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| [1]Forsothe Dyna, the douytir of Lya, yede out to se the wymmen of that cuntrey. |
[1]Dina the daughter of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the lande |
| [2]And whanne Sichem, the sone of Emor Euey, the prince of that lond, hadde seyn hir, he louede hir, and rauyschide, and sclepte with hir, and oppresside the virgyn bi violence. |
[2]Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her |
| [3]And his soule was boundun faste with hir, and he pleside hir sory with flateringis. |
[3]And his heart laye vnto Dina the daughter of Iacob, and he loued that damsell, and spake kyndly vnto her |
| [4]And he yede to Emor, |
[4]And Sichem spake vnto his father Hemor, saying: get me this mayden vnto my wyfe |
| [5]his fadir, and seide, Take to me this damysel a wijf. And whanne Jacob hadde herd this thing, while the sones weren absent, and ocupied in the fedyng of scheep, he was stille, til thei camen ayen. |
[5]And Iacob heard that he had defiled Dina his daughter, (his sonnes beyng with their cattell in the fielde and Iacob helde his peace vntill they were come |
| [6]Sotheli whanne Emor, the fadir of Sichem, was gon out, `that he schulde speke to Jacob, lo! |
[6]And Hemor the father of Sichem, went out vnto Iacob to common with hym |
| [7]hise sones camen fro the feeld. And whanne this thing that bifelde was herd, thei weren wroothe greetli; for he wrouyte a foul thing in Israel, and he hadde do a thing vnleueful in the defoulyng of the douyter of Jacob. |
[7]And when the sonnes of Iacob (comming out of the fielde) hearde it, it greeued them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lien with Iacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done |
| [8]And so Emor spak to hem, The soule of my sone Sichem cleuyde to youre douytir, yeue ye hir a wijf to hym, |
[8]And Hemor communed with them, saying: the soule of my sonne Sichem, longeth for your daughter, I pray you geue her him to wyfe |
| [9]and ioyne we weddyngis to gidere; yyue ye youre douytris to vs, |
[9]And make maryages with vs, and geue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you |
| [10]and take ye oure douytris, and dwelle ye with vs; the lond is in youre power, tile ye, make ye marchaundise, and welde ye it. |
[10]And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and do your busines therein, and haue possessions therin |
| [11]But also Sichem seide to the fadir and britheren of hir, Fynde Y grace bifor you, and what euer thingis ye ordeynen Y schal yyue; |
[11]And Sichem said, vnto her father and vnto her brethren: let me finde grace in your eyes, and whatsoeuer ye appoint me, that wyll I geue |
| [12]encreesse ye the dower, and axe ye yiftis, Y schal yyue wilfull that that ye axen; oonli yyue ye this damysele a wijf to me. |
[12]Aske freely of me both dowry and gyftes, and I wyll geue accordyng as ye say vnto me, so that ye geue me the damsell to wyfe |
| [13]The sones of Jacob answeriden in gile to Sichem and his fadir, and weren feerse for the defoulyng of maidenhod of the sistir, |
[13]But the sonnes of Iacob aunswered to Sichem and Hemor his father, talking amongest themselues deceiptfully, because he had defiled Diua their sister |
| [14]We moun not do this that ye axen, nether we moun yyue oure sistir to a man vncircumcidid, which thing is vnleueful and abhomynable anentis vs. |
[14]And they sayde vnto them: we can not do this thing, that we shoulde geue our sister to one that is vncircumcised, for that were an abomination vnto vs |
| [15]But in this we schulen mowe be boundun in pees, if ye wole be lijk vs, and ech of male kynde be circumcidid in you, |
[15]But in this will we consent vnto you: if ye wyll be as we be, & all the males amongest you be circumcised |
| [16]thanne we schulen yyue and take togidre oure douytris and youre; and we schulen dwelle with you, and we schulen be o puple. |
[16]Then wyll we geue our daughters vnto you, and take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people |
| [17]Forsothe if ye nylen be circumcidid, we schulen take oure douytir, and schulen go a wei. |
[17]But and if ye wyll not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then wyll we take our daughter, and go our wayes |
| [18]The profryng of hem pleside Emor and Sichem, |
[18]Theyr wordes pleased Hemor, and Sichem his sonne |
| [19]his sone, and the yong wexynge man dilaiede not, that ne he fillide anoon that that was axid, for he louede the damysele greetli, and he was noble in al `the hous of his fadir. |
[19]And the young man deferde not for to do the thing, because he had a lust to Iacobs daughter: he was also most set by, of all that was in his fathers house |
| [20]And thei entriden in to the yate of the citee, and spaken to the puple, |
[20]Then Hemor and Sichem his sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying |
| [21]These men ben pesible, and wolen dwelle with vs; make thei marchaundie in the loond, and tile thei it, which is large and brood, and hath nede to tileris; we schulen take her douytris to wyues, and we schulen yyue oure douytris to hem. |
[21]These men lyue peaceably among vs, and dwell in the lande, and do theyr occupation therein: and beholde, the lande is large inough for them, we will take their daughters to wiues, & geue them our daughters |
| [22]O thing is, for which so greet good is dilaied; if we circumciden oure malis, and suen the custom of the folc, |
[22]Only herein will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people: if all the males that are among vs be circumcised, as they are circumcised |
| [23]bothe her substaunce, and scheep, and alle thingis which thei welden, schulen be oure; oneli assente we in this, that we dwelle to gidere, and make o puple. |
[23]Shall not their goodes and their substaunce, and all their cattell be ours? let vs only consent vnto them, and they will dwell with vs |
| [24]And alle men assentiden, and alle malis weren circumcidid. |
[24]And vnto Hemor & Sichem his sonne, hearkened all that went out at the gate of his citie: and all the males were circumcised, whatsoeuer went out at the gate of his citie |
| [25]And lo! in the thridde day, whanne the sorewe of woundis was moost greuous, twei sones of acob, Symeon and Leuy, britheren of Dyna, token swerdis, and entriden in to the citee booldeli; and whanne alle malis weren slayn, |
[25]And the thirde day, whyles they were sore, two of the sonnes of Iacob, Simeon & Leui Dinas brethren, toke eyther of them his sworde, and went into the citie boldely, and slue all that was male |
| [26]thei killiden Emor and Sichem togidere, and token Dyna, her sistir, fro the hous of Sichem. |
[26]And slue also Hemor and Sithem his sonne with the edge of the sworde, and toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way |
| [27]And whanne thei weren goon out, othere sones of Jacob felden in on the slayn men, and rifeliden the citee for the veniaunce of defoulyng of a virgyn. |
[27]And the sonnes of Iacob commyng vpon the dead, spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister |
| [28]And thei wastiden the scheep of tho men, and droues of oxun, and assis, and alle thingis that weren in howsis and feeldis, |
[28]And toke their sheepe, oxen, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and also in the fieldes |
| [29]and ledden prisoneris the litle children, and wyues of tho men. |
[29]And all their goodes, and all their children, and their wiues, toke they captiue, and made hauocke of all that was in the house |
| [30]And whanne these thingis weren don hardili, Jacob seide to Symeon and Leuy, Ye han troblid me, and han maad me hateful to Cananeis and Fereseis, dwellers of this lond; we ben fewe, thei schulen be gaderid to gidere and schulen sle me, and Y schal be don a wey and myn hous. |
[30]But Iacob sayde to Simeon & Leui: ye haue troubled me, and made me to be abhorred of the inhabitours of the land of the Chanaanite and the Pherezite: and I beyng fewe in number, they shall gather the selues together against me, and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed |
| [31]Symeon and Leuy answeriden, Whether thei ouyten mysuse oure sistir as an hoore? |
[31]And they aunswered: shoulde he deale with our sister, as with an harlot |