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| [1]Thou virgyn, the douytir Babiloyne, go doun, sitte thou in dust, sitte thou in erthe; a kyngis seete is not to the douyter of Caldeis, for thou schalt no more be clepid soft and tendir. |
[1]Come downH3381[H8798], and sitH3427[H8798] in the dustH6083, O virginH1330 daughterH1323 of BabylonH894, sitH3427[H8798] on the groundH776: there is no throneH3678, O daughterH1323 of the ChaldeansH3778: for thou shalt no moreH3254[H8686] be calledH7121[H8799] tenderH7390 and delicateH6028. |
| [2]Take thou a queerne stoon, and grynde thou mele; make thou nakid thi filthe, diskeuere the schuldur, schewe the hippis, passe thou floodis. |
[2]TakeH3947[H8798] the millstonesH7347, and grindH2912[H8798] mealH7058: uncoverH1540[H8761] thy locksH6777, make bareH2834[H8798] the legH7640, uncoverH1540[H8761] the thighH7785, pass overH5674[H8798] the riversH5104. |
| [3]Thi schame schal be schewid, and thi schenschipe schal be seen; Y schal take veniaunce, and no man schal ayenstonde me. |
[3]Thy nakednessH6172 shall be uncoveredH1540[H8735], yea, thy shameH2781 shall be seenH7200[H8735]: I will takeH3947[H8799] vengeanceH5359, and I will not meetH6293[H8799] thee as a manH120. |
| [4]Oure ayen biere, the Lord of oostis is his name, the hooli of Israel. |
[4]As for our redeemerH1350[H8802], the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 is his nameH8034, the Holy OneH6918 of IsraelH3478. |
| [5]Douyter of Caldeis, sitte thou, be thou stille, and entre in to derknessis, for thou schalt no more be clepid the ladi of rewmes. |
[5]SitH3427[H8798] thou silentH1748, and getH935[H8798] thee into darknessH2822, O daughterH1323 of the ChaldeansH3778: for thou shalt no moreH3254[H8686] be calledH7121[H8799], The ladyH1404 of kingdomsH4467. |
| [6]I was wrooth on my puple, Y defoulid myn eritage, and Y yaf hem in thin hond, and thou settidist not mercies to hem; thou madist greuouse the yok greetli on an eld man, |
[6]I was wrothH7107[H8804] with my peopleH5971, I have pollutedH2490[H8765] mine inheritanceH5159, and givenH5414[H8799] them into thine handH3027: thou didst shewH7760[H8804] them no mercyH7356; upon the ancientH2205 hast thou veryH3966 heavilyH3513[H8689] laid thy yokeH5923. |
| [7]and thou seidist, With outen ende Y schal be ladi; thou puttidist not these thingis on thin herte, nether thou bithouytist on thi laste thing. |
[7]And thou saidstH559[H8799], I shall be a ladyH1404 for everH5769: so that thou didst not layH7760[H8804] these things to thy heartH3820, neither didst rememberH2142[H8804] the latter end of itH319. |
| [8]And now, thou delicat, and dwellynge tristili, here these thingis, which seist in thin herte, Y am, and outakun me ther is no more; Y schal not sitte widewe, and Y schal not knowe bareynesse. |
[8]Therefore hearH8085[H8798] now this, thou that art given to pleasuresH5719, that dwellestH3427[H8802] carelesslyH983, that sayestH559[H8802] in thine heartH3824, I am, and none elseH657 beside me; I shall not sitH3427[H8799] as a widowH490, neither shall I knowH3045[H8799] the loss of childrenH7908: |
| [9]These twei thingis, bareynesse and widewhod schulen come to thee sudenli in o dai; alle thingis camen on thee for the multitude of thi witchecraftis, and for the greet hardnesse of thin enchauntours, ether tregetours. |
[9]But these twoH8147 things shall comeH935[H8799] to thee in a momentH7281 in oneH259 dayH3117, the loss of childrenH7908, and widowhoodH489: they shall comeH935[H8804] upon thee in their perfectionH8537 for the multitudeH7230 of thy sorceriesH3785, and for the greatH3966 abundanceH6109 of thine enchantmentsH2267. |
| [10]And thou haddist trist in thi malice, and seidist, Noon is that seeth me; this thi wisdom and thi kunnyng disseyuede thee; and thou seidist in thin herte, |
[10]For thou hast trustedH982[H8799] in thy wickednessH7451: thou hast saidH559[H8804], None seethH7200[H8802] me. Thy wisdomH2451 and thy knowledgeH1847, it hath pervertedH7725[H8790] thee; and thou hast saidH559[H8799] in thine heartH3820, I am, and none else beside meH657. |
| [11]Y am, and outakun me ther is noon other. Yuel schal come on thee, and thou schalt not knowe the bigynning therof; and wrecchidnesse schal falle on thee, which thou schalt not mowe clense; wretchidnesse which thou knowist not, schal come on thee sudenly. |
[11]Therefore shall evilH7451 comeH935[H8804] upon thee; thou shalt not knowH3045[H8799] from whence it risethH7837: and mischiefH1943 shall fallH5307[H8799] upon thee; thou shalt not be ableH3201[H8799] to put it offH3722[H8763]: and desolationH7722 shall comeH935[H8799] upon thee suddenlyH6597, which thou shalt not knowH3045.[H8799] |
| [12]Stonde thou with thin enchauntours, and with the multitude of thi witchis, in whiche thou trauelidist fro thi yongthe; if in hap thei profiten ony thing to thee, ether if thou maist be maad the strongere. |
[12]StandH5975[H8798] now with thine enchantmentsH2267, and with the multitudeH7230 of thy sorceriesH3785, whereinH834 thou hast labouredH3021[H8804] from thy youthH5271; if so be thou shalt be ableH3201[H8799] to profitH3276[H8687], if so be thou mayest prevailH6206.[H8799] |
| [13]Thou failidist in the multitude of thi councels; the false dyuynours of heuene stonde, and saue thee, whiche bihelden staris, and noumbriden monethis, that thei schulden telle bi tho thingis to comynge to thee. |
[13]Thou art weariedH3811[H8738] in the multitudeH7230 of thy counselsH6098. Let now the astrologersH1895[H8802][H8064], the stargazersH2374[H3556], the monthlyH2320 prognosticatorsH3045[H8688], stand upH5975[H8799], and saveH3467[H8686] thee from these things that shall comeH935 upon theeH8799. |
| [14]Lo! thei ben maad as stobil, the fier hath brent hem; thei schulen not delyuere her lijf fro the power of flawme; colis ben not, bi whiche thei schulen be warmed, nether fier, that thei sitte at it. |
[14]Behold, they shall be as stubbleH7179; the fireH784 shall burnH8313[H8804] them; they shall not deliverH5337[H8686] themselvesH5315 from the powerH3027 of the flameH3852: there shall not be a coalH1513 to warmH2552[H8800] at, nor fireH217 to sitH3427 before itH8800. |
| [15]So tho thingis ben maad to thee in whiche euere thou trauelidist; thi marchauntis fro thi yongthe erriden, ech man in his weie; noon is, that schal saue thee. |
[15]Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast labouredH3021[H8804], even thy merchantsH5503[H8802], from thy youthH5271: they shall wanderH8582[H8804] every oneH376 to his quarterH5676; none shall saveH3467 theeH8688. |