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Wycliffe's English Translation (1388)
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The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]A trumpe be in thi throte, as an egle on the hous of the Lord; for that that thei yeden ouer my boond of pees, and braken my lawe. [No book]
[2]Thei clepiden me to helpe, A! my God, we Israel han knowe thee. [No book]
[3]Israel hath cast awei good, the enemye schal pursue hym. [No book]
[4]Thei regnyden, and not of me; thei weren princes, and Y knew not. Thei maden her gold and siluer idols to hem, that thei schulden perische. [No book]
[5]A! Samarie, thi calf is cast awei; my strong veniaunce is wrooth ayens hem. Hou long moun thei not be clensid? [No book]
[6]for also it is of Israel. A crafti man made it, and it is not god; for the calf of Samarie schal be in to webbis of ireyns. [No book]
[7]For thei schulen sowe wynd, and thei schulen repe whirlewynd. A stalke stondynge is not in hem, the seed schal not make mele; that if also it makith mele, aliens schulen ete it. [No book]
[8]Israel is deuouryd; now Israel is maad as an vnclene vessel among naciouns, [No book]
[9]for thei stieden to Assur. Effraym is a wielde asse, solitarie to hym silf. Thei yauen yiftis to louyeris; [No book]
[10]but also with meede thei hiriden naciouns. Now Y schal gadere hem togidere, and thei schulen reste a litil fro birthun of the kyng and of princes. [No book]
[11]For Efraym multipliede auteris to do synne, auteris weren maad to hym in to trespas. [No book]
[12]Y schal write to hem my many fold lawis, that ben arettid as alien lawis. [No book]
[13]Thei schulen brynge sacrifices, thei shulen offre, and ete fleischis; and the Lord schal not resseyue tho. Now he schal haue mynde on the wickidnessis of hem, and he schal visite the synnes of hem; thei schulen turne in to Egipt. [No book]
[14]And Israel foryat his makere, and bildide templis to idols, and Judas multipliede stronge citees; and Y schal sende fier in to the citees of hym, and it schal deuoure the housis of hym. [No book]
Author: John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384)
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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