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| [1]Who schal yyue watir to myn heed, and a welle of teeris to myn iyen? And Y schal biwepe dai and niyt the slayn men of the douyter of my puple. |
[1]Oh, that mine head were full of water and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. |
| [2]Who schal yyue me in to a wildirnesse of dyuerse weigoeris? And I schal forsake my puple, and Y schal go awei fro hem. For whi alle ben auowteris, and the cumpenyes of trespassouris ayens the lawe; |
[2]Oh, that I had in the wilderness a cottage of wayfaring men that I might leave my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and an assembly of rebels, |
| [3]and thei helden forth her tunge as a bouwe of leesyng, and not of treuthe Thei ben coumfortid in erthe, for thei yeden out fro yuel to yuel, and thei knewen not me, seith the Lord. |
[3]And they bend their tongues like their bows for lies: but they have no courage for the truth upon the earth: for they proceed from evil to worse, and they have not known me, saith the Lord. |
| [4]Ech man kepe hym fro his neiybore, and haue no trist in ony brother of hym; for whi ech brother disseyuyng schal disseyue, and ech frend schal go gilefuli. |
[4]Let every one take heed of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will use deceit, and every friend will deal deceitfully, |
| [5]And a man schal scorne his brother, and schal not speke treuthe; for thei tauyten her tunge to speke leesyng; thei traueliden to do wickidli. |
[5]And every one will deceive his friend, and will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongues to speak lies, and take great pains to do wickedly. |
| [6]Thi dwellyng is in the myddis of gile; in gile thei forsoken to knowe me, seith the Lord. |
[6]Thine habitation is in the midst of deceivers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. |
| [7]Therfor the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal welle togidere, and Y schal preue hem; for whi what other thing schal Y do fro the face of the douyter of my puple? |
[7]Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them: for what should I else do for the daughter of my people? |
| [8]The tunge of hem is an arowe woundynge, and spak gile; in his mouth he spekith pees with his frend, and priueli he settith tresouns to hym. |
[8]Their tongue is as an arrow shot out, and speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. |
| [9]Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, ether schal not my soule take veniaunce on siche a folc? |
[9]Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? Or shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? |
| [10]On hillis Y schal take wepyng and mournyng, and weilyng on the faire thingis of desert, for tho ben brent; for no man is passynge forth, and thei herden not the vois of hym that weldith; fro a brid of the eir `til to scheep, tho passiden ouer, and yeden awei. |
[10]Upon the mountains will I take up a weeping and a lamentation, and upon the fair places of the wilderness a mourning, because they are burned up: so that none can pass through them, neither can men hear the voice of the flock: both the fowl of the air, and the beast are fled away and gone. |
| [11]And Y schal yyue Jerusalem in to heepis of grauel, and in to dennes of dragouns; and Y schal yyue the citees of Juda in to desolacioun, for ther is no dwellere. |
[11]And I will make Jerusalem an heap, and a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah waste, without an inhabitant. |
| [12]Who is a wise man that schal vndurstonde these thingis, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord schal be maad, that he telle this? Whi the erthe perischide, it is brent as desert, for noon is that passith? |
[12]Who is wise, to understand this? And to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, even he shall declare it. Why doth the land perish, and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? |
| [13]And the Lord seide, For thei forsoken my lawe, which Y yaf to hem, and thei herden not my vois, and thei yeden not therynne; |
[13]And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked thereafter, |
| [14]and thei yeden aftir the schrewidnesse of her herte, and aftir Baalym, which thei lerneden of her fadris; |
[14]But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after Baalims, which their fathers taught them, |
| [15]therfor the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal fede this puple with wermod, and Y schal yyue to hem drynke the watir of galle. |
[15]Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them waters of gall to drink: |
| [16]And Y schal scatere hem among hethene men, whiche thei and her fadris knewen not; and Y schal sende swerd aftir hem, til thei ben wastid. |
[16]I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. |
| [17]The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Biholde ye, and clepe ye wymmen `that weilen, and come thei; and sende ye to tho wymmen that ben wise, and haste thei. |
[17]Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Take heed, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for skillful women that they may come, |
| [18]Haste thei, and take thei weilynge on you; youre iyen brynge doun teeris, and youre iyelidis flowe with watris; |
[18]And let them make haste, and let them take up a lamentation for us, that our eyes may cast out tears and our eye lids gush out of water. |
| [19]for the vois of weilyng is herd fro Sion. Hou ben we distried, and schent greetli? for we han forsake the lond, for oure tabernaclis ben forsakun. |
[19]For a lamentable noise is heard out of Zion, How are we destroyed, and utterly confounded, for we have forsaken the land, and our dwellings have cast us out. |
| [20]Therfor, wymmen, here ye the word of the Lord, and youre eeris take the word of his mouth; and teche ye youre douytris weilyng, and ech womman teche hir neiybore mournyng. |
[20]Therefore hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ears regard the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters to mourn, and every one her neighbor to lament. |
| [21]For whi deth stiede bi youre wyndows, it entride in to youre housis, to leese litle children with outforth, and yonge men fro the stretis. |
[21]For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to destroy the children without, and the young men in the streets. |
| [22]Speke thou, the Lord seith, these thingis, And the deed bodi of a man schal fal doun as a toord on the face of the cuntrei, and as hei bihynde the bak of the mowere, and noon is that gaderith. |
[22]Speak, thus saith the Lord, The carcasses of men shall lie, even as the dung upon the field, and as the handful after the mower, and none shall gather them. |
| [23]The Lord seith these thingis, A wise man haue not glorie in his wisdom, and a strong man haue not glorie in his strengthe, and a riche man haue not glorie in hise richessis; but he that hath glorie, |
[23]Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor the strong man glory in his strength, neither the rich man glory in his riches. |
| [24]haue glorie in this, to wite and knowe me, for Y am the Lord, that do merci and dom and riytfulnesse in erthe. For whi these thingis plesen me, seith the Lord. |
[24]But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me: for I am the Lord, which show mercy, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. |
| [25]Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on ech man that hath prepucie vncircumcidid; on Egipt, |
[25]Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will visit all them, which are circumcised with the uncircumcised: |
| [26]and on Juda, and on Edom, and on the sones of Amon, and on Moab, and on alle men that ben clippid on long heer, and dwellen in desert; for whi alle hethene men han prepucie, forsothe al the hous of Israel ben vncircumcidid in herte. |
[26]Egypt and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all the utmost corners of them that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. |