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| [1]Forsothe Dyna, the douytir of Lya, yede out to se the wymmen of that cuntrey. |
[1]Then Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bear unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of that country. |
| [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 when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite lord of that country saw, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. |
| [3]And his soule was boundun faste with hir, and he pleside hir sory with flateringis. |
[3]So his heart clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob: and he loved the maid, and spake kindly unto the maid. |
| [4]And he yede to Emor, |
[4]Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maid to wife. |
| [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](Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field: therefore Jacob held his peace, until they were come.) |
| [6]Sotheli whanne Emor, the fadir of Sichem, was gon out, `that he schulde speke to Jacob, lo! |
[6]Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. |
| [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 sons of Jacob were come out of the field and heard it, it grieved the men, and they were very angry, because he had wrought villainy in Israel, in that he had lain with Jacob's 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 Hamor communed with them, saying, the soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife, I pray you. |
| [9]and ioyne we weddyngis to gidere; yyue ye youre douytris to vs, |
[9]So make affinity with us: give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto 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 us, and the land shall be before you: dwell, and do your business in it, and have your possessions therein. |
| [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]Shechem also said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give whatsoever ye shall appoint me. |
| [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]Ask of me abundantly both dowry and gifts, and I will give as ye appoint me, so that ye give me the maid to wife. |
| [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]Then the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking among themselves deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah 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 said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to an uncircumcised man: for that were a reproof unto us. |
| [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 unto you, if ye will be as we are, that every man child among 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 will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, 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 if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart. |
| [18]The profryng of hem pleside Emor and Sichem, |
[18]Now their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. |
| [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 deferred not to do the thing because he loved Jacob's daughter: he was also the most set by of all his father's house. |
| [20]And thei entriden in to the yate of the citee, and spaken to the puple, |
[20]Then Hamor and Shechem his Son went unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, 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 are peaceable with us: and that they may dwell in the land, and do their affairs therein (for behold, the land hath room enough for them) let us take their daughters to wives, and give 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 the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, and to be one people, if all the men children among us 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 flocks and their substance and all their cattle be ours? Only let us consent herein unto them, and they will dwell with us. |
| [24]And alle men assentiden, and alle malis weren circumcidid. |
[24]And unto Hamor, and Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city: and all the men children were circumcised , even all that went out of the gate of his city. |
| [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 on the third day (when they were sore) two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew every male. |
| [26]thei killiden Emor and Sichem togidere, and token Dyna, her sistir, fro the hous of Sichem. |
[26]They slew also Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went their 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]Again the other sons of Jacob came upon the dead, and spoiled the city, 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]They took their sheep and their beeves, and their asses, and whatsoever was in the city, and in the fields. |
| [29]and ledden prisoneris the litle children, and wyues of tho men. |
[29]Also they carried away captive and spoiled all their goods, and all their children and their wives, and all that was in the houses. |
| [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]Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, and made me stink among the inhabitants of the land, as well the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves 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 answered, Should he abuse our sister as a whore? |