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| [1]Which thing Joseph seiy, and felde on `the face of the fader, and wepte, and kiste hym; |
[1]And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him; |
| [2]and he comaundide hise seruauntis, lechis, that thei schulden anoynte the fadir with swete smellynge spiceries. |
[2]and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel; |
| [3]While thei `filliden the comaundementis, fourti daies passiden, for this was the custom of deed bodies anoyntid; and Egipt biwepte hym seuenti daies. |
[3]and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days. |
| [4]And whanne the tyme of weiling was fillid, Joseph spak to the meyne of Farao, If Y haue founde grace in youre siyt, speke ye in the eeris of Farao; for my fadir chargide me, |
[4]And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, `If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, |
| [5]and seide, Lo! Y die, thou schalt birie me in my sepulcre which Y diggide to me in the lond of Canaan; therfor Y schal stie that Y birie my fadir, and Y schal turne ayen. |
[5]My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;' |
| [6]And Farao seide to hym, Stie, and birie thi fader, as thou art chargid. |
[6]and Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.' |
| [7]And whanne `he stiede, alle the elde men of `the hous of Farao yeden with him, and alle the grettere men in birthe of the lond of Egipt; the hous of Joseph with her britheren, |
[7]And Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, |
| [8]without litle children, and flockis, and grete beestis, whiche thei leften in the lond of Gessen, yeden with him. |
[8]and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen; |
| [9]And he hadde charis, and horsmen, and felouschip, and cumpany was maad not litil. |
[9]and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great. |
| [10]And thei camen to the cornfloor of Adad, which is set ouer Jordan, where thei maden the seruice of the deed bodi, with greet weilyng and strong, and fillide seuen daies. |
[10]And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which [is] beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days, |
| [11]And whanne the dwellers of the lond of Canaan hadden seyn this, thei seiden, This is a greet weiling to Egipcians; and therfor thei clepiden the name of that place the weilyng of Egipt. |
[11]and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning [is] this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath [one] called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which [is] beyond the Jordan. |
| [12]Therfor the sones of Jacob diden, as he hadde comaundid to hem; |
[12]And his sons do to him so as he commanded them, |
| [13]and thei baren hym in to the lond of Canaan, and thei birieden hym in the double denne, which denne with the feeld Abraham hadde bouyt of Effron Ethei, ayens the face of Mambre, into possessioun of sepulcre. |
[13]and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre. |
| [14]And Joseph turnede ayen in to Egipt with hise britheren and al the felouschipe, whanne the fadir was biried. |
[14]And Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father. |
| [15]And whanne the fadir was deed, the britheren of Joseph dredden, and spaken togidere, lest perauenture he be myndeful of the wrong which he suffride, and yelde to vs al the yuel, that we diden. |
[15]And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.' |
| [16]And thei senten to hym, and seiden, Thi fadir comaundide to vs, |
[16]And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying, |
| [17]bifore that he diede, that we schulden seie to thee these thingis bi hise wordis; Y beseche, that thou foryete the wickidnesse of thi britheren, and the synne, and malice which thei hauntiden ayens thee; also we preien, that thou foryyue this wickidnesse to thi fadir, the seruaunt of God. Whanne these thingis weren herd, Joseph wepte. |
[17]Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him. |
| [18]And hise britheren camen to hym, and worschipiden lowe to erthe, and seiden, We ben thi seruauntis. |
[18]And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we [are] to thee for servants.' |
| [19]To whiche he answeride, Nyle ye drede; whether we moun ayenstonde Goddis wille? |
[19]And Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for [am] I in the place of God? |
| [20]Ye thouyten yuel of me, and God turnede it in to good, that he schulde enhaunse me, as ye seen in present tyme, and that he schulde make saaf many puplis; |
[20]As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people; |
| [21]nyle ye drede, Y schal fede you and youre litle children. And he coumfortide hem, and spak swetli, and liytly; |
[21]and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart. |
| [22]and he dwellide in Egipt, with al the hows of his fadir. And he lyuyde an hundrid yeer, and he seiy the sones of Effraym til to the thridde generacioun; also the sones of Machir, son of Manasses, weren borun in the knees of Joseph. |
[22]And Joseph dwelleth in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph liveth a hundred and ten years, |
| [23]Whanne these thingis weren don, Joseph spak to hise brithren, Aftir my deeth God schal visite you, and he schal make to stie fro this lond to the loond which he swoor to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob. |
[23]and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third [generation]; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph. |
| [24]And whanne he hadde chargid hem, and hadde seid, God schal visite you, bere ye out with you my boonus fro this place, |
[24]And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.' |
| [25]he diede, whanne an hundrid and ten yeeris of his lijf weren fillid; and he was anoyntid with swete smellynge spiceries, and was kept in a beere in Egipt. |
[25]And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this [place].' |
| [26]And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt. |