his tyme; and Y schal delyuere my wolle, and my flex, bi which thei hiliden the schenschipe therof. |
[9]Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax lent, to cover her shame. |
| [10]And now Y schal schewe the foli of hir bifore the iyen of hir louyeris, and a man schal not delyuere hir fro myn hond; |
[10]And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no man shall deliver her out of mine hand. |
| [11]and Y schal make to ceesse al the ioye therof, the solempnyte therof, the neomenye therof, the sabat therof, and alle the feeste tymes therof. |
[11]I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. |
| [12]And Y schal distrie the vyner therof, of whiche sche seide, These ben myn hiris, whiche my louyeris yauen to me; and Y schal sette it in to a forest, and a beeste of the feeld schal ete it. |
[12]And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them as a forest, and the wild beasts shall eat them. |
| [13]And Y schal visite on it the daies of Baalym, in whiche it brente encense, and was ourned with hir eere ryng, and hir broche, and yede after hir louyeris, and foryat me, seith the Lord. |
[13]And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them: and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she followed her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord. |
| [14]For this thing lo! Y schal yyue mylk to it, and Y schal brynge it in to wildirnesse, and Y schal speke to the herte therof. |
[14]Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak friendly unto her. |
| [15]And Y schal yyue to it vyn tilieris therof of the same place, and the valei of Achar, that is, of disturblyng, for to opene hope. And it schal synge there bi the daies of hir yongthe, and bi the daies of hir stiyng fro the lond of Egipt. |
[15]And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for the door of hope, and she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the days when she came up out of the land of Egypt. |
| [16]And it schal be in that dai, seith the Lord, sche schal clepe me Myn hosebonde, and sche schal no more clepe me Baalym; |
[16]And at that day, saith the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali. |
| [17]and Y schal take awei the names of Baalym fro hir mouth, and sche schal no more haue mynde of the name of tho. |
[17]For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall be no more remembered by their names. |
| [18]And Y schal smyte to hem a boond of pees in that dai with the beeste of the feeld, and with the brid of the eir, and with the crepynge beeste of erthe. And Y schal al to-breke bowe, and swerd, and batel fro erthe; and Y schal make hem to slepe tristili. |
[18]And in that day will I make a covenant for them, with the wild beasts, and with the fowls of the heaven, and with that that creepeth upon the earth: and I will break the bow, and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to sleep safely. |
| [19]And Y schal spouse thee to me withouten ende; and Y schal spouse thee to me in riytfulnesse, and in dom, and in merci, and in merciful doyngis. |
[19]And I will marry thee unto me forever: yea, I will marry thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy and in compassion. |
| [20]And Y schal spouse thee to me in feith; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord. |
[20]I will even marry thee unto me in faithfulness, and thou shalt know the Lord. |
| [21]And it schal be, in that dai Y schal here, seith the Lord, and Y schal here heuenes, and tho schulen here the erthe; |
[21]And in that day I will hear, saith the Lord, I will even hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth, |
| [22]and the erthe schal here wheete, and wyn, and oile, and these schulen here Jesrael. |
[22]And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and they shall hear Jezreel. |
| [23]And Y schal sowe it to me in to a lond, and Y schal haue merci on it that was with out merci. |
[23]And I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have mercy upon her, that was not pitied, and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people. And they shall say, Thou art my God. |